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Pulp Alley: Core Rules – Second Edition
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- 2019
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Rules assistance for Perilous Island
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
Rules assistant for Perilous Island
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Perilous Island is an expansion for Pulp Alley released in 2013 for 2 players. It was designed by David Phipps and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Dice Rolling.
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About the game
From the introduction: Welcome to Perilous Island, the first Campaign book for Pulp Alley. Prepare to embark on a journey of global scale, venturing from the deserts of Mexico, to the streets of Athens, to the docks of Indonesia, and ending on the Perilous Island. This thrilling campaign is sure to test your characters to their limits." The book also includes rules for Terrors, Weird Abilities and Perks, Minions, Gifts, Cults, Water and Bursts. Also included are more Fortune Cards, Profiles for Predators and an expanded Harrowing Escape table.
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- Pulp Alley
Questions and answers
Perilous Island supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
Perilous Island belongs to these categories: Adventure and Miniatures. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Dice Rolling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Perilous Island are: David Phipps. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Perilous Island as an expansion for Pulp Alley. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Pulp Alley to use it. Check that your edition of Pulp Alley is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.