First few games of Pulp Alley...

[deflater mouse]

So, after months of twiddling around, I finally got to play a game of Pulp Alley, featuring an intrepid group of archaeologist adventurers against the French colonial gendarmie...
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The scenario was a smash and grab in a dessert souk...  Featuring an ammo cache, box of explosives, market vendor, alter, and a digging site for plot points...
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We got a couple rules wrong on our first game, but nothing too off-base...  We did get confused between perils and challenges in resolving plot points, but sorted it out afterwards...  Overall, we had a great time and are excited to start building up a campaign...

I'm really impressed with the Pulp Alley system and it's flexibility to play out a strong narrative and hope to rope in a few more players for some multi-player games...

[d phipps]

Fantastic! I'm so glad to see y'all had a good time playing Pulp Alley.

And it's great to see your terrain and figures. Very nice! 


HAVE FUN

[Wolf Girl]

That's some impressive terrain. Did you make all those stalls?

[Katsuhiko JiNNai]

Impressive. I always envy these beautiful boards 

[deflater mouse]

Thanks...  I like to scratchbuild, and I think one of the real attractions to pulp for me is that I get to build all kinds of crazy scenary and think up scenarios for them...

[Alfrik]

Very nice looking set up

[Hitman]

Fantastic looking table. Thanks for sharing.
Regards,
Hitman
 

[DoctorPete]

Holy smokes!  What a grand looking table! 

[mikedemana]

one of the real attractions to pulp for me is that I get to build all kinds of crazy scenary and think up scenarios for them...

Crazy scenary? In Pulp??? Nah...





Seriously, I love your scratch-building! Keep it up!!! Everything you post inspires others around the world...

Mike Demana

[d phipps]

Nice! Love that cauldron, Mike! 

[deflater mouse]

Ok, getting the table ready for my second game of Pulp Alley...  These were the first buildings I ever built (can't really play the interiors)...

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The ship will be the main plot point, and you'll have to bring a minor plot point to it to activate...  An escape to sea!

[deflater mouse]

Three leagues...

Jamieson, the Fat Man, Osman, Mesut, and Cagatay...


Boris, the Baroness, and the rest of the Russians...


And some mad doctors and a "Carnage-bot"


We also had Caesar on hand as the Initiative Monkey...


Mesut in the vineyard, scanning the windows...


Boris and the Carnage-Bot facing off...


The Baroness KO's the Fat Man and gets the boat moving (and secures the main plot point!)

[d phipps]

Got to love that "Initiative Monkey"! 

Another great looking game. 

[deflater mouse]

Thanks Dave--we had a fun game, and the three of us are planning on starting a campaign in a couple weeks...

We did have a rules question though...  During your activation, if you run into base-to-base with an enemy, can they shoot or brawl you?  Can they only react if you attack them?

[d phipps]

Thanks Dave--we had a fun game, and the three of us are planning on starting a campaign in a couple weeks...

We did have a rules question though...  During your activation, if you run into base-to-base with an enemy, can they shoot or brawl you?  Can they only react if you attack them?

Heya -- I'll try to clarify...

First, moving into contact with an enemy (aka "rushing") always starts a fight -- no if, ands or buts. You could still choose to Dodge, but the fight is not optional.

If you do not intend to start a fight, then you can't move within 1" of the enemy.

If you were over 3" away at the start of your activation, then the enemy could choose Brawl or Shoot (or Dodge).
Otherwise they can only use Brawl (or Dodge).



I hope that helps.

Please let us know if anything else pops up.


HAVE FUN