From the monthly archives: January 2016

Product Review: 28mm Furniture from 4ground

By On 26 January 02016 · Leave a Comment · In Miniatures, Workbench

Furniture and interior accessories make your terrain and scenery look better, and can make gaming more fun. There are some cool papercraft items you can get online at places like RPGNow, but my fingers are too big for some of the smaller pieces.

Lucky for me, 4ground makes some laser cut kits from […]

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Other Pulp Alley Peeps

By On 21 January 02016 · Leave a Comment · In Miniatures

I enjoyed this AAR, The Treasure of El Kabong, the scenery is really good.

I have, and still need to build, this wagon (from 4 Ground, I think)

And another one, Hunting the Treasure Hunters, with an awesome market setting:

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WIP Wednesday

By On 20 January 02016 · Leave a Comment · In Miniatures, Workbench

Working on my 70s minis for the Carnage game in November (Yes, it’s 10 months away, but these projects can grow and grow and grow…).

I actually have an idea for a scenario, still letting it percolate, though, before I share it here.

The League of Solid Cats

I don’t have names for […]

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The Wake of General Bartleby-Smythe – a Pulp Alley Scenario

By On 19 January 02016 · 2 Comments · In Miniatures, Pulp Alley

The theme for Carnage on the Mountain in November this year is “Spies” or “Secret Agents”, so I am creating a custom scenario for Pulp Alley.

The game will feature my favorite Pirate minis in a Social Affair-style event, where Brawling and Shooting are Replaced by Dancing and Repartee.

This is the first draft, and […]

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WIP Wednesday

By On 6 January 02016 · Leave a Comment · In Miniatures, Workbench

Happy New Year! Yesterday is the first time that I was able to pick up a paint brush in 2016. I am working on some minis for a 70s-era, spy-themed Pulp Alley game I am going to run at Huzzah! and Carnage on the Mountain this year.

I don’t have names or back-stories […]

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KONG!! A Pulp Alley AAR – Carnage 2015

By On 5 January 02016 · 2 Comments · In Miniatures

This year, in addition to the usual Pirate-themed game, we put together a scenario based on the story of King Kong. Of course everyone is familiar with this story, and knows it’s too big to fit the whole thing into one evening of gaming, so we focused on the rescue of Ann Darrow and the […]

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AAR: Treasure Island at Carnage Con

By On 5 January 02016 · 1 Comment · In Miniatures

Treasure Island

The pirate Captains are racing to this flyspeck island, following maps they believe will bring them great riches. Each pirate has a partial map, and none of them know the others were coming. It’s a race to gather as much loot as possible!

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