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The Combat Codex: A Game-Changer

Mass combat in tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) can be both thrilling and challenging. However, it’s no secret that large-scale battles often risk pulling focus away from the players. These epic moments, while spectacular, can quickly become unwieldy for GMs (Game Masters) to manage, especially when trying to balance hundreds of combatants and still ensure the adventurers remain central to the story.

Tactical Tuesday: Build it Loud, Build it Weird

Alright, soldier, you want a vehicle that’s more than just some rusty old tin can on wheels? You want a ride that’s gonna turn heads, drop jaws, and maybe, just maybe, leave your enemies wondering what the hell just hit them? Then you’re in the right place. These ain’t factory fresh; they’re built, not born. Every bolt and every weld tells a story.

Mazes & Mondays: Map Making & Planning

Greetings, brave adventurers and cunning map-makers! Embarking on the quest to create the ultimate fantasy map can be both thrilling and daunting. Fear not, for I shall guide you through this mystical journey, balancing serious warnings with a sprinkle of humor. After all, the right style of fortress in the right terrain is imperative to the fortress’s success. Imagine a stone castle in a marsh—it would likely end up as a moat with interior walls! Let’s dive into the enchanted world of map building and fortifications.

Frights & Fables: Veils of Shadows

Welcome, storytellers and architects of unease. Within the shrouded labyrinth of modern horror lies one of the most potent tools at your disposal—the secret society. These organizations are woven intricately into the fabric of Dark Evolution, pulling strings, shaping history, and whispering to the shadows. Whether they are clandestine protectors against the unknown or harbingers of humanity’s descent into chaos, secret societies add a layer of mystery that challenges players to peel away the layers of a world gone dark.

Panels, Pulp & Geek Opera

The countdown has begun—I’m heading back to ConCarolinas in 2025! Reservations are made, panels submitted, and companion badges ordered.

Tactical Tuesday: Meet Your Assets

Alright, strap in, rookie. If you’re rolling with this crew, you better know your assets, inside and out. The team’s got the looks of chaos, but it’s all built on strategy, guts, and gear. Everything in your hands or at your back is what keeps you breathing after the lead starts flying, so you better appreciate it. These tables? They’ll build your squad, gear ‘em up, give ‘em wheels, and show you where and how they operate. Roll, adapt, and survive.

The Rumblefish

Captain Sable invites you to The Iron Belly to review a boorish band of mercenaries in the Belly of the Beast.

Free Characters and NPCs from numerous World of Pulp™ Pocket Worlds and other media are located at the end (bottom) of this article under subheading (Mercenaries in The Iron Belly). Check back often for updates.

Frights & Fables: The Swarm Sovereign

Vermillion Pines, a forgotten town settled along the Appalachian foothills, groans under the weight of entropy. What was once a thriving mill town is now a hollowed-out corpse; cracked pavements and boarded-up houses stand testament to decades of hardship and decay. Nature has reclaimed much of the land, but an unsettling wrongness accompanies its encroachment.

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Tactical Tuesday: Join the Best…

Alright, listen up. You don’t call yourself a merc without backing it up. If you’re here, you’re looking for something tougher. Something sharper. You’re sniffing around for a shot at joining them. The mercenary outfit with the kind of reputation that wakes people up in a cold sweat. These guys aren’t your barroom brawlers or wannabe heroes—I’m talking the hardest, leanest pack of professional killers-for-hire you’ll find anywhere. If you don’t have what it takes, stop pretending and scram now, because this crew doesn’t babysit. They break you—or worse—and only the best damned soldiers come out the other end standing.