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<blockquote data-quote="GuyBoy" data-source="post: 8379698" data-attributes="member: 7031143"><p>So, this friendly fellow is a bugbear from Essex Miniatures c1979/80:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]142534[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now my default is that I like bugbears, pumpkin-headed or goblinoid. They are a good foe for low level groups, with more of a danger edge than orcs or gnolls. </p><p>But, my school acquaintance and sometime DM, Justin, had a few of these and it’s Essex Miniatures brethren; from memory, there were three alternate sculpts. </p><p>Picture the scene. It’s 1980, school holidays. The D&D club have organised a sponsored 24 hour D&D session for charity, from 10am till.....well, I’m sure you can work it out. </p><p>As an aside, I later went on to be a headteacher (school principal for US readers) and there is NO WAY I could have ever allowed a bunch of students to be locked in the school overnight playing D&D. Charity or no charity. </p><p>As another aside, schools at night are creepy places as they carry the “ghosts” of liveliness and noise, and this creates a strange atmosphere. Even more so at the one I attended, which dated back to 1549. We should have played CoC really!</p><p></p><p>Anyway, enough asides and back to bugbears in general and this bugbear mini in particular. </p><p>It was 2am. Justin was DM. I was playing a paladin called Roland the Defender ( guess I had a bit of a Roncevaux thing going). Simon ( see Klarg and the pointed stick and the sister post) was a barbarian, and there were three other players. </p><p>Enter the bugbears attacking a caravan. Fair enough, we fought the bugbears. Enter more bugbears. We fought them. We then progressed to a nearby ruined keep, which was held by a group of....you guessed it....bugbears. We defeated them. </p><p>Having secured the ruins, we then had to defend it from a group of....ogres? gnolls? bandits? Nope....bugbears. </p><p></p><p>Roland the Defender was fast becoming known as Roland the bugbear slayer. Simon had dozed off. Someone else had made a Pot Noodle. We had overdosed on bugbears. The ghosts of all those who had died in the school since 1549 were emerging from the walls to eat our souls. There were more bugbears approaching. One of the preceding sentences is a lie. </p><p></p><p>I still hate this figure. There is definitely such a thing as too many bugbears.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GuyBoy, post: 8379698, member: 7031143"] So, this friendly fellow is a bugbear from Essex Miniatures c1979/80: [ATTACH type="full"]142534[/ATTACH] Now my default is that I like bugbears, pumpkin-headed or goblinoid. They are a good foe for low level groups, with more of a danger edge than orcs or gnolls. But, my school acquaintance and sometime DM, Justin, had a few of these and it’s Essex Miniatures brethren; from memory, there were three alternate sculpts. Picture the scene. It’s 1980, school holidays. The D&D club have organised a sponsored 24 hour D&D session for charity, from 10am till.....well, I’m sure you can work it out. As an aside, I later went on to be a headteacher (school principal for US readers) and there is NO WAY I could have ever allowed a bunch of students to be locked in the school overnight playing D&D. Charity or no charity. As another aside, schools at night are creepy places as they carry the “ghosts” of liveliness and noise, and this creates a strange atmosphere. Even more so at the one I attended, which dated back to 1549. We should have played CoC really! Anyway, enough asides and back to bugbears in general and this bugbear mini in particular. It was 2am. Justin was DM. I was playing a paladin called Roland the Defender ( guess I had a bit of a Roncevaux thing going). Simon ( see Klarg and the pointed stick and the sister post) was a barbarian, and there were three other players. Enter the bugbears attacking a caravan. Fair enough, we fought the bugbears. Enter more bugbears. We fought them. We then progressed to a nearby ruined keep, which was held by a group of....you guessed it....bugbears. We defeated them. Having secured the ruins, we then had to defend it from a group of....ogres? gnolls? bandits? Nope....bugbears. Roland the Defender was fast becoming known as Roland the bugbear slayer. Simon had dozed off. Someone else had made a Pot Noodle. We had overdosed on bugbears. The ghosts of all those who had died in the school since 1549 were emerging from the walls to eat our souls. There were more bugbears approaching. One of the preceding sentences is a lie. I still hate this figure. There is definitely such a thing as too many bugbears. [/QUOTE]
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