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Miniatures Adventure => Future Wars => Topic started by: cheetor on September 11, 2014, 06:21:42 PM
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After spending aaaages assembling my flat pack Battle Systems terrain over the last couple of weeks I got to play a game on it with a buddy and his new skirmish force a couple of days ago. Pulp Alley delivered a fun game as usual and while the set up time for the terrain was significant, I will be able to do it a bit more quickly and satisfyingly next time. It did make for a good looking, thematic game though.
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The batrep, which features additional photos is HERE (http://sho3box.wordpress.com/2014/09/11/inquisitorpulp-alley-thermospheric-terror/).
Comments all welcome of course :)
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Proper eye candy! Where is the zoidberg from btw?
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Hi
Nice stuff and the Battle System looks great!
Thanks
Adam
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BTW did you get just the basic pack? if so it does look like a lot of stuff!
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Nice stuff and the Battle System looks great!
Have to agree, looks very good!
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Thanks for the feedback guys.
Blackstone, Zoidberg is from Armorcast. Its not a great miniature, but its so recognisable that it doesnt matter :)
thebinman, I got two of the Basic "Stronghold" set plus a couple of extras. I didnt use everything in this game though, more like two thirds or so.
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Brilliant looking table and nicely laid out too.
The AAR was great and most importantly it sounded like you had a load of fun.
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Awesome. Some great photos came out of that. The terrain looks really good.
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Awesome. Some great photos came out of that. The terrain looks really good.
What he said!!
I'm still waiting on my box O battle station stuff to arrive here in the States.
Did you have any problems with removal from sheets or assembly?
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thebinman, I got two of the Basic "Stronghold" set plus a couple of extras. I didnt use everything in this game though, more like two thirds or so.
Thanks, I got the basic set and a couple of the infested packs, which will be more than enough for now. What is the footprint of the board you have there it looks massive!
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Hey, this looks totally amazing :o. And it looks like Pulp Alley works great for this purpose, may have to try it myself...
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Really cool stuff! Some awesome eye candy :)
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The more I look at this and your blog the more impressed I am with your painting and the BS terrain, I might in the end have to back the fantasy KS too!
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Thanks for the feedback folks :)
The AAR was great and most importantly it sounded like you had a load of fun.
If its not fun then whats the point? lol
Fun doesnt have to mean silly or stupid of course. I do however like my gaming to be escapist, hence lobster men, goggledogs, floating skulls wearing hats etc.
Did you have any problems with removal from sheets or assembly?
The die cutting went right through the sheets on everything except some of the railings, which were a little more troublesome to remove. The manufacturing was solid overall.
Assembly was inevitably time consuming, but less time consuming than getting a similar effect with anything else would be. You probably wont be playing a game on it the day that you get your set though. Assembly involved trimming of slots in some cases. I also ran superglue into parts that are likely to get worn quickly. This all took time.
What is the footprint of the board you have there it looks massive!
The footprint is all of the floor tiles from two Stronghold sets. It makes a roughly 40" square with two extra tiles (they can be seen in the top right of the plan image above.
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Fantastic! This looks like a good way to get some nice looking terrain on the table.
40" square looks perfect for Pulp Alley scenarios. ;)
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Really a nice setup and I'd never thought of Pulp Alley for Inquisitor.
Good Work!
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I'm a purchaser of the Battle Systems' Sci-fi set, the Fantasy set, and now the Urban Apocalypse/Shanty Town sets.
Thanks to this AAR, I was introduced to the amazing Pulp Alley game.
Definitely a chocolate + peanut butter revelation moment.
Thanks for pointing me to Pulp Alley!
:D
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I'm a purchaser of the Battle Systems' Sci-fi set, the Fantasy set, and now the Urban Apocalypse/Shanty Town sets.
Thanks to this AAR, I was introduced to the amazing Pulp Alley game.
Im glad that you liked it :)
The Battlesystem terrain is well suited to playing PA on I think. I have another PA session on this terrain planned for in a month or so, Im looking forward to it.
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Im glad that you liked it :)
The Battlesystem terrain is well suited to playing PA on I think. I have another PA session on this terrain planned for in a month or so, Im looking forward to it.
Yeah, I bought crazy amounts of the Sci-fi and Fantasy sets and I'm in the process of getting it all punched out and table ready for a couple of my own PA games this month.
The Urban Apocalypse/Shanty Town/Suburbs KS ends today...so next summer I'll have crazy amounts of that to add to the mix.
With those three sets, I can't really picture much of any Minis/RPG books on my five bookcases (and additional boxes) that I can't run with a minis setup.
Maybe a couple of period games, like 17th-19th century stuff, will be left out, but that's about 1% of my collection at best.
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I didn't go in on the sci-fi or fantasy stuff from Battle Systems, but did put in for a base pledge on the Urban Apocalypse stuff. I'm still not sure how much I'll add on just yet.
Your stuff looks great, but as you mentioned, it takes time to put it all together. I have all of the Terra-clips stuff from WWG and it looks great too, if you can set aside the time to put it together. It's definitely not as quick as throwing down some buildings, cars and scatter terrain from your collection and getting a game on the table.
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There are two stages to getting the Battlesystems terrain on the table. The first is punching it and assembling it. Doing that properly so that it doesnt look tatty and to make sure that it is as durable as it can possibly be takes time. Lots of time.
Setting up for a game requires some planning too, particularly if you go multi storey. That said, its a great solution for sturdy indoor games like the one shown. I do prefer to use my other more traditional terrain sets for exterior gaming, but that s just personal taste I guess.