Pulp Alley - Perilous Island, Chapter 3 - AT DEATH'S DOOR

[d phipps]

After arriving in Athens, Pulp Girl finds Lord Darrow’s fellow explorer, E.J. Demas’ tortured and unconscious body inside his ransacked apartment. Any clues here would have been taken by Demas’ vicious attackers. Unexpectedly, a messenger arrives from the Greek Customs Authority regarding a package from Soerabaja — addressed from none other than Lord Darrow!
 Customs is unwilling to relinquish the package, leaving Pulp Girl with little choice but to take matters into her own hands. Learning the package has been moved to a long term storage facility, she formulates a plan for a daring night raid on a government controlled compound. She must recover the mysterious package from Soerabaja, the only lead remaining to Lord Darrow's location...

This is scenario #3 from the Pulp Alley - Perilous Island book. We didn't get very many pictures, but I think this is still worth sharing.


We decided to set it up as a compound rather than a warehouse because it makes more sense with the terrain we have at hand…




Darrow’s Box (Major Plot Point) – A small non-descript brown box, its contents are completely unknown. The last known communication from Lord Donovan Darrow, it may hold the key to his location. The box is stored among hundreds of very similar packages and is impossible to locate without aid.


 
Within the shadowy compound, Pulp Girl locates the customs official. “You’re late. You got the money?” he whispers nervously.
“You get paid when I have the package.” Pulp Girl’s tone is firm and she slides her Mauser from its holster.
“Yes, yes, just like we agreed. I know where it is, but beware, we are not alone.” the sound of his voice suggested that he was already regretting the agreement.
Mak, Bowler, and Tuppy fanned out ahead of Pulp Girl to scout for trouble in the moonlit compound…





Pulp Girl heard the sounds of fighting coming from the other side of the compound. “The Hook’s men must be after Darrow’s package. Move it, we got to get it first!”
The Hook is scanning the log book when the wood next to him is suddenly splintered by bullets…




The customs official leads Pulp Girl towards a pile of crates, “Here. It’s somewhere around here. Somewhere… I think?”
Pulp Girl orders Mike, “Get that truck turned around, we need more light.” Mike leaps into action and Tuppy starts sniffing around the crates…




Meanwhile, in a darkened corner of the compound two lovely ladies approach a lone guard. He smiles broadly, “Must be my lucky day!”…




Badonka’s crew engages in a firefight with The Hook’s men, but in the darkness, few bullets find their target…




“Looking for something?” Bane’s thick accent is unmistakable. Pulp Girl whirls around and they stare at each other for a moment, pistols in hand and ready to fire…



Just then, the lights of the truck turn on. Pulp Girl is temporarily blinded but she instinctively squeezes off three rounds from her Red 9. The first 9mm slug creased Banes right shoulder as he leapt away, and the other two hit the truck, knocking out the left headlamp.
Startled by the sound of the truck and the bright light, Bane leapt backwards, but not quick enough to avoid one of Pulp Girl’s bullets…



With Pulp Girl and Bane exchanging hot lead, The Hook has time to track down and escape with Darrow’s box…



The Hook has the box and only he knows its contents, but Pulp Girl knows where he is heading – Dutch Indonesia…



Secrets will be revealed in the next chapter —
Soerobaja Manhunt!



THANKS

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Brilliant, reads like the best of Pulp novels! 

[Traveler Man]

Smashing stuff!  Looking forward to the next installment. 

[Amalric]

Another great looking fun game.
Thanks for posting the AAR.

Do you elevate the board above the table top?
it looks raised in the pics.

[jet]

Finally! I've been waiting for the next instalment. Do you know what my terrain collection is really lacking? Crates. Where to get a bunch without spending a fortune.

Anyway, keep it coming. I can't wait for "Lagoon of Terror."

[Wolf Girl]

Another great looking fun game.
Thanks for posting the AAR.

Do you elevate the board above the table top?
it looks raised in the pics.

The actual gaming table is a 3x3 square. It sits up about 6" above the table. It gives us more room to store stuff under the board and the raised platform feels more comfortable for gaming.

Finally! I've been waiting for the next instalment. Do you know what my terrain collection is really lacking? Crates. Where to get a bunch without spending a fortune.

Anyway, keep it coming. I can't wait for "Lagoon of Terror."

Lagoon of Terror is right around the corner. Everyone's excited to play it next time.

I told Dad that he couldn't get anymore crates because I thought we had too many. Playing this scenario, I thought we might actually need more. He's going to try and cast his own using silicone rtv and Merlin's Magic.

[joroas]

Another wonderful AAR. 

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Finally! I've been waiting for the next instalment. Do you know what my terrain collection is really lacking? Crates. Where to get a bunch without spending a fortune.

Anyway, keep it coming. I can't wait for "Lagoon of Terror."

I've made some reasonable crates from air-drying modelling clay. Just cut a square or a rectangle, scribe a few lines and when it's dry just add a few bits of coffee-stirrer, very cheap and easy. Excuse the dirty finger-nails, I've been gardening as well as modelling!

[mikedemana]

Clever tip! We should start a thread, "things to do with air drying clay"....

Great AAR....love the installment style!

Mike Demana

[d phipps]

Clever tip! We should start a thread, "things to do with air drying clay"....

Indeed! Thanks for sharing the idea, MLS.

[Ignatieff]

Great stuff!  Where did you get your Tiger from by the way?

S

[d phipps]

Great stuff!  Where did you get your Tiger from by the way?

S

The tiger is made by Reaper. She was in a pack called 'Lions'.