G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.

Glorious Adventures in Science Loosely Involving Generally Historical Times

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Gaslight - Glorious Adventures in Science Loosely Involving Generally Historical Times by Christopher Palmer e John R. ’Buck’ Surdu Gaslight is a set of rules for fighting skirmishes in the Victorian era. Bands of stout-hearted Extras are led by Main Characters - from the streets of London to the hills of South Africa e from the glorious charges of the Crimea to the maelstrom della guerra civile americana. Gaslight was based on the popular Blood e Swash / Thunder e Plunder rules. These rules were written con the works of Victorian science fiction authors in mind, such as H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, e H. Ryder Haggard, ed a nod toward Hollywood.

In addition to the standard colonial era actions, special rules are included for adding various science fiction elements to the plot, including, but not limited to, steam conveyances, fabulous inventions, glorious weapons, e strange creatures from the depths of the jungle o the core of the Earth.

The designers made the specific design choice not to build their own world for the rules. Instead, the rules allow for the generation of veicoli, weapons, e creatures that allow groups of players to tailor the rules to their perception of Victorian science fiction. Players will find these rules flexible e fun.

Contenuto

Titolo: G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. - Glorious Adventures in Science
Loosely Involving Generally Historical Times
Epoca: Era Vittoriana
Tipo: Skirmish Wargame
Scala del Tempo: none given
Scala del Terreno: none given
Scala del Truppe: 1 figure = 1 man
Autori: Christopher Palmer e John R. ’Buck’ Surdu
Formato: 40-page rule book
Lingua: Inglese
Casa Editrice: LMW Works, Tonawanda, NY
Pubblicato: 2000

Capitoli

Organization, 1 page
Creating Main Characters e Extras, 2 pages
Generating Fantastic Weapons, 3 pages
Generating Vehicles e Conveyances, 4 pages
Skills, 2 pages
Generating Beasties e Baddies, 2 pages
How the Games is played, 22 pages
- Formations
- Facing
- Movement
- Firing at Personnel
- Firing at Vehicles
- Reloading Weapons
- Swivel Guns, Cannon ed other large Ordonnance
- Grenades e Grenade Launchers
- Close Combat
- Morale e Test of Manhood
- Example of Filling Out a Record Sheet
About the Authors, 1 page

Quick Reference Charts

Missile Attack Table
Vehicle Hit Chart
Morale e Morale Failure Results Chart
Personnel, Unit, Vehicle e Weapon Record Sheet

Fantastic Armi e Fabulous Inventions

Victorian era miniature gaming appeals to the highly creative modellers e giocatori wargame among us who want to create fantastic machines, only to see them fight e fail in battle. Many regolamenti di wargame attempt to exactly model reality, e they must specify the exact number e position of gun e torrette mitragliatrice on a particular veicoli da combattimento, as well as the realistic capabilities delle armi mounted inside them. To play miniature wargames, historically accurate, precision-tooled scale models must be purchased, e superbly painted to match the high standard of craftsmanship exhibited by giocatori wargame today. This can be frustrating, if the number of rivets o track sections on a particular vehicle model turn out to be incorrect upon close inspection by a passionate rivet-counter.

Adventures in Victorian fiction provide a welcome change of pace from historical simulations, if miniature modellers are encouraged to build their own equipaggiamento from scratch. Plastic bottle caps, coffee stirrers, shampoo bottles, cream cheese containers, handles of disposable razors, cardboard tubes, jewellery chains, popsicle sticks, ed other suitable parts can be used to build fascinating steam-powered veicoli, amphibians, naval vessels, ed aircraft. Fleamarkets are an excellent source of cheap plastic toys which only need to be modified e repainted to pass as Victorian fighting machines. The creative potential is endless, e Gaslight provides the game rules to drive, sail, fly, fire, e destroy any secret weapon design a player could possibly come up with. Rather than develop a Victