To clarify, it's not necessarily the chase antagonist (Whitey and his Band of Evil Men) that's personally 'putting' obstacles in the way unless you see the overall resistance that they're up against as the contest antagonist.
Ok, so that's decided then.
Problem:
How do I run an epic chase in vanilla HQ2 (with the catching and a few other
details pre-determined)?
Solution:
The chase can be a group extended contest with the main antagonist not
present until certain 'obstacle conflicts' that are thematically related to
the main one are passed.
This way we can use the pass/fail cycle and experience a non-linear progression (potential obstacle conflicts are not hard-ordered before the main contest begins and will become relevant at the right 'story moment' and might bring up others depending on outcome).
Looking at this description I see implication that some obstacle conflicts will be unrelated actions (definition: actions that can't affect the resolution points of the main contest) and some won't.
From: HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com
[mailto:HeroQuest-rules_at_yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Jamie
Sent: 24 February 2009 11:03
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Subject: Re: How to run a chase in HQ2
Actually ignore the disengagement part it takes us down a blind alley, its more about the intervening contests being able to insert themselves between the PCs and the big bad, and even this could be satisfactory decided based on outcomes in the main contest.
i.e. you roll badly and suffer a major defeat in the chase and as a side consequence the big bad manages to put an obstacle between you and your quarry, defeat that in order to continue with the chase.
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