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Miniatures Adventure => Pulp => Topic started by: BlackSmoke on December 01, 2013, 07:55:50 PM
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Hi all! Yesterday I had an absolutely brilliant game of Pulp Alley with my friends George and Nick at the G3 club (hence the title! ;) ). We wanted to do something a little different as it was a memorial games day for a well respected club member who passed away last year, so in this one we recreated one of my favourite stop-motion films from my childhood, The Valley of Gwangi. I mean...who doesn't like cowboys and dinosaurs, right? And, once again, Pulp Alley shows it's versatility! As usual, the full report is over on my blog - http://colourofwar.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-valley-of-gwan-gee-three.html (http://colourofwar.blogspot.co.uk/2013/12/the-valley-of-gwan-gee-three.html)
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Cool idea!
I love the lassoing.
:-*
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Thanks! :)
In the film they capture the dinos, so I wanted to recreate that. The rules for the lassos were concocted and then fine tuned a wee bit during the game, but we all thought they worked pretty well. The actual lassos themselves were just bits of string. I was trying to think of some sort of counter to identify who had a lasso on, but then I just though "why not actual lassos?"
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Hog tie them lizard varmints! Yee-Haaaaaa! What a fun game. :)
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Great job on the "Dino Wrangling and Lasso Rules"! :-*
I bet you guys were laughing and talkin' like cowpokes through the whole game! lol lol
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Thanks! :)
In the film they capture the dinos, so I wanted to recreate that. The rules for the lassos were concocted and then fine tuned a wee bit during the game, but we all thought they worked pretty well. The actual lassos themselves were just bits of string. I was trying to think of some sort of counter to identify who had a lasso on, but then I just though "why not actual lassos?"
And far more interesting than the standard dino hunt theme!
Love the lassos too.
I just remember, one guy posted up a few years ago where he ran a game where they would try to physically lasso the dino's.
:D
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What a WONDERFUL idea!
Seems like one of the funniests games one can play with friends.
And the PULP ALLEY rules adjusted to "lasso" the dinos is truly inspired.
Thanks for sharing.
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Would it be possible for you to post the stats for the dinosaurs? I'm thinking about stealing you great idea for a convention game that I have coming up. last year the guy running the con dared me to run a Valley of Gwangi game.
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WOW! That looks like great fun!
We'll have to call those the "Official" Dino Wrangling and Lasso Rules. lol lol
I like how you tied the lasso range to the character Finesse die-type.
Funny thing is, that's exactly how a character's close-range was originally determined for shooting in Pulp Alley. So if the character rolled d8's then their close range was up to 8". ;)
And yes, we had cowboys trying to lasso other cowboys! :)
But did you have cowboys trying to hogtie other cowboys? lol lol
Would it be possible for you to post the stats for the dinosaurs? I'm thinking about stealing you great idea for a convention game that I have coming up. last year the guy running the con dared me to run a Valley of Gwangi game.
Tom, they used the stats out of the Perilous Island book -- The T-Rex was the Great Gonga terror from the Perilous Island supplement and the Triceratops was a Level 3 Prey from the Predators and Prey section at the back of that book. The raptors were level 2 predators.
THANKS for sharing!
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Tom, they used the stats out of the Perilous Island book -- The T-Rex was the Great Gonga terror from the Perilous Island supplement and the Triceratops was a Level 3 Prey from the Predators and Prey section at the back of that book. The raptors were level 2 predators.
Oh, of course, doh! Completely forgot about that. I will have to give the book another look.
Like I said, I'm thinking about running a convention game for up to 6 players. For factions I would have the three that Blacksmoke used, and add three more.
1. Rancher & sons
2. Circus owner
3. Outlaws
4. Indians, out to protect the raptors
5. Scientific expedition with US Cavalry escort
6. Russian hunting party
I haven't tried running with so many players. Do you guys think this would work ok?
Thanks,
Tom
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What more can I say? Fantastic idea, fantastice game! :-*
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I haven't tried running with so many players. Do you guys think this would work ok?
What timeframe do you have for your game? We had three players in charge of 18 characters and it took about 4 hours, although that included lunch break and snooping about other tables. I'd say for that many players you want much smaller leagues, like a leader and a couple of allies. I imagine that a leader/sidekick/ally would put too many powerful characters on the table. I'd also think about dropping the Triceratops I favour of a few more smaller dinosaurs, say 1 for each league, and the T-Rex. But you'd definitely want to try it out first.
Oh, and great concepts for the extra leagues!
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One of my favourite Ray Harryhausen films ever. Also, a great movie title for playing hangman.
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Like I said, I'm thinking about running a convention game for up to 6 players. For factions I would have the three that Blacksmoke used, and add three more.
1. Rancher & sons
2. Circus owner
3. Outlaws
4. Indians, out to protect the raptors
5. Scientific expedition with US Cavalry escort
6. Russian hunting party
I haven't tried running with so many players. Do you guys think this would work ok?
Having run a massive two whole games of Pulp Alley (but both 5 player), I wouldn't go with a 10-slot league. We just played with each faction having a Leader, Sidekick, and Ally (thanks, Dave and Mila for the suggestion). It flowed much smoother and played faster. We played 6 turns in about 2 1/2 hours...
Oh, and I loved the Dino Hunt idea...! I forwarded it to one of my players who's run Dino hunt games for us. Wouldn't be surprised if he ran a version of it, too...
Mike Demana
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Having run a massive two whole games of Pulp Alley (but both 5 player), I wouldn't go with a 10-slot league. We just played with each faction having a Leader, Sidekick, and Ally (thanks, Dave and Mila for the suggestion). It flowed much smoother and played faster. We played 6 turns in about 2 1/2 hours...
6 new players getting through 6 complete turns in 2 1/2 hours is pretty damn good when it comes to wargaming. You're doing great, Mike! ;)
WARNING -- If you ever get a chance to play a 2-player game, it will move so fast your head will spin! lol lol
HAVE FUN
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The first game I ran was a four player game. Two of the players were under 10 years old, and one of them caught on very quickly (the other one just wanted to play with the giant ape figure, oh well).
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The first game I ran was a four player game. Two of the players were under 10 years old, and one of them caught on very quickly (the other one just wanted to play with the giant ape figure, oh well).
...the other one just wanted to play with the giant ape figure... ?
Huh, I have the exact same problem when Dad plays! lol lol lol
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Huh, I have the exact same problem when Dad plays!
lol lol lol lol lol
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Huh, I have the exact same problem when Dad plays! lol lol lol
Bah! Everyone knows its all about the cars and dinosaurs! Vrooom vrooom... chomp chomp!
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Objects in mirror are closer than they appear! lol
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Objects in mirror are closer than they appear! lol
Indeed. I keep trying to get Dad to buy even bigger dinos lol
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Here's some pictures from yesterday when I hosted the dino wrangle game for my friend James. This was another hoot of a game with some cracking moments. It was only 2 leagues on a 3x3 board which was a really nice size even with the faster, mounted characters. Well...at least those whose mounts weren't shot out from under the rider. The funniest event was the lone sidekick that had a lasso on the T-Rex which promptly turned on him and ate his horse! He narrowly escaped! :)
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... The funniest event was the lone sidekick that had a lasso on the T-Rex which promptly turned on him and ate his horse! He narrowly escaped! :)
lol lol lol Sounds like fun! lol lol lol