Astounding Adventures

[Shawnt63]

Played a pulp game yesterday - used Astounding adventures as I wait for Pulp Alley to arrive!

Had four different casts and the idea was to move through the jungles of Burma (Myanmar - no offense to the new name but it was a 1920s game) to a place known as the Cursed Temple of the Jade Warrior! The cast ran into - poisonous snakes, tigers, lions, hippopotamus (illegal alien), head hunters and then dinosaurs! The lost valley that was the home to the Cursed temple was a throw back to the prehistoric times. They managed almost everything just fine - only lost 2 bit players to the animals etc, but then when they got the jade warrior the heavens unleashed a flurry of bullets and death! 2 casts were wiped out, except for the stars, the others were down to only 2 cast members each. Head hunters took the jade warrior from one of the fallen and ran off into the woods!

[mikedemana]

Cool...I'm planning on setting my pulp games in 1920s-30s SE Asia, too. I plan on having at least one game set here, in Bagan (sometimes spelled Pagan):



Pic is from my own visit there 10 years ago...if I remember right, there are 30,000 temples/stupas in that area. Incredible place. Your game sounds great, too!

Mike Demana

[Shawnt63]

Mike that is an awesome shot! Can you give a quick description of the buildings we can see? Are they tombs?

[mikedemana]

Sorry to take so long to reply. The larger ones are temples, originally built as Hindu ones, if I remember right, then slowly taken over as Buddhist ones. There actually is a lot of crossover,between those two religions - both believing in "multiple paths" to spiritual goals. SE Asia began as Hindu then became Buddhist, for the most part. You can go inside the temples and they contain statues, carvings on the walls, all kinds of stuff. I don't specifically remember seeing tombs inside, but there could be.

Anyway, the smaller tea bell shaped ones are generally stupas. Those usually contain a Buddhist relic inside or underneath. Generally, there is not a way "inside" the stupas, but hey! I plan on hidden passages, so why not? It is pulp after all.

Sorry the memory is a bit hazy, but it is an amazing place to visit. Very off the beaten path for tourists.

Mike Demana