... Very good point! I'm a big fan of TSR's old _Spelljammer_ setting as well, and I tend to find _Treasure Planet_ a bit more inspirational for that setting,...
Ethereal Gothic Chapter 2, Turn 45 The ongoing story of my Space:1889/Masque of the Red Death PBEM Game. A short Dramatis Personae is at the end of the post to...
I'm not too sure where I'm going with this, but here goes. If I assume that Aeronef can be used to fight ship based actions on Mars in the theme of ERB and...
I've always been partial to this image myself; http://www.pandora.ca/pictures13/021014.jpg The option for more open decks would be fun too. Is this a 1/300th...
Now being a total stranger to the world, I must addmit I have no idea whatsoever about what you're talking about ... but for ideas/suggestions on aeronef...
Well, I think the thing to do, if you want Barsoomian ships, is to start with the source. Seacrh the ERB books for descriptions of the flying ships, their...
Thank you Paul, I have a number of written descriptions of the Barsoom Fliers and you are right the descriptions vary quite a bit. I have started to sketch...
Greetings All, From an insert in the article THE ETHER by Marc W. Miller from CHALLENGE magazine No.34 ---- " An unusual application uses the Movement Cycle...
In David Drake's "Lt. Leary Comanding" SF series the spaceships use plasma dives to get into orbit and then use sailing rigs to jump through warp space. Very...
Howdy all, I am working at translating the Martian map (using Campaign Cartographer 3) from the Space 1889 book and I discovered that there is an unnamed city...
You're right. There is a city indicated on the left-most of the three faces, but not on the middle one. Since the Oenotrian Empire is officially known as the...
Ethereal Gothic Chapter 2, Turn 46 The ongoing story of my Space:1889/Masque of the Red Death PBEM Game. A short Dramatis Personae is at the end of the post to...
Howdy, I'm going to run the module "The Canal Priests of Mars" very soon but I haven't been able to find much information on the cities of Parhoon and Garrayan...
... Parhoon is _not_ a British crown colony or part thereof, and it has, at least theoretically, a prince. "Intrigue within the court, however, led to the...
Greetings Eric and All, ... Do you or anyone else know if there are any sources of illustrations, cover art, models, etc of Drake's or any other forms of Star ...
Hi, I just recently joined because I used to have the rules and play Space 1889 (they are long gone now though). I'm also part of a project which you might...
2008 Origins Strategicorps Theme This years Strategicorps Theme is a basic on which every armed force in history has relied HEROES! Heroes! Come in all forms...
Hey, I want to get my hands on the ruleset again, but can't remember precisely which one is the actual ship combat... (its been a long long time). I remember...
In a message dated 11/1/2007 11:05:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, micah_neveu@... writes: I remember LOVING the Space 1889 book, but I don't remember if...
There are three sources: 1. The core book - basic rules 2. Ironclads and Etherflyers - expanded rules 3. Cloudships and Gunboats - expanded rules and some...
When in the UK I picked up a pair of books that might be very useful to Victorian and especially Victorian Science Fiction gamers: Steam in the Air The...
Hello, I was wondering what the actual heights (in feet) of the various altitude levels in the game are. I have been scanning the various rule books but I...
... Tim, A very long time ago (back in 2000), we discussed this subject. There isn't anything "official" in the rules, but here was my take on the subject...
... Nothing explicit in the rules. Two basic approaches: 1) From line-of-sight and shooting rules you can infer that an altitude level is as high as a hex is...
Ethereal Gothic Chapter 2, Turn 47 The ongoing story of my Space:1889/Masque of the Red Death PBEM Game. A short Dramatis Personae is at the end of the post to...
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