A couple of week ago myself and Luis got together to playa game of Pulp Alley. It had been awhile since I had played and I wanted to get in a game. Luis plays a lot and is a great teacher.
I was interested in playing something set in Innsmouth, I am surprised there are so few Lovecraft inspired scenarios for Pulp Alley. I have played Innsmouth Gold several times and there are some Cthulhu characters in the China Station campaign. After consultation on line, I got a couple of suggestions from this campaign booklet and decided to go with Tomb of Dagon, I had already played The Fog.
What I missed initially was that The Tomb was a Solo scenario! I had initially set up the below table trying to mirror the scenario but setting it on a street in Innsmouth.
Entry area in the left upper map with only Plot Point in right upper |
I quickly realised though that this had only one Entry Point which was not going to work in a 2 player game. The table was changed around as illustrated below.
We now have 2 Entry Points in the northeast and northwest areas on the table with the Plot Point (cemetary) in the centre. Essentially each league has to work there way through 3 areas with challenges, until they enter the centre at the bottom of the table and then fight their way back up the central street.
Well it seemed to work, although 9 turns was not really enough. I would play the scenario again with some minor changes in respect to the challenger areas. The Deep Ones made several appearances and were quite a challenge especially the Elder! A couple of more photos.
A nice looking scenario John, you terrain and scenery look great.
ReplyDeleteVery nice table layout. You could use cultists instead of the deep ones. I remember in one story that someone was chased through Innsmouth at night by the locals after he found something out.
ReplyDeleteAlways wonderful to see Pulp games on the table, and Cthulhu themed ones are the best!
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