Saturday, October 1, 2016

Minders - a Pulp Alley Game

These meetings never happen. Ask anyone who goes to them. They will tell you there is no such thing. With good reason: if people could see this, they would be beyond appalled. The Governor's right hand man, a trader, a gang patriarch, a psyker and some creepy cultist. There's no way you should find those people in one room. And so you won't. You won't, because it's my job to see that you don't.
The Dark Coterie meets in out of the way places, places you wouldn't normally go. But, just in case, Petro Bolt and his three offsiders have been employed to make sure no one stumbles on them.
The problem is, a secret this big doesn't stay a secret forever. Today, it's not accidental visitors Bolt has to worry about. Two other gangs of mercenaries have gotten wind of this meeting, and they're keen to lay hands on Bolt's precious charges.

Scrooner, mercenary gunslinger, moves in with his cyberhound.
The other gang rushes Bolt, and carnage ensues.
(The boys made up these gangs themselves and this one had a curious combination of figures!)

The members of the Dark Coterie scatter in panic.
Bolt is back up (and down), as the judge moves in to grab the cultist.
To no avail!
Scrooner looks to join in the fun.
Bolt goes down and stays down. The Coterie are looking vulnerable!
But a combination of inept rolling...
...distraction from the main targets...
...and spoiling moves from Bolt's men...
...mean that none of the Coterie are taken!

I played this game with the two boys. As the defender, I expected to be meat in their sandwich. However, they got a little distracted beating each other up (week 2 of school holidays brings all the sibling rivalries to the surface!)

This was the first game where both boys designed their own leagues, something they really enjoyed doing.

14 comments:

  1. Fantastic stuff - well done on evangelising the hobby to the younger generation.

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    1. Thanks Conrad, it's certainly a game the boys enjoy. They set up their own game using Lego figures a couple of days after this game!

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  2. Great stuff! I had my first game of Pulp Alley a few days ago and loved it...shall hopefully be posting up a bat rep in the next couple of days!

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    1. Glad Pulp Alley is to your liking! Very much looking forward to reading your report and hearing your thoughts on the game.

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  3. Excellent! Love this board :) And I thought dice rolling of that quality only happened on my tables!

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    1. Thanks Ivor. I'm a sucker for tables with multiple levels, and this is a step in that direction. And it's terrible when your dice are against you!

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  4. With a name like "The Dark Coterie", they can't be up to any good! Lovely little fight. I take it the Pulp Alley rules work for you?
    Cheers,
    Michael

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    1. Thanks Michael! Yes, I really enjoy Pulp Alley. Things I love:
      - Games are strongly driven by objectives, not just by killing all the opponents.
      - It's a very flexible system: it'll work for Hollywood style skirmish in most settings.
      - It plays really well multi-player.
      - It is fast and fun.
      Not everyone likes it, but I think it's been my most played game three year's running.

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  5. So cool it great when you've your son on-board your hobby train, as for that bit of dice rolling at least you got one success out of it, I roll 4d10 in a game of PA yesterday any failed with them all lol.

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    1. Yes, both boys are into it, which is really nice. All fails on 4d10: that is not nice. I'm sure it caused lots of mirth for everyone else at the table!

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  6. Another great AAR. Great job, all your pics are enjoyable :)

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  7. Great! Fun to see you gaming Pulp Alley and also a great gaming board.

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    1. Thank you Joakim! I think the board needs some more 'filler' terrain, but it does a solid job at the moment.

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