The Informants section of the website contains links to sites that may be of use to the pulp gaming enthusiast. Some may relate directly to pulp material, others may have some bit of information that a gamer might find of interest. If you have pulp material on your website and would like to have a link here, drop me an e-mail and I'll try and get it listed as soon as possible.

The following shops carry our rules (if your shop does and we don't have you listed please drop me an e-mail):

Brigade Games
Eagle and Empire (Alexandria, VA)
Little Wars (Houston, TX)
Scale Creep
The Source (St. Paul, MN)
The Tin Dictator

North Star (in the UK)
Leisure Games (in the UK)
Principles of War (in the UK)

Battlefield Berlin (in Germany)

We are distributed to stores through ourselves or through the following distributors. If you want to carry any of our products in your shop, please contact any of these.

Blackhawk Hobby Distributors (in the US)

North Star (in the UK)
Tabletop Games (in the UK)


Below are some links to Pulp related sites. These are just sites that I have found useful in creating .45 Adventure or some of the scenarios for it.

The Pulp.net site. The first place to begin your pulp search. Provides information and the largest collection of pulp related links.

Blackmask Online (currently offline). Downloads of many old pulps in PDF format. If you can't afford to buy real pulps and can't find the reprints, check out the PDFs they have online here.

Pulp and Adventure Heroes. This is an encyclopedic style site with a list of numerous pulp heroes and where they appeared.

Ten (or so) Movies to help you get in the Pulp Mood! (Note: These are not the ten best films and presented in no particular order, but are ones that could help inspire some good scenarios).
1.) Indiana Jones Trilogy (1981-1989)
2.) Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
3.) King Kong (1933 original or 2005 remake)
4.) Tarzan Series (1930s)
5.) King Solomon's Mines (1937)
6.) The Shadow (1994)
7.) Gunga Din (1939)
8.) Rocketeer (1991)
9.) Batman (1989) or Batman Begins (2005)
10.) The Maltese Falcon (1941)

Coming Attractions. This site is updated weekly with What's New in the world of pulp. From reprints to toys to original works to whatever, they do a good job of reporting on the latest of interest to pulp enthusiasts.

Dirty 30s. This an online sourcebook for the 1930s. Everything from timelines to slang words to weapons to art styles. A good resource for capturing the feel of the time period.

Pulp Project 1557. This site was born from the Pulp Games Yahoo Group (named for the message thread that began it). It is a collection of RPG scneario ideas and information on the 1920s and 1930s. Since .45 Adventure has some RPG elements to it, you may find the information helpful.

Twists, Slugs, and Roscoes. This is a dictionary of Pulp slang. Great for adding a little color to your write-ups or for driving your players crazy.

The Pulp Gallery. A great resource for many different pulp covers. Between the art for the covers and the names for some of the stories inside, players could get lots of ideas for pulp game scenarios.

Hot Lead & Steel Sinews Yahoo Group. I can't believe I never listed it here. It's THE group for all things miniature pulp gaming related (boy is that a mouthful). Seriously, it's our fairly active Yahoo group for .45 Adventure and to some extent other pulp games. Discussions range far and wide over the pulp spectrum and new things tend to appear there first.

The Vintage Library. Old Pulp reprints and classic serial radio programs. More great fun ti while away the hours as you paint and build terrain.

Comics. Either online or traditional printed comics, these are links to current comic sites that might be useful for the pulp gamer.

Captain Spectre. A great webcomic detailing the exploits of Captain Spectre. It's updated with some regularity and the stories so far could prove to be an excellent basis for your own adventures.

Cold Case Comics. A new webcomic called the Phantom Shadow (also a weird adventure one with Huntington P. Woolrich). This one is just getting started and is worth checking out.

G.I Spy. I just found this comic and decided to include it because it really seems to fit the period well. I hope it lasts long enough to develop some great stories.

Zeppelins

Everyone wants to include a zeppelin at some point in their games, so here are a couple of links to information on zeppelins so that when you build your own, you can get the look right.

