NJ Con 7 - June 12 and 13, 2015 For those of you not familiar with NJ Con (New Jersey Con) it is a games convention held in Edison, New Jersey. Previous to moving to the New Jersey Convention and Exposition Center it had various, smaller venues, for the first two or three years. I had discovered the convention the year prior to moving, when it was held in a hotel in the New Brunswick, NJ area. The following year I was very pleased with the change in location. This convention offers a lot. First of all, it is small enough to actually "see people". A lot of us have friends in the hobby but when you go to the larger conventions you may never actually see people that you know. You may have heard they are there but, you wouldn't know it because the place is too spread out. The second that I like is that the staff that runs it is friendly. That isn't to say that the staff at other conventions run around screaming and holleri...
To highlight the versatile nature of the Pulp Alley rules I decided to go to something a bit more standard than the last couple of games I have done, a standard World War 2 fight between American Paratroopers and the Germans during the Normandy invasion. The battle takes place in the early hours of the invasion, at night. To reflect this I had each player roll for spotting each time they wanted to shoot at someone. They had to spot them first. If they failed to spot it still counted as their activation (they were busy trying to see where he went). The Germans hold a house and the Americans goal is to get it and see what it may hold. Around the house are some supplies that the Americans may be able to use. The main plot point is for the Americans to secure the house with supplies being minor plot points. Taking out German guards silently is also important to the Americans. If the German guards spot the Americans they can s...
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