To A Pulp

To A Pulp

Designer: Michael Fischer
Publisher: The Mad Game-Designer's Page
Type: Miniatures
Status: Free
Available from: http://www.cke1st.com/m_games1.htm

Pulp gaming, in which each player controls a character or faction from a 1930's pulp thriller, is growing in popularity. Such games combine the visual appeal of miniatures gaming with aspects of role-playing games, allowing the players to control the actions of tough private eyes, seemingly-helpless dames, brave explorers, and all the rest. I wrote these rules mostly for my own amusement.

The rules are made for simplicity and fast play. The game is meant for use with miniatures, but you can download a set of paper minis for free (see Section XI). All you have to provide is a few six-sided (d6) and ten-sided (d10) dice. The game is meant for two or more players, but it can be used for solo gaming as well.

This game comes with:

• These rules
• One sheet of markers (if you need more, print more)
• Five tiles for making a warehouse adventure
• Three tiles for making a jungle adventure
• Five tiles for making an underground adventure
• One sheet of bases for paper figures

The map tiles are drawn with roughly one-inch squares. All game measurements are given in inches, so one inch equals one square.