Annual Grumble Jones Halloween Scenario GJ152 The Song of Medusa

 Once again...Halloween is upon us and with it, the annual Grumble Jones Halloween scenario. This year's offering takes us into the rich mythology of ancient Greece. Last year's effort - Razz'n Sasquatch was one of the best Halloween offerings and turned out to be a fun bit of ASL craziness. In previous years, Das Golem and Die Glocke have long reigned as the premier Halloween scenarios. Others came and went with very little interest. There is a fairly small niche of folks in the ASL community that enjoy and even embrace scenarios that are not firmly fixed in the historical canon of the Second World War. But, I will admit to a fondness for the Halloween scenarios and the time and energy expended on their behalf. 

And of course, Hollywood classics have found their way into the Halloween scenarios with The Eagle has Landed and Where the Half-Squads Dare. Additionally, many content creators in the ASL space have contributed to this annual Grumble Jones madness. Rick Reinesch has been a prolific advocate and provided a tour de force in maps. His maps for Where the Half-Squads Dare are quite simply magnificent. This year's effort involves two maps provided by Rick on our behalf. The Song of Medusa plays out in a Greek Temple map and an underground cave/grotto beneath the temple.

In a departure from previous Halloween scenarios, The Song of Medusa is intended as a 3 Player scenario. One Player gets the joy of playing Medusa and no doubt reveling in the stone gazed carnage that she unleashes on the other two players. So, if you're looking for some light-hearted ASL fun for three, this might just hit the spot.

And there is plenty of real world history infused in the setting and players in this scenario. Research did in fact reveal that the Greeks successfully hid their great museum treasures from the Nazis and utilized the very caves used in this scenario. And the Germans were evacuating Athens at the time of this scenario's setting. Part of the fun of these scenarios is crafting and meshing them in with real events. 

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See the above link for the scenario backstory.

Playing these kinds of scenarios can be tricky, and I am planning to do a quick YouTube video to demonstrate the anticipated game play. There is a separate SSR page for the Medusa Player. Hopefully, it won't be too difficult to grok the scenario and enjoy the horror of facing Medusa in the dark grotto beneath the temple of Athena. 

Please note that the PDF versions of the scenario cards and maps are available in the USER FILE Tab for the scenario in the The ASL Archive. I highly recommend using the PDF's instead of the pictures. Unfortunately, Blogger does not support attaching PDF's.

As always, these monthly "Basement Quality" Scenarios are offered for fun only and as a thank you to the readers of this blog.

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All Grumble Jones scenarios are available from the ASL Archive website. 

               (Just search on Grumble Jones)