Giant Pulp Game at Cincycon (More photos added)

[mikedemana]

So, I took Dakota Smith and all his friends and enemies down to Cincycon this weekend. I set up the 6'x4' table with pretty much every piece of terrain I've created recently -- cliffs, SE Asian temples, rope bridges, cannibal cookpot, etc. Rather than use Pulp Alley as I am for the games at home, I trotted out Flying Lead -- the modern equivalent of Song of Blades and Heroes rules engine. I've run those rules for years now, and felt more comfortable handling 8 players at a con with them. The board was actually two separate 4-player games joined together by the rope bridge and island in the river.

I filled all 8 slots both games and the players said they had a blast. Lots of cinematic action, high adventure, and laughs. Here are some pics I took from the first night's game.


The board was a big hit with the players, and got lots of nice comments


Close up of the board, with the river dividing the boards. Notice the large temple in the upper left and the giant, Petco statue in the river island.


Svetlana's international smuggling ring advances towards the jungle hut


Von Jaeger and the German archeological party, with a force of German sailors, advance on the jungle hut on the other board


Harris McLeod leads the British Museum party, guarded by a force of Sikhs, survey the area around the big temple


The Order of the Fire Coral infiltrates the temple area, looking to secure artifacts from the prying hands of the foreign devils...


The Pygmy Cannibals were vicious and deadly, swarming over the martial artists of the Fire Coral and then attacking the Germans and Americans


Pierre Fournereau's French archeological party and their Senegalese Askaris seize the high ground


Tatko and Jaz Minh of the Order of the Fire Coral sprint up the cliff path to be the first to make it to the river island


Other agents follow them and cross the rope bridge in their path, while below Jaz Minh -- who fell when making the leap into the lap of the stone god -- scrambles away from the hungry, hungry hippo


Meanwhile, H.T. (playing the Pygmy cannibals) notices that the martial artists have split half of their strength off...it is a well-known fact that Pygmy Cannibals highly enjoy Chinese food!


One by one, the Fire Coral's agents remaining on that half of the board are surrounded, beaten down, and dragged off to the simmering cookpot -- including the leader, Opay


Meanwhile the British climb up their side of the cliffs to squabble over it with the French


It became quite the scrum on top of the cliffs. Peace broke out for a moment in Anglo-Franco relations, but it was quickly tossed aside as close-range shotgun blasts proved too tempting!


The final, climactic battle royale atop the cliffs. When the martial artists attempted to cross over to join in, Harris McLeod cleared the bridge with a shotgun blast that pitched three into the water


After securing the fabled artifact, the Tears of the Buddha, from the island temple, Tatko decided to bypass the bridge and instead take a shortcut through crocodile and hippo-infested waters. The burly martial artist ended up being guest of honor in the resident crocodile's dinner plans...!

All in all, the game was a blast. I ran it again with 8 new players the next morning, with equally hilarious results. I swapped the positions of Svetlana's Smugglers and the martial artists, which made things more difficult for the pygmies. Friday night the pygmies were the clear winner, with 8 "treasure items" (other players!). They snagged only one on Saturday, as the shotguns and submachine guns of Svetlana's smugglers kept them at bay. The winner on Saturday was the British, as portly Harris McLeod made the leap into the lap of the stone god (the giant Petco statue). He also decided to take the risky shortcut home across the river, but managed to survive 3 maulings by the crocodile with only recoil results.

It was the most elaborate table I have ever set up, and I was quite pleased with how it looked. I will definitely have to do it again sometime...

Mike Demana

[magokiron]

Looks like a BIG, fun game.

Waiting more pics... 

Thanks for sharong.

[marianas_gamer]

Looks like a lot of fun Mike, wish I could have played!
LB

[blacksoilbill]

That table looks excellent. Half a dozen terrain pieces that would be admirable centrepieces in their own right. It must have looked spectacular in the flesh.

Bill.

[pacarat]

Very cool...

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

What a fantastic set-up! 

It's great to see all your great work on the same table.

.....more photos to follow soon....!

Yes, please!

[d phipps]

Wow! Fantastic terrain, Mike. 

You should be very proud.





THANKS for sharing

[Vagabond]

Hi Mike - I was just about to say - fantastic terrain, you should be very proud when I realised that Dave had said it for me, so I will just say, what ever he said.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

One by one, the Fire Coral's agents remaining on that half of the board are surrounded, beaten down, and dragged off to the simmering cookpot

   

Brilliant!

There are so many small details here to look at as well as the beautiful large terrain pieces. I love the hippo coming out of the water for example.

I was quite pleased with how it looked

I should think I would be more than pleased with that table, it's bloody marvellous, thanks for the photos.