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Flash, I love you, but we only have fourteen hours to save the Earth!
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7730280" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Pinnacle Entertainment Group is running a Kickstarter for their <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/flash-gordontm-rpg-for-savage-worlds" target="_blank">upcoming official <em>Flash Gordon</em> roleplaying game</a>. They've kindly sent along an exclusive preview for me to share! The caveat is that they asked me to mention that this is not final text, and things may change. Below you can see three page spreads straight from the book.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]111430[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Seemingly there is no reason for these extraordinary intergalactical upsets. Only Doctor Hans Zarkhov, formerly at NASA, has provided any explanation.</em></p><p></p><p>For those not familiar with <em>Flash Gordon</em> (if such a creature exits), it has been a comic strip, radio series, TV show, and a truly awesome movie.<em> Flash! Aaaaah! He'll save every one of us!</em> The comic strip started way back in the 1930s (around the same time as <em>Buck Rogers</em>) and featured our hero as an Earthman who finds himself embroiled in adventures on strange worlds. His archival was Ming the Merciless, and the strip featured a plethora of rocket ships, ray guns, and all the other accoutrements of space opera. The 1980 movie, with its Queen soundtrack and starring the scenery-chewing likes of Timothy Dalton and Brian Blessed, is a cult classic.</p><p></p><p>The upcoming RPG is powered by <em>Savage Worlds</em>. It's being Kickstarted and is in its final few days, and features a foreword from none other than Flash Gordon himself, the actor Sam J Jones. It's a full-colour, 192-page rulebook (along with adventures, GM screens, and the like). There's also a pile of miniatures, including Flash, Dale, Dr. Hans Zarkov, Ming the Merciless, and more).</p><p></p><p>If you're willing to spend a little more, there's an awesome boxed set containing the rulebook, GM screen, combat maps, card decks, counters, and more.</p><p></p><p>The previews below are not final, but they give you a good sense of what the book looks like. I've seen a copy, and its crammed full of colour comic-strip art.</p><p></p><p><em>What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching? Open fire! All weapons! Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body!</em></p><p></p><p></p><p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"><em>Previews - not final text!</em></p> <p style="text-align: center"><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/flash-gordontm-rpg-for-savage-worlds" target="_blank">[ATTACH=full]111427[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]111428[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]111429[/ATTACH]</a></p> <p style="text-align: center"><span style="color: #FFFFFF">[FONT=&quot]<strong>Save</strong>[/FONT]</span><span style="color: #FFFFFF">[FONT=&quot]<strong>Save</strong>[/FONT]</span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7730280, member: 1"] Pinnacle Entertainment Group is running a Kickstarter for their [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/flash-gordontm-rpg-for-savage-worlds"]upcoming official [I]Flash Gordon[/I] roleplaying game[/URL]. They've kindly sent along an exclusive preview for me to share! The caveat is that they asked me to mention that this is not final text, and things may change. Below you can see three page spreads straight from the book.[PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]111430[/ATTACH][/CENTER] [I]Seemingly there is no reason for these extraordinary intergalactical upsets. Only Doctor Hans Zarkhov, formerly at NASA, has provided any explanation.[/I] For those not familiar with [I]Flash Gordon[/I] (if such a creature exits), it has been a comic strip, radio series, TV show, and a truly awesome movie.[I] Flash! Aaaaah! He'll save every one of us![/I] The comic strip started way back in the 1930s (around the same time as [I]Buck Rogers[/I]) and featured our hero as an Earthman who finds himself embroiled in adventures on strange worlds. His archival was Ming the Merciless, and the strip featured a plethora of rocket ships, ray guns, and all the other accoutrements of space opera. The 1980 movie, with its Queen soundtrack and starring the scenery-chewing likes of Timothy Dalton and Brian Blessed, is a cult classic. The upcoming RPG is powered by [I]Savage Worlds[/I]. It's being Kickstarted and is in its final few days, and features a foreword from none other than Flash Gordon himself, the actor Sam J Jones. It's a full-colour, 192-page rulebook (along with adventures, GM screens, and the like). There's also a pile of miniatures, including Flash, Dale, Dr. Hans Zarkov, Ming the Merciless, and more). If you're willing to spend a little more, there's an awesome boxed set containing the rulebook, GM screen, combat maps, card decks, counters, and more. The previews below are not final, but they give you a good sense of what the book looks like. I've seen a copy, and its crammed full of colour comic-strip art. [I]What do you mean Flash Gordon approaching? Open fire! All weapons! Dispatch war rocket Ajax to bring back his body![/I] [CENTER] [I]Previews - not final text![/I] [URL="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/545820095/flash-gordontm-rpg-for-savage-worlds"][ATTACH=FULL]111427[/ATTACH][ATTACH=FULL]111428[/ATTACH][ATTACH=FULL]111429[/ATTACH][/URL] [COLOR=#FFFFFF][FONT="][B]Save[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][COLOR=#FFFFFF][FONT="][B]Save[/B][/FONT][/COLOR][/CENTER] [/QUOTE]
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