Dodger Joins The Party

Hello again.

The "Dickens Street Runners" made their debut within these "pages" a few weeks ago and they were always set to increase their numbers in short order, once I had done a bit of research on suitable nefarious types from the works of that Victorian scribe Mr Charles Dickens, esquire.

Well, one obvious addition is Dodger, artful or otherwise, so here he is in all his grimy, backstreets of London sort of manner, relocated to a fictional, northern English town akin to Eoferwic/ Jorvik/ York for use in games of "Burrows & Badgers".

Dodger in the flesh. If the picking of pockets goes amiss, he can always bump them over the head with the club or slice open a belly with his knife. Not at all the cheeky, melodious chappy of the musical then...

A little light armour can also go some way to keeping our Dodger in the fight for a while longer.

And the "FEARLESS" skill possessed of all weasels in the "B&B" game, together with a determined, almost menacing look in that eye, will help intimidate a few opponents.

You may recall seeing this figure before. The same casting appears in my Pirate warband (see previous posts). I mistakenly bought two, although not at the same time, and this second one languished in the lead pimple for a while until I came up with the notion of the "Dickens Street Runners". However, as you can clearly see, he has crawled and clambered his way out of the pimple, onto the painting table and into the blog. Therefore, he is very much ready and able to take his place on a tabletop sometime, somewhere, very soon!

And remember..."You've got to pick a pocket or two."

Or just smack 'em over the head, rob the very bones of the poor blighter and leave 'em for dead. Which ever is easier or more desirable at the time really.

G