Ghostbusting rules for Pulp Alley - Who you gonna call?

Happy New Year everyone.

Well, I have finally finished the draft of my campaign rules for Pulp Alley Ghostbusters. I have a scenario game almost ready to play test these draft rules as well. Just need to paint a few more miniatures.

But why not share it and let you give it a try as well, if you like.

So, hope it all makes sense and you like it. I drafted the campaign rules very much with the Ghostbusters video game and movies in mind. It has options for using the four main settings for the proton pack from the game, a variety of new ghostly Abilities for ghosts, and rules for capturing ghosts. So, feel free to give it a try. 

Cheap and easy rubble terrain

 

Easy and cheap rubble

I had some MDF bases floating around and some unused sponge and so I decided to give a go at making rubble terrain pieces for use on the tabletop for both wargaming and role-playing games. The first of the finished pieces can be seen above and below.

The process was very simple. So simple, in fact, that a numpty like me was able to do it. I cut the foam into blocks to represent worked stone blocks. Then I added to that some small river stones I had floating around somewhere. You could use thick cardboard for the base but make sure it won't warp first. MDF is better in my opinion. I then smothered the stones and foam in White/PVA glue.

After a few minutes, I then added river sand across the base to add to the rubble effect.

Below, the foam blocks were arranged to make the base of a ruined tower. In this manner, you could make a larger structure stone by stone. However, I wanted this to block partial line of sight whilst permitting ranged attacks over the ruined wall, so I kept it to a low profile.

Below is a fake stone that I bought from a $2 Dollar store. The stone has a hole in the base so you can hide a spare key in it. I wanted it for a large boulder. Once again, the river stones add to the rubble effect, and I'll add sand later to the base.

I mixed some White/PVA glue with water and brushed it over the foam in order to harden it. This took about 24hrs to dry. I did this a few times to get all the foam blocks hardened.

Painting the finished result was simple. A basecoat of black spray followed by a grey spray lightly over that black undercoat whilst it was still wet to blend the colours. I then followed this up with a drybrush of lighter grey and added some straw from an old doormat to make it look like some grass had grown between the rubble then died.

And there you have it. Cheap, easy, simple.

Pulp Alley cards for Animated Ornaments and a Cranky Chrissy Tree

 You better watch out. You better not cry...but you can run in fear though.

Animated Ornaments powered by PKE

And a VERY cranky Christmas Tree. This one is a Construct that must have its Christmas Star atop the tree wrangled from it in a Ghost Wrangling Challenge (more on that when I finish the campaign rules) in order to take it Out.

I've almost finished the campaign rules. I'll post those when they are done and that will clear up some of the weird things on the creature cards.

O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum...

"O Tannenbaum, O Tannenbaum, how faithful are your leaves!" Wow, watch out for this one. He doesn't look too happy.

This cranky bugger is another one of the War in Christmas Village miniatures. Now that Christmas is over for another year :( I can understand why he may be a little upset.

Anyway, I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing Christmas Day.

Merry Christmas and thanks for stopping by in 2025

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Micah 5:2 & 4 (NIV)

² “But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,

    though you are small among the clans^[a] of Judah,

out of you will come for me

    one who will be ruler over Israel,

whose origins are from of old,

    from ancient times.”

⁴ He will stand and shepherd his flock

    in the strength of the Lord,

    in the majesty of the name of the Lord his God.

And they will live securely, for then his greatness

    will reach to the ends of the earth.

Footnotes

^aMicah 5:2 Or rulers

This year has flown by so quickly. I can't believe that its Christmas Eve here and the year is closing out. I feel very blessed to be able to enjoy our hobby and take time to paint fantastic miniatures, play games, and game master a great role-playing group for five (including myself) nerds from churches across the city, with occasional drop-ins to bolster their numbers.

My long-suffering wife tolerates our antics (and the money I spend on the hobby). The stories that the lads make when we dive into an adventure surprise me in how they literally stumble through failure into success on every adventure. Its nuts. And occasionally maddening. Especially when that take out the Boss in one or two rounds of combat.

So, from my family to yours. May you have a wonderful, safe, blessed, peaceful, and joyful Christmas. God bless us, one and all!

Pulp Alley cards for Gingerbread Men and Snowmen goons

I've been working on a campaign for Pulp Alley set around Christmas time and based on a famous franchise. As such I needed some Gingerbread Men and Snowmen goons. That meant that I also needed some cards for the miniature's profiles. So, here is my take on them for the campaign.

Gingerbread Goons

A Gingerbread Brute

Snowmen Goons

I've added one too many Abilities to the Snowmen than is officially allowed but it just feels right for snowmen to be able to hide in the snow. I've also made them able to reanimate as they can draw from the snow around them to repair minor damage.

You will notice that there are also a bunch of Abilities that don't match up with the Pulp Alley core rulebook. These abilities have been made for a campaign I've been drafting of late. So, you will just have to wait for me to post those Abilities as part of the actual campaign rules when I've finished them.

But if you want to try these out for yourself you can just ignore the strange Abilities for now.

One more thing. Here is an updated Slimer profile card.

Enjoy!

The Ginger's - a Gingerbread Man gang for Pulp Alley

 

These rather nice and gentle looking Gingerbread Men are a vicious gang of thugs from the War in Christmas Village set of miniatures. I'm planning on ganging them up for Pulp Alley and I have a particular scenario in mind for these lads.

So, with Christmas around the corner, and yesterday reaching 37 degrees Celsius, "let it snow, let it snow, let it snow..."

I'll try working up some Pulp Alley Adventurer Cards for these and post them in the future.