This Walmart find will make a good 28mm scale water tower (Penguin's or other villains hideoout) once the road is removed.

Thomasville tower & race track.

3D Acrylic Fabric Paint

Roosevelt's' Angels

My Pulp Alley League for a friend's  Tomb of the Serpent Campaign: Roosevelt's' Angels

Jaclyn, Farrah, Kate, Ike and Chips

All figures are 28mm scale

Doctor Who Christmas Game 2017

Doctor Who Christmas Game 2017

Introduction

We played this Doctor Who game using the now sadly out of print Doctor Who the Miniature Game (DWMG) rules.  It was loosely inspired by the Doctor Who Episode "The Tenth Planet" (broadcast in 1966) and the film "Ice Station Zebra" (1968) plus the DWMG scenario Snow Cap Base.   This game was actually run on January 14, 2018 as inclement winter weather prevented it being run closer to Christmas.

Background:

This adventure is set in December 1968 at Snow Cap Base, an Underground radar tracking and ICBM nuclear missile launching facility at the South Pole established by the United Nations (UN) to defend earth against incoming asteroids. The base is under the Command of General Cutler who has lowered the bases tight security to host a party with special guests that include Santa Clause and his lovely Assistant Tina to celebrate Christmas.  However the new Christmas tree they have brought in turns out to be a dangerous android under the control of the Master who has formed an alliance with the Cybermen and Ice Warriors against earth.  With the help of the deadly Christmas tree the bases' defences are breached and the Master soon gains control of the base and takes General Cutler, Tina and Santa Clause (Father Christmas) hostage.  He now demands the earth surrender to him or he will start launching the deadly nuclear missiles with heir hydrogen bomb warheads at the world’s major capitals.  Any attempt to retake the base will result in the hostages being executed.  Nonetheless the UN has formed a strike force made up of troops from UNIT, the United States and the Soviet Union. The First Doctor along with his companions Ben and Polly arrive in the TARDIS just in time to help the UN forces

Objectives:

The objective of the heroic side it is Rescue Santa, Tina and General Cutler who are being held inside the bunker and prevent the launch of any of the deadly missiles. The Master's forces needs to retain the hostages or failing that launch one of the missiles in hopes of provoking World War III.




Santa, Tina and General Cutler, in happier times before they were taken prisoner

Missile armed with a nuclear warhead

The Set up

The game board measured 6' x 4' two thirds of the board represents the arctic environment and the other third on the right represents the underground base. There are three entrances to the base: the main entrance at the bunker in the centre, the service entrance in the quonset hut in the foreground and the escape exit / entrance hatch in the background pictured below.

Overview of  most of the game board

Found this wooden item in a "Dollar Tree", will work for a 28mm scale garage!

Pulp Alley Scenario Transylvanian Camp Ground

Pulp Alley Scenario for 2-5 players: Transylvanian Camp Ground

Scenario Background:

It is Halloween, October 31, 1938, Lady Elaine, the daughter of a Lord Halifax, has been lured away from home, by a charismatic Gypsy named Lash. She has taken important documents with her as well as her valuable jewelry and gold.   Lady Elaine now finds herself in a campground in Transylvanian, an area known to be haunted, and is in danger. The forces of good, Alain Quartermain's Explorers and Roosevelt's Angels,  have been dispatched   to rescue her and return her home while the forces of evil (Vampires and Werewolves) have other intentions. Convincing Lady Elaine to leave may not be easy.  Four Leagues have set out to find Lady Elaine, plus some of her friends have set out independently including Lady Ponsonby; and Casey DeLancey as well as some sinister Halloween creatures including a Succubus and a Scarecrow.  (Scenario based on Pulp Alley: “Hidalgo Fire” in the Perilous Island Campaign). 

