TheQuestionMan Posted May 9, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 9, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Added another one Thrilling Detectives http://www.thrillingdetective.com/index.html Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomNarrator Posted May 10, 2005 Report Share Posted May 10, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Although I run a game set in 1933, this slang site should serve for any game set during the pulp era, except the very early ones (pre-WWI), or the vary late ones (1943-): Jazz Age Slang A guide to the vernacular of the 20's and 30's. http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm My home campaign is set in an alternate 30's where some pulp-tech has changed the course of science and technology. Not everyone has a taste for Crimson Skies-GURPS Gernsback style action, but everybody can use a few cool super-science toys to throw at player's now and again. These two sites proved a great resource for me: Tales of Future Past Enter a world where engineers have no budgets. A world where gigantic machines promise mankind a future of unlimited romance, adventure, and really big robots. It's Tales of Future Past! http://www.davidszondy.com/future/futurepast.htm The Future We Were Promised An archive and research library of futurist nostalgia http://www.losthighways.org Happy pulping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytflyr Posted May 12, 2005 Report Share Posted May 12, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources General pulp background websites: Dirty 30s. Excellent compilation of historical info on the era: timeline, culture, weapons and vehicles, fashion, price guide, slang, etc. Glad you like it, its been one of my more popular pages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted May 17, 2005 Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources I don't think anyone's mentioned this site yet, which I rather enjoy: http://www.indygear.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted May 17, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Thanks Steve Added to the List. Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted May 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Added Mob Justice by Contested Ground Studios (Thanks Micheal Beck) http://www.contestedground.co.uk/mob.html Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Errandis Posted July 8, 2005 Report Share Posted July 8, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Good to see yah keeping busy QM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources I haven't seen this source for pulp-era miniatures listed yet. Pulp Era This is a link which provides over a dozen links to various companies who make suitable miniatures for the pulp-era. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Thanks Edsel, Added "PULP ERA" http:// http://wk.frothersunite.com/sc/pulp/Pulpsc.htm Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CSgeekHero Posted September 14, 2005 Report Share Posted September 14, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources I posted this in a seperate thread, but it might be useful for generating telephone numbers. Ma Bell PEnnsylvania6-5000 They should be especially useful for when your player's get tired of saying, "Operater, get me the police." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted September 22, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Bump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted September 26, 2005 Report Share Posted September 26, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources The OSS: America's First Intelligence Agency http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/oss/ The WikiPedia page on the OSS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Office_of_Strategic_Services Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources The U-Boat War: World War II 1939-1945 http://www.uboat.net EDIT: F Class Submarine: Laid down, as Barracuda, 23 August 1909 http://www.navsource.org/archives/08/08021.htm Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 22, 2005 Report Share Posted October 22, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Here's something I found. It'd be nice to go check it out... I'm too far away from California... The RMS Queen Mary (online) http://www.queenmary.com/index.php There's some deck plans, but the image is way too small to really look at... Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 24, 2005 Report Share Posted October 24, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources I don't know if this has already been posted (great article) THE PULP AVENGERS: Game Mastering Pulp Adventures in the 1930s and 1940s. http://www.fantasylibrary.com/lounge/pulpavengers.htm Glad to be of service. Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources You know, you never know what you're going to find until you start surfing around... The British National Archives http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ There's an archive of Public Information Films from 1945-1951 in there that's really interesting. A lot of interest in germs and defending the country after the war. Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources And, for that matter, here is the US National Archives. United States National Archives http://www.archives.gov There's some pretty nice WWII pictures that can be used by pulpsters... Here's a nice pic anyone can use for a character (from the WWII pics select list section): 102. An American officer and a French partisan crouch behind an auto during a street fight in a French city, ca. 1944. 111-SC-217401. (ww2_102.jpg) ... and a good pic of a black female riveter 21. Riveter at Lockheed Aircraft Corp., Burbank, CA. 86-WWT-3-67. (ww2_21.jpg) Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad GM Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources I'm not sure this fits, but Ripley's Believe It or Not cartoons started publishing in 1918. It started out with sports, but soon moved to unusual facts. I haven't been able to find any sort of archive online, but it might be a good source for story hooks. They sell reprintings of the book collections, going back to the first in 1929. http://www.ripleypress.com Does anyone have one of these (or know of an online archive), and do they make good resources? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithcurtis Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Posted from an earlier thread I made: In 1976, Universal gifted its entire run of Newreels, from 1929 to 1967 to the National Archive, placing them in the public Domain. Archive.org has them all available for free download at http://www.archive.org/details/universal_newsreels. Keith "real scene-setters" Curtis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Posted from an earlier thread I made: In 1976, Universal gifted its entire run of Newreels, from 1929 to 1967 to the National Archive, placing them in the public Domain. Archive.org has them all available for free download at http://www.archive.org/details/universal_newsreels. Keith "real scene-setters" Curtis This is what I was looking for all along! Great find! Yes, Great Find! Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nytflyr Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources There's some deck plans, but the image is way too small to really look at... I have the deckplan here 217k in size: http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/images/queenmarydeckplan.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted October 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Updated and Revised Thanks Jakspade QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted November 6, 2005 Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Has anyone mentijoned Harry Houdini yet? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini I'm watching a special on Harry Houdini now on the History Channel. Besides being a stage magician, Harry Houdini had many "real" escapes to his credit. He wouid often have police officers lock him in jail cells, which he would then escape from. Once he as locked in the cell wearing only a loin cloth to prove he wasn't carrying any lock picks or keys, and locked in jail for the night. He escaped, switched all of the prisoners around to different cells, and then escaped himself from the jail to a waiting car. For any pulp character that wants to base themselves on an escape artist, Harry Houdini would be a great model. I'll see if I can find something a bit more in depth than the Wikipedia site, it's a bit brief. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted November 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources Added Harry Houdini http:// http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houdini Doh!! Thanks gojira QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JakSpade Posted December 19, 2005 Report Share Posted December 19, 2005 Re: Pulp Hero Resources I know this is a models company, but they've got some good pics of vintage aircraft, both military and private sector. Navigate on the left to MILITARY PLANES or PRIVATE PLANES or AIRLINERS to the right and get timeline links... Aviation Central The largest selection of aircraft models. Jak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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