I came up with a new Indiana Jones Fistful of Lead campaign to play with my son.
The story so far:
In 25 BC a Roman legion of 10000 legionnairs under the command of Aelius Gallus was defeated in battle against the Kingdom of Sheba. During its retreat the legion's aquila was lost. Local tribesmen hid the aquila in a temple which was covered by sand during a violent sand storm and lost. The tribesmen did however make a map of the temple's location.
Fast forward to 1934: The Italian adventurer and fascist count Don Lardo has picked up the trail of the lost aquila in the no mans land between North Yemen and Saudi Arabia. By order of Mussolini himself he is sent to retrieve the aquila, so it can be used for propaganda purposes in the upcoming Italian invasion of Ethiopia.
However, Indiana Jones has acquired the map, indicating the location of the temple alledgely containing the lost aquila and has been asked to join a British expedition by his old friend Rupert Jenkins (British secret service) to find the aquila before Don Lardo does.
Part one: The Map
Indy, Rupert, Bertie and Sallah are staying at the house of one of Sallah's friends. While they are away to buy supplies for the trip to the deep desert, Don Lardo's men create a diversion to lure everybody away from the house so he and his men can search the house for the map.
My son chose to play the villains and positioned the marines and local henchmen around the house while Don Lardo and signore Cattiva went inside the house to search for the map.
I covered in on the enclosure openings with Indy, Rupert and Sallah while Bertie took up a sniper position on top of the rocks.
While Rupert and Marino Punto exchanged fire, signore Cattiva snuck out the back door and aimed his revolver at Sallah who was only armed with a shovel.
Rupert makes his recovery roll and gets up once more. Unfortunately his revolver is still out of ammo...
Marino Punto is on the edge of the table and...
He gets the first turn, leaving the table with the map and securing a victory for the villains!
All is not lost yet. The villains still need to find the aquila. So stay tuned for Part 2!