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This is yet another sample PC for a Weird Pulp campaign I'm writing. He's not really that weird, but I hope he's not out of place in a pulp campaign. Any...
Guy Hoyle
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Aug 5, 2005
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2661
The other day I received a couple of supplements for the Conan role-playing game from Mongoose games “The Free Companies” and “Across Thunder River”....
jeff mejia
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Aug 5, 2005
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I'm trying to come up with a game scenario for a local game day in October, using Risus. I wanted something in the vein of Big Trouble in Little China (but set...
Guy Hoyle
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Aug 8, 2005
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... I like the senario, but the humorous end (It's a recepie!) conflicts with killing someone early on, I think. Especially if you're doing a more Big Trouble...
John Fiala
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Aug 8, 2005
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... Thanks for pointing it out, John. Maybe instead of murdering him, the bad guys just kidnap him. Or maybe a rival gang kidnaps him. He might not have...
Guy Hoyle
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Aug 8, 2005
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... I'm with John F on this one - killing for a chicken recipe just seems a bit harsh for what sounds like a fairly light adventure. JD...
John Desmarais
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Aug 8, 2005
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2666
Did you ever see that episode of Futurama where Fry becomes addicted to the soft drink Slurm, then later he can't stop drinking Royal Slurm, the most addictive...
jacksonkuhl
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Aug 8, 2005
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... Well, if it's untranslated, have just the recipe be stolen, and then he can explain to the players that he thinks it's an ancient formula of some kind - he...
John Fiala
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Aug 8, 2005
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2668
... Hot dogs! Good ol' american hot dogs! :) -- John Fiala...
John Fiala
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... OK, I probably won't kill anybody with this one... although I do note that there are several "murder mystery comodies" like "Murder By Death", or even "I'm...
Guy Hoyle
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Aug 9, 2005
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... From: Guy Hoyle <ghoyle1@...> Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2005 08:02:22 -0500 OK, I probably won't kill anybody with this one... although I do note that...
Jeb Boyt
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Aug 9, 2005
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... It usually works better when the killed person isn't liked. In Murder By Death, Lionel Twain is quite the creepy guy... and so is the butler... and it's a...
John Fiala
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Aug 9, 2005
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It was suggested that Mr. General Chang's recipe was addictive in itself, forcing people to eat chicken every 20 minutes. Wow! that sounds more like...
Juan Francisco
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Aug 9, 2005
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... This is the current belief; however, this is a relatively recent theory and would be an appropriate premise if your game is set during the classic "pulp...
John Desmarais
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Aug 9, 2005
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... Works for me! The pulps were all about fantastic pseudo-science and over-the-top villains -- hormones, crackpot theories about the origin of dinosaurs, and...
William Littlefield
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Aug 10, 2005
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... Of course, when you eat Chinese food, it is said that you're hungry again after an hour... As for the plot, I'll keep that in mind... it may be pretty long...
Guy Hoyle
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Aug 10, 2005
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Note: This is a work in progress. I welcome feedback and criticism, either on this mailing list or via email at ghoyle1@... The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Wu...
Guy Hoyle
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Aug 11, 2005
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The scenario I'm working on insists on having some prisoners trapped in a sprawling warehouse complex filled with nice thugs and cozy little deathtraps (not...
Guy Hoyle
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Aug 12, 2005
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... Mapping hasn't been an issue in any of the games that I have run since I was about 16, and I am 37 now. The best way to not have it turn into a dungeon...
Chris Helton
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Aug 13, 2005
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Hiya, I was wondering if anybody out there in pulp land might be able to point in the direction of a link that features the schematics for a zeppelin....
Tony Cranfield
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Aug 22, 2005
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Check out this pic, but also check out the rest of the site for great dirigible info. Pretty incredible. ...
Marc Gacy
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Aug 22, 2005
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WHOOOooooo!!! Thats the kinda sauce I was lookin' for!!! Thanks pal! ... great ... to ... a ... have ... board...
Tony Cranfield
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Aug 23, 2005
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Also, see here for photos of the ZRS-5 Macon. The Interior section has several good shots of the control car: ...
jacksonkuhl
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Aug 23, 2005
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No this is not some weird test or further proof of growing insanity:) A while back I gave a donation to a fund through HERO Games, with the gift being the...
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Aug 24, 2005
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Frank!................or Der Schwartze Tod! Congradulations, I think? Anyway when you start recruiting "Evil Minions" let me know. I've been considering a...
Peter
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Aug 26, 2005
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I picked up a copy of Boom! Studios newest comic book G.I. Spy and I enjoyed it immensely. G.I. Spy is set in the late 1930’s and follows the adventures of...
jeff mejia
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Aug 26, 2005
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Hey folks. There's a thread on rpg.net here (http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=216370) on which is the best Pulp RPG system. Have a look! -- John Fiala...
John Fiala
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Sep 9, 2005
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I don't suppose it's likely to be of help to people, but in Toronto, the Indigo store near Bloor & Bay (maybe others?) is selling The Great Pulp Heroes by Don...
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Sep 10, 2005
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Does anyone have any opinion about Pulp Era published by Chapter 13 Press? Asterisk...
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Sep 10, 2005
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I thoroughly recommend this book. In fact, I've got two copies - one (signed by the author) I keep in my underground lair. The other I lend to people who want...
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