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The Return of Johnny Platypus

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Fancying a change of pace and genre, I dug out some Pulp Alley characters that we hadn't played with since 2019. Given that we no longer play Pulp Alley, I ported the characters over to the 'Fistful of Lead' rule set. So, making a comeback after nearly 3 years, Dr Johnny Platypus and his trusty crew ventured forth. The Gobi Desert, 1937. Leading a palaeontological US expedition to Mongolia, Dr Johnny Platypus led academic couple Prof Stanley Chadwick and his wife Dr Laney Chadwick in their search for dinosaur bones. They were joined by their long term friend 'Digger' Bob and grad student Moses. News of their dinosaur fossil finds has reached a local bandit group. The bandits see an opportunity to steal the dinosaur fossils and sell them on as 'Dragon' bones to the Chinese medicine trade. Although the Americans were better armed, could the local bandits make their numbers count? Turn 1 The fossil tokens were placed in the middle of the table. As a result, bo