Zeppelin Floor plan.
Zeppelin site.

Miniature Sites. Of course you can't have a miniatures game without miniatures. Here are some links to Pulp Miniature game resources, figures and (gasp!) even other rules that are out there.

The Miniatures Page. The best miniatures resource on the web. This link takes you to the Pulp Message Board. Lots of great stuff gets posted there (I check multiple times a day and post frequently).

Frothers Unite. The Frothers site is a great resource for all gaming. This link takes you to their pulp section.

Lead Adventures: One of my new favorite forum areas. The guys on it are extremely helpful and I spend a lot of time posting new things to it. It's run by Alexander Bews the same guy behind Witchhunter.net and the Back of Beyond Times.

Wargames Directory. An extensive list of rule sets for many periods, scales, and genres. Hopefully, you'll see some .45 Adventure rules listed there soon.

Pulp Figures. Bob Murch's wonderful figures for the Pulp Era. He's been sculpting for quite a while and I use a lot of his figures in my games.

Brigade Games. I linked to Lon's company above, but listed it down here as well since he has come out with some great mobsters and state police of the 1920s-1930s. Plus his Weird War II figures will feature prominently in some of our upcoming stuff.

Copplestone. Mark Copplestone also has some beautiful figures. He's worked for some of the biggest names in the gaming industry and it shows in the quality of his figures.

West Wind. West Wind produces the Chaos in Cairo rules and figures. They are carried in the US by Old Glory. This link takes you to the Westwind Chaos in Cairo section, but the main site has other figures you might find useful as well.

Askari Miniatures. They produce some French Foreign Legion and Tuareg troops which would be great for any desert, Arabian, or North African games you might want to run.

Mainly 28s. This site puts the various manufacturers up to each other so you can see whether your Old Glory Germans will match with your Pulp Figures Tong members.

Personal Websites

Here are some links to the websites of gamers that have pulp-related material on their sites. I dig these up (or people send them in) and I put them up here. Some great ideas for painting, terrain building, and scenarios can be found by seeing what other players have done.

Matakashi's site. Those of you interested in building your own city should check out Paul Ward's city. He has instructions for what he did and what he used to create it. It's fantastic work.

Sir Peter. The website of the bumbling Sir Peter as brought to life by Jim Stuht (one of our initial playtesters) and his Madison gamers. You can find Jim lurking in the deepest jungles or the far east in his never-ending quest for the most fun games.

NapNuts. A Singapore based group with some images of some really well-painted figures. This link takes you to Kai Teck's images, but from there you can see some things from the rest of the NapNuts group.

Duff's Site. Roy has just started posting information from his Pulp campaign online at Displaced Miniatures. Check it out. He has a lot of great information that might inspire some of your pulp games.

TWfigurines. Tom's painted Back of Beyond stuff is fantastic. His figures and vehicles look great and make me wish I could paint as well (or just have the time to paint that much).

Amazing Tin Tales. More great painted figures. Hagen does an amazing job at blending his colors. It makes me want to retire my brushes.

Buildings. Requests for where to get 25/28mm buildings to use in Pulp games is third only to what vehicles to use and where to find a specific miniature as far as questions are concerned. Here are some that I know of...

The Virtual Armchair General. Patrick at TVAG puts out a set of cardstock buildings in his Mean Streets line that are designed for gangster or pulp games. He's adding interiors for these as well.

World Works. Though no specific Pulp buildings, they have numerous cardstock sets that could easily be used for a pulp game.

Vehicles. You know, from the comment above, that vehicles are the second most requested pulp game accessory. Here we list a few manufacturers that have vehicles in the 25/28mm scale.

Sloppy Jalopy.Lots of great trucks and cars here. I've got one that I use for my Dragon Bones games.

Reviresco. Another great set of cars and trucks. I have not picked up any yet, but one day soon I'll add some of their Model Ts and Rolls Royce vehicles.