Astounding Tales game

[Troll]

Ran my first Astounding Tales game and here is a short report and some photos from it. The photo quality is not very good.

The heroes were Sam Slade PI and his assistant Miss Goodhead, Mr. Withers and Mrs. Godfrey werewolf hunter, and Lance Boyle PI and his spunky newsboy friend Sylvester. The group crossed swords with The Count and his minions of vampires, werewolves, hellhounds, cultists and skeletons.

In the first act the heroes needed to resuce Professor Armitage from the cult at the Old North Church.



After a brisk fight in the Church and the graveyard the heroes learned of the Count and his castle in the woods from the Professor.





In the woods the heroes were attacked by werewolves, but thanks to the quick thinking of Mrs. Godfrey, they found some wolvesbane in an abandon cabin and took care of the werewolves.





Next it was off to the castle and the final confrontation with The Count. After a very close run battle which claimed the lives of Miss Goodhead, Mrs. Godfrey and Sylvester, a cowering Lance Boyle "got a grip" and destroyed The COunt for good.







A great time was had by all and we are planning another adventure soon.  Sorry about the quality of the photos.

Cheers,
Troll

[Burgundavia]

Cool game with nice scenery. Next time, don't shoot with the flash on, it tends to blow out the contrast.

Also, what is the make of that silver car?

[twrchtrwyth]

Looks like a fun game.

[dodge]

Looks very good. I always like your games boards Troll lots of atmosphere.

How did you find the rules?

dodge

[marrony]

Nice stuff.Looks like great fun.

[Troll]

The car is from the Jada Dub City Old Skool line.

http://jadaclub.com/index.php?cPath=0_153_247&osCsid=9630ad4f8227985e50bde984b2be6fde

It's 1:64 and looks a little small next to a 28mm Pulp Figure, but it's all I had.

I like the Astounding Tales rules. They are simple but have enough detail to do all the "pulp" stuff that needs to be done. The rules are written to capture the feel of an old pulp serial film, so a Director is required to play to set the scene, control the bad guys, and make rules decisions. A single D6 is used to test for success and a roll of equal to or lower than your stat is a pass. (There are rules for a more traditional vs. game, but I haven't tried them yet.)

If you are looking for a more traditional you vs. me game .45 Adventures, I game I also enjoy, might be more to your tastes.

The first edition rules for Astounding Tales can be downloaded for free at the Astounding Tales Yahoo site.

Cheers,
Todd

[gauntman]

Very nice...I like the scenery too. 

[postal]

it takes time I am still learning to to good pics so practice makes perfect.awsome looking terrian keep up the good work.