"Astounding Tales!" 2nd Edition has doubled in size to 100 pages since the 1st Edition two years ago, and is now the ultimate rules set for Pulp Era Gaming. More complete and wide ranging than ever, with new features and resources, AT2 retains the same simple, direct game mechanics.
New features include references to airplanes and airships, Rocketmen, Nazi Science, new weapons and special Skills (including greatly expanded options for female characters), Snipers, alternate character generation systems, and more.
Extensive background on the World of Pulp Fiction, new Game Title and Scene Generators, and two ready-to-play Scenarios round out the package. Besides the new rules and materials, the original rules have been generally improved and clarified.
Now, with the Second Printing, the inevitable typos and gremlins that appeared in the first Edition have been corrected within the rule book, and improved graphics have been added to the back cover and in the text. More than ever, AT2 is the most complete and tested Pulp Fiction rules set available.
B'hoys! is a detailed game system based entirely upon Herbert Asbury's The Gangs of New York . Emphasizing the fluid nature of mob vs. mob street-fighting, and the dynamics of such contests, the rules use specially designed Action Cards to determine order of movement and cue test points for "Resolve."
Rules cover Gangsters, Police and Soldiers as well as "Laundry Guards," Barricades, "Banshee Screams," Eye Gouging, Biting Attacks, and a wide range of brawling techniques.
An entirely novel approach to 1:1 wargames, representing street brawls and full blown riots between gangs in the narrow streets, players can now experience truly anarchic combat with Clubs, Knives, "Barking Irons," Slung-Shots, Brickbats, Pole Arms, Pitchforks, and Muskets. Get close enough, and the "Sluggers," "Bruisers," and "Blokes" of your gangs can grapple with Eye-gouging, Biting, Bladed, Clawing, Stomping, and Bare Hands attacks, all under a warm rain of "Irish Confetti."
When things get wild enough, patrols of "Crushers" (the Police) can arrive with Nightsticks and pistols to hammer the crowds back. And, when the situation goes completely mad, soldiers of Volunteer Militias--or even Federal Troops--will show up with muskets and fixed bayonets!