Overview

Frostgrave: the Well and the Mausoleum Scenarios

I got together with a friend who had recently returned to the area for a couple of games of Frostgrave on January 15, 2017.  He brought an Elementalist warband made up of mainly Warhammer  Empire troops and I used a Dark Elf warband made up of Warhammer and RAFM figures. For the first game we used the Well scenario and the second the Mausoleum scenario. 

The Warbands

Elementalist Warband

Elementalist Warband above: Front row: archer, mage, apprentice, 2 treasure hunters, in the back row:  a construct (skeleton giant), infantryman and 2 thieves.

Dark Elf Warband

The Dark Elf Warband above: L-R back row: Treasure Hunter, Apprentice, Crossbowman, Sorceress, Ranger. Front row: 2 minions + War hound.

Frostgrave: Home for Christmas with the Giant Worm

This was the first Frostgrave game I have run and it took place over the Christmas holidays in a wintery village.  We used the "Worm" scenario.  Three groups of brave adventurers: Chronomancers warband, Dark Elf warband  and a Thaumaturge warband went forward to seeks treasure and possibly glory if they chose to fight a giant worm. Then there was Father Christmas who did not do much.

 

Main bridge over the river, Father Christmas looks on.

Pulp Alley Doctor Who game: Day of the Daleks.

This is my effort at converting a Doctor Who the Miniatures Game (DWMG) scenario "Day of the Daleks" to a Pulp Alley game.  I had run the DWMG game at home and at convention and it was very successful and I wanted to see how Pulp Alley would handle the game.



Pulp Alley Star Trek: The Apple

Star Trek Pulp Alley Scenario:  The Apple.

This was a 4 player Pulp Alley scenario inspired by the Star Trek Original series episode “The Apple” and other similar episodes where a primitive people are enslaved by a computer that also threatens the Enterprise.  In this case other forces besides the Federation are involved. 

Background:

On stardate 3715.3, the Federation starship USS Enterprise along with Klingon, Romulan and Temporal Marauder ships arrives at Gamma Trianguli VI, a planet that appears to be a tropical paradise with very rich natural mineral resources and very dense jungle terrain inhabited by primitive natives.  Each ship captain is eager to gain the mineral rights for his home world and they send down landing parties to try to make contact with the natives but things soon start to go wrong.  The jungle is full of dangerous plants that attack animal life, including firing poison darts, plus some of the minerals (rocks) are explosive.   It is also difficult to navigate through the jungle and the natives prove to be elusive.  However some intelligence is gathered, the natives are called the "Feeders of Vaal" and are effectively slaves to Vaal who is a “god” they worship. The natives provide Vaal with fuel (minerals) and in return it provides the natives with all other resources such as food and shelter and moral guidance. Vaal’s temple is in a large Moai like head statue on a hill in a jungle clearing.  Spock's analysis shows that the entrance to Vaal’s temple is protected by a force field, and it appears to lead to an underground complex with a computer system, perhaps constructed by a long-dead civilization. 

From the original Star Trek T.V. episode "The Apple" Vaal.

Vaal's Forcefield

Monster Mash Halloween Pulp Alley Game

Monster Mash

This was a seven player game with a  Halloween monster theme using the Pulp Alley rules.

I created this Halloween scenario as a 7 player game so each league was restricted to 5 slots worth of figures and 2 slots of perks which usually meant just 3 figures.  The objective was to capture the treasure in the Crypt in the centre of the battlefield.

An Overview of the battlefield showing the Crypt and the 4 areas with minor objectives

Doctor Who the Miniatures Game (DWMG) webpage and Yahoo group shut down.

Looks like the DWMG webpage and Yahoo group are no more.  I suspect the heavy hand of Warlord or the BBC.  This is very sad news as Graeme Dawson produced an excellent set of rules (DWMG) that will now be difficult to find (but not impossible, see link below for the facebook page).
 http://www.drwhominiatures.co.uk/

 https://www.facebook.com/groups/1180247582062247/


Thankfully it has not been entirely removed from the internet:
https://web.archive.org/web/20161001184029/http://drwhominiatures.co.uk/