"An appropriate Castle for Pulp/Adventure Gaming" Topic

Hello, all -

I'm in search of a castle appropriate for Pulp/Adventure gaming. I have found plenty of castles offered online, but I'm not sure any of them fit the bill, perhaps you could help?

Essentially I need something with an interior, that would allow adventures inside the structure, for a game along the lines of, say .45 caliber adventure. Most of the models I've seen are typically designed for placing miniatures in the outside, with very little in the way of interior detail.
Since a standard .45 caliber adventure table is supposed to be 2feet by 2feet (if memory serves), the castle wouldn't have to be huge, but it might need to be able to accommodate, say, four feet of playing area, give or take, maybe more.

I'm not sure the "Master Maze" sets would work, as they seem better suited for dungeon crawls, but I could be wrong.

I know this is probably a tall order, but figured I'd check here. I know that there will be plenty of suggestions to "build it yourself", but I'm hoping to avoid that if at all possible. I realize I'll have to do up a lot of the internal stuff (furniture, infernal devices, etc.) myself, but having the structure with a workable interior would be an excellent start.

-A.

Try Worldworks Paper terrain. Their castle and village sets are outstanding. You aan print them on card stock or regular paper glued to cardstock (I use cereal boxes and similar thin cardboard) Quite strong enough for typical game play and light and easy to store.

worldworksgames.com/store

If you're really into scratch building, try hirst arts and their plaster molds.

hirstarts.com

M-

Echoing the worldworks recommendation. They offer a castle interior set and the gothic realms set, both will work well for pulp, especially the 2x2 boards recommended for .45A. The builds are pretty easy, especially for walls and rooms. For a .45A board, a few modular rooms of various size would be the way to go. Gift boxes with a wall and floor textures would work fine.

You should consider the Town Wall Series from The Miniature Building Authority. This is sold as modular pieces, allowing you to design your own castle. The Gatehouse, Towers and the Keep also have accessible interiors. Like all MBA products, the Town Wall Series is cast in durable resin, painted and fully assembled.

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Have you considered from the Epic Buildings Blue Moon Manufacturings Draculas Castle?
It is done in high density foam and has roofs that lift off so you can use interior spaces for figures, I believe on the main area the second floor lifts off also. We also have wall sections to go with it that have lift off sections to place figures inside. Here is a link:

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If you happen to be an Old Glory Army Member the 40% discount would apply to the Epic Buildings.

Teresa

While cast buildings are certainly fantastic creations, they are a little too expensive for me. I think that Worldworks is a more economical solution and also provides the most interior space in which to play.

I witnessed a Stalingrad game a few years ago that used a factory as the battlefield. The factory was built out of foam core and had the appropriate interior rubble and stuff. However each room had its own "roof" which was lifted off when the room was entered revealing the empty room or the enemy within. I thought this was a very cool idea which could easily be applied to a "Castle Wolfenstein" type scenario.

Thank you all for your thoughts. At the moment, the Worldworks sets are looking most promising, but if I can get something with an exterior, so much the better…

The MBA keep is interesting, but it looks like it would be difficult to manipulate figures inside the keep, because of the "side on" approach. I do like the look of it, certainly, and I've already got a lot of their buildings.

Has anyone seen the interior of the Blue Moon "Draculas Castle"? How many interior spaces does it actually have? I'm getting conflicting information in my various web searches.

-Aurelian