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Tactical Tuesdays: The Seabreeze

The Seabreeze Motor Lodge A System-Agnostic Urban Set Pieceoriginal to Puerta Solara, Worlds of Pulp™ but presented here for your use The Seabreeze sits low against the causeway like something that gave up standing tall a long time ago. One story, twelve doors, a strip of cracked lot where the paint lines faded before most…

Worlds & Wednesdays: From Spark to World

I build them this way because I have always preferred settings that leave room for imagination. Growing up, I often found myself disappointed when I reached the hard edge of a fictional world and discovered there was nothing beyond it. The most inspiring settings are not those that define every detail. They are the ones that leave a few corners unexplored.

Tactical Tuesdays: The Last Fare

A moving vehicle is a scene with a built-in clock. It starts, it stops, and between those stops nobody gets off. That’s a pressure cooker. Whatever happens on board has to resolve before the doors open again, and every character in the car is trapped in it together — including your players.

Worlds & Wednesdays: Roots of the Game

Big publishers do incredible work, and I’m grateful for them. They built the roads we all walk on. But a healthy hobby doesn’t run on a handful of giants. It runs on hundreds of voices, each one weird and specific and alive.

Tactical Tuesdays: The Painted Grift

Think about what a street performer actually is. They stand in public all day, watching everyone who passes. They talk to strangers for a living. They read a crowd, work an angle, and move on before anyone asks too many questions. In game terms…

Tactical Tuesdays: The Back Room…

Every pulp story has one. The speakeasy with the unmarked door behind the bar. The warehouse office where the boss counts his money. The private chamber past the throne where the real decisions get made. It goes by many names, but everyone at the table knows it the moment you mention it: the Back Room.

Tactical Tuesdays: City Bodega The IT-Mart!

A bodega is a little corner store crammed into the ground floor of some old city building. It’s a grocery, sure — but that word doesn’t cover the half of it. You want milk at three in the morning? They’ve got it. You need a phone charger, a lottery ticket, a can of soup, a pack of smokes, a sandwich, and a birthday card, all in one stop? They’ve got that too.

Tactical Tuesdays: Pulp-Adventure Bivouac!

Picture the scene. Your party has clawed through three brutal encounters, spent nearly every resource, and limped to the edge of a dark treeline. Then someone at the table says three little words: “I make camp.”

Tactical Tuesdays: Better Missions is Key

One of the easiest mistakes a Game Master can make is confusing action with progress. They aren’t the same thing. In Black Dogs, the firefight isn’t the story. It’s the interruption. The mission is what matters.

Tactical Tuesdays: The Hotdog with Kick

Ray’s Hai-Yah! Dog sits on a forgotten corner where the sidewalks are cracked, the parking is terrible, and almost everyone who matters eventually wanders past. Shift workers stop before sunrise. Detectives nurse burnt coffee while pretending not to watch the street. Reporters collect rumors they can’t print. Bail bondsmen make promises they probably won’t keep. Off-duty mercenaries quietly eat lunch with their backs against the wall.