Henry Ironside and...The Pagan Stone! - A Pulp Alley AAR

Six weeks late. Sorry. Real life stuff getting in the way. But at long last the boy and I have finished our latest Pulp Alley comic battle report. So without further ado...

Another brilliant game of Pulp Alley. The boy loved it, too! Not sure when we're going to be able to get the next game in as we're moving again in a couple of weeks and then will be doing so again in August...so a lot of stuff will be staying in storage.

The figures are all Artizan Thrilling Tales and were painted for me by the brilliant Matt Slade of Glenbrook Games Painting Service. The scenery is all aquarium decorations.

For those who are interested, there is a PDF version of the AAR on Google Drive here and Dropbox here...for a bigger and easier-to-read option.

Lord Blackwood in...The Lost Temple of Kos! - A Pulp Alley AAR

I played my first game of Pulp Alley a few days ago using the new Solo Deck. What a fun game! Can't believe it has taken me so long to give it a go. 

The rules are really easy to pick up and play...though I still managed to forget the odd one here and there in all the excitement. At the same time, there is a real feeling of narrative to the game. This is partly down to the Solo Deck (or Fortune Deck, if you are playing real people) which adds both an element of narrative chance to the game with perks and drawbacks as well as challenges which can be passed or failed. 

The narrative feel is also partly down to the Leagues themselves and the individual characters that make them up. Leagues consist of around a half-dozen characters each with their own special abilities. Creating a League is easy and also lots of fun...with the individual's abilities and the League's perks really helping to give each person and the League itself a character of its own. 

I can see myself playing a lot more of this! Highly recommended! 

Without further ado, let me introduce Lord Blackwood in...The Lost Temple of Kos!

So a great fun game...despite forgetting to play the odd Solo card here and there! This was the basic 'Smash & Grab' scenario with the Plot Points slightly adapted to the 'story' (very easy to adapt things as you want). I'm looking forward to trying out more of the scenarios and additional rules soon!

For those who are interested, there is a bigger and easier-to-read pdf version on Google Drive here or Dropbox here.

All figures were painted for me by Matt Slade of Glenbrook Games. The scenery is all aquarium decorations.

Against the Trolls - Blood Eagle AAR

The boy and I have at last finished the comic book battle report for the Blood Eagle game we had a couple of weeks ago! Hoorah!

Although it was our first game of Blood Eagle we are old hands at playing In Her Majesty's Name so we decided to straight away try out all the 'new' stuff by going for a 'legendary' game with Hero Points, Pagan Magic and Legendary Creatures. We quickly put together a 'legendary' Viking warband...the Brothers Magnusson...using the rules for making up warbands and then, using the bestiary as inspiration, we made up our own take on trolls...a Troldfolk warband. This is one of the things I love about both In Her Majesty's Name and Blood Eagle...it is so easy to adapt and make up whatever you want, indeed, you are actively encouraged to do so! I probably have as much fun making up warbands, companies and beasties as I do playing the game!

Anyway, after making up the warbands my son and I finally managed to find a free afternoon to get a game in a couple of weeks ago. We made up our own scenario...a legendary sword in the middle of the table which the Vikings need to get off the table. The Trolls need to stop them. My boy wanted to play the Trolls so I took the Vikings. I must admit I was a bit worried that the Trolls would tear the poor Vikings apart in record time...

...well, without further ado, here is the battle report!

You can find a bigger and easier-to-read PDF version on Google Drive here and Dropbox here.

As you can see my fears were groundless! The Vikings won the day! Closely fought to begin with...the dice gods were smiling on me that day as in one turn I managed some outstanding rolls whilst my son 's luck deserted him and he lost three of his Trolls including the big chap. Despite the sudden surprise defeat, my son loved it...we both had a lot of fun.

Next time we hope to have the Brothers Magnusson ambushed by some Skraelings under the leadership of a Shaman!

All the miniatures were painted for me by the inimitable Matt Slade of Glenbrook Games.