"Pulp in the Air?" Topic

Does anyone know of a canned scenario, guidebook or casting-scale map making use of a Hindenburg-size rigid airship or a pre-War Pan Am Clipper as a setting? They seem like such an obvious location for certain types of pulp, but I rarely see them used.

Haven't come across a scenario. That does appear to be a serious omission!

Photos and links to Hindenburg plans here:
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Here's the floor plan for the smaller LZ-127 Graf Zeppelin:
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Maybe because of the amount of scratch building that would need to be done to have a decent looking 3D model to game on/with?

79thPA, gaming on printed deck plans is a staple RPG format.

These days, one might be able to talk an established STL designer to run a Kickstarter for a printable model.

The fictional D-138 would be superb for Indiana Jonesing.

Thank you both! I think miniMo has the right of it, 79th: A 3D for a convention game perhaps. You wouldn't get enough use out of it normally, and even for a convention game you'd want an STL.

But there are some very nice books of 2D skirmish/adventure settings sitting right on the edge between a picture and a map, and this is one where the action can't go off the edge of the map short of someone jumping--or being thrown out of--the setting. The combination of interwar luxury, strange tech and the potential for spies, saboteurs and such calls to me. At least for rigid airships we have the bit in Indiana Jones III and the George C. Scott Hindenburg, but I've never seen anything set in a Pan Am Clipper. Look them up some time: air travel with honeymoon suites and five-star chefs is definitely the way to travel.

Ah, but you are forgetting rocket packs, Robert! A veritable staple of pulp fiction and gaming. In that case, the exterior becomes as game-able as the interior.
A scenario based on The Rocketeer would be exciting indeed.

FYI. I did some quick calculations. The Hindenburg in 28mm would be 15' long. I ran it through a scale calculator.

"The Hindenburg in 28mm would be 15' long."

Good point. My first thought was to default to the Graf Zeppelin, but it might be better to do the control, guest and engine areas to scale and find some other way of tackling the lifting area of the dirigible. It looks at a first hack as though you could put both decks of a Pan Am B-314 on a 4x6 table.

Robert, are you on the Pulp Alley Facebook page? I'm sure you could tweak a scenario to take place on a large dirigible.

I remember a scuffle on board a zeppelin in the movie 'The Assassination Bureau', if that's of use.

The Hindenburg class as a whole gaming model in 15mm/28mm would be a bit unwieldy.
Though most of the space would be empty hull so parts of that would probably be enough.
The models made for gaming I've seen online over the years used mainly the parts that were intended for passengers and crew on a regular base.
They were about three foot long.
There was even a commercial product made from MDF, some Kickstarter I seem to remember.

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What about USS Macon? Couldnt it be better for pulp adventures?

Bel Geddes #4 would work for Pulp. Large enough for action, and slow enough that it be awhile before you get there. Perfect

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That's all I can find because there aren't really a lot.

I got a book on the Hindenburg, And I am tempted to build the passenger compartment in 28mm. But I just took a deep breath and said no. That's what is known as real maturity:)

I like the Crimson Skies miniature game. I own practically all of it.

Do you need the whole rigid airship or would the passenger compartment and control cabin alone work?

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