THE FAT OLD GAMER

I started a Weird War 2 campaign a few weeks ago.  It takes place in Romania and is following a small group of British Commandos fighting the supernatural.  I've been wanting to play some Pulp Alley and figured I could tie it into my WW2 campaign.  So instead of having supernatural elements, I'm doing pulp technology.  I'm placing this campaign in Southeast Asia, on islands around Borneo.  My league is the crew of a Grumman Goose named The Ugly Duckling.    Hmm...sounds a bit like Tales of the Gold Monkey... ;)  "Why no, that show NEVER had an influence on my when I was young.  :D So, as I get ready for some Pulp Alley goodies to be delivered, I'm playing a game to refresh my Pulp Alley rules knowledge.  I set up a simple board.  The crew is returning to their boat plane when they are ambushed by the Ma Fang Ta gang. Here are some pictures of the table set.  More to follow! The Ugly Duckling crew head back to town with som...

I'm going to be starting a Pulp Alley campaign in conjunction with my Airborne of Shadow Deep.  It's going to take place in Southeast Asia.  So I needed some more palm trees for terrain.  I was also given some banana trees a while ago. So, I've painted them all up and have them ready to provide cover for my company of adventures.

I finally painted up my last two Tabletop World buildings.  I love these guys stuff.  It is so detailed and gorgeous.  They are pieces of art in their own right. I love how the Noble House looks.  The stone base is so menacing.  There's no way a party of adventurers could break down the solid front door.  Of course, that door is on the other side of this picture... The fact that the door on the second floor of the Ruined Townhouse opens, is such a small yet awesome feature.  I'm so excited to get this building on the table. Here's a link to their site.  For what you get, their stuff is well worth the price.   https://tabletop-world.com/

As with most things, COVID has impacted all activities.  The last time my gaming group meet was back in March.  We all thought that this would blow over very quickly.  Well...that's not what happened. For the last few months, I've been playing solo boardgames.  I've played a lot of Corsair Leader, Space Infantry, World At War, and Lock 'n Load Tactical.  These have been great to play and actually rekindled my love of chit based gaming.  But, I was still wanting to push some miniatures across the table. I pulled out my 15mm sci-fi stuff and even setup a table ready to throw down.  "After a terrorist attack, and long delay, the power was back on in Night City"   I pulled out Five Parsecs from Home and  Hardwired rule sets.  I created crews, and got things all ready to go.   But, I then lost interest.  I was tired of the sci-fi setting.  Sci-fi has always been my go-to for solo gaming.  I wanted something different....