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General => Announcements and forum stuff => Introductions => Topic started by: The Orientalist on 28 October 2010, 03:34:07 PM
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Hi
I'm new to the 21st century Pulp gaming experience. I tripped over this site while researching Shanghai Municipal Police. I was wondering if anyone can advise me on Pulp games/rules/source materials; online Pulp games that can be joined; and general materials/sources on Shanghai in the 1920/1930s.
I guess I'm starting again with gaming. The last time I played RPGs was Warhammer back in the 1990s.
Any suggestions are gratefully received.
Cheers!
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I've no useful input to your query, friend, but all the same do send a warm welcome your way. :)
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Welcome to the forum!
There are a number of popular rules sets for Pulp-themed gaming, including .45 Adventure, Where Heroes Dare!, Savage Worlds, Astounding Tales, Pulp Alley, G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T., and a host of others. You can probably find reviews of the various systems and battle reports for many of them here on the forum (.45 Adventure has its own sub-forum here).
If your interest is specifically in Far Eastern Pulp-themed gaming, then your opportunities for online gaming or local tabletop gaming may be limited (you may be obliged to host/run games yourself to build up interest in such a specialized topic).
There is a forum for online roleplay gaming here (although I can't speak for the topics/quality of the games you may find):
http://roleplaymarket.com/index.aspx
If you're interested in .45 Adventure, you might want to hold off on purchasing the rules set, as a new edition with substantial revisions is due out in December.
I think that your best bet is to browse the Pulp forum here and ask questions.
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Hi
Cant help you with the gaming bit, but I found these two books to be interesting for a bit of SMP lore:
First one is "biography" about a rank&filer named R.M Tinkler:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Made-Me-Englishman-Shanghai/dp/0141011955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288612953&sr=1-1 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Empire-Made-Me-Englishman-Shanghai/dp/0141011955/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288612953&sr=1-1) Interesting story of the common man perspective.
And the second one is about the MAN himself, W.E.Fairbairn:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legend-W-Fairbairn-Gentleman-Warrior/dp/0954949404/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288613272&sr=1-6 (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Legend-W-Fairbairn-Gentleman-Warrior/dp/0954949404/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1288613272&sr=1-6) its out of stock at Amazone (and have been for the better part of two years, but can be obtained from the publishers, CQB Publications: http://www.cqbpublications.com/page80.html (http://www.cqbpublications.com/page80.html).
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Hi! Thanks for the advice and warm welcome.
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Then there is our own dear Doc. Twilight and his Black Army miniatures.
http://www.blackarmyproductions.com/ (http://www.blackarmyproductions.com/)
His site is currently being rebuilt but a lot of what he does circles around the International Settlement in Shanghai, ca 1930.
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Then there is our own dear Doc. Twilight and his Black Army miniatures.
http://www.blackarmyproductions.com/ (http://www.blackarmyproductions.com/)
His site is currently being rebuilt but a lot of what he does circles around the International Settlement in Shanghai, ca 1930.
I am still waiting for a reply to an order inquiry I made with Blackarmy Productions almost a week ago :'(