Cluedo Hostage Rescue

 We were a bit light on players this week, so John put on a game of Cluedo Hostage Rescue, a tried and tested online favourite. 

Very cleverly my phone had run out of battery, so the only photo I got was one of Russell's screenshots below.

Pete, Diego, Russell and myself ran the SAS team. Diego was allocated team leader, while Pete and I each rolled up medics. Diego had never played before, so delegated command to Corporal Russell. With eight soldiers, we had two each, and the obvious task organisation was two groups of four, with one medic in each.

Many of the hostages had already escaped just leaving Miss Scarlett and Colonel Mustard in the hands of the baddies. The escape routes and efforts of the local security services had narrowed things down to just two occupied rooms, the Dining Room and Billiard Room. For the first time ever, the pre game intelligence was actually correct!

Diego and Pete went in through the conservatory, Russell and myself through the hall. Our group headed to the Billiard Room, while Pete went for the Dining Room. We cleared each room like clockwork, someone kicked in the door and threw in a stun grenade, the others went in guns blazing. 

In the Billiard Room all the occupants were stunned including poor Miss Scarlett, and both terrorists were shot. One was killed and the other seriously wounded. My medic attended the wounded terrorist and my subsection then evacuated him and Miss Scarlett via the window. Corporal Russells sub section set off to clear the other rooms.

In the Dining Room, Pete managed to stun both terrorists but Colonel Mustard was left unscathed. He was a military man you know. Pete's team shot and killed both terrorists and evacuated Colonel Mustard. Diego joined Russell in clearing the other rooms, but they were all empty.

Mission Accomplished! That was the most professional hostage rescue mission I've taken part in, all hostage rescued, all terrorists captured or eliminated, no friendly casualties and we didn't even set the building on fire by accident. Great stuff. The screen shot above shows the moment both the occupied rooms were stormed.