The new Horror deck from Pulp Alley arrived last week and it looks like lots of fun. I prepared a bit of a welcoming committee!
When you interact with a horrific thing (character, peril or plot point), you have to roll a Health check. Fail and you draw a card. There are all sorts of tantalising results!
And here's the welcoming committee close up.
For a long time, I've wanted to horror fantasy: I loved GW's Mordheim figures, but never had the cash for them at the time. Frostgrave sparked the same kind of interest, but no one in my gaming group jumped at it. But when I read about the horror deck, I thought it was time to pull the trigger! Frostheim (or Mordgrave) Alley! I had a dig through my lead (and plastic) pile and discovered I have a decent array of figures for the project.
A Mantic ghoul, a Frostgrave cultist, a Warhammer Quest rat (I have at least one of these for every Pulp Alley setting I've built!), and Heresy Miniatures'
Dark Lord. I got him as a freebie with an order and didn't have a clue how I'd use him. Now he's my leader for the Cult of the Purple Something or Other...
So, what do you think: Frostheim or Mordgrave?
They look great and far better to adapt something you and your player group know than have to learn something new.
ReplyDeleteThanks Conrad! Yes, we love the game, so might as well stick with it. I think the other guys at the club are particularly keen to use the horror rules for 1920s Cthulhu action, but I'll see if I can't entice them into giving this a go too!
DeleteI'm quite looking forward to the fantasy setting: I think a (largely) pre-gunpowder setting will give quite a different feel to the games.
What a great idea! I also picked up Horror deck when it came out...maybe one day I will actually get around to giving Pulp Alley a go!
ReplyDeleteHa ha ha! At least you're supporting a solid family business until then!
DeleteThe horror! O, it is human...I thought that lurking one was a zombie monkey!
ReplyDeleteYou're just paranoid! Although now that you mention it, that does give me an idea for a very special league...
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