Pulp City is a small skirmish game using characters created by Pulp Monsters.
It is a fast and easy to pick up game but with a huge scope of possibilities.
I was first made aware of it via YouTube where people where discussing it and if I remember correctly some Aussies actually put up a play through of one of their games.
The idea of it really appealed to me. The setting of Pulp City conjured up images of grimy 1980's movies set in New York and Los Angeles with a mix of street level heroes fighting crime and the odd major fight/threat bringing out heavy hitters.
Thankfully, it is a game that doesn't take itself too seriously when creating the background. Anything seems to be thrown into the mix for the thematic side of things. (Hovercats!)
Flavours from movies such as Big Trouble in Little China, to zombie movies to high sci-fi and any number of myths and comics sources have been called upon.
In some ways it feels like a RPG video game (without the character development). You have a setting, you have goals to achieve and you are allowed to craft a team of "Supremes" to try and achieve those goals.
It is a little under the radar game that has stoked some fires at my local gaming club. A few people have come on board to play the game and have filled out their heroes and villains teams fairly quickly. They are chomping at the bit to get games in.
Unfortunately, due to real life getting in the way, I'm not able to get as many games in as I'd like. Every game I've played a new situation presents itself and allows very unique ways to solve a problem.
In short, I love the game, and hope to sink more time into in the near future.
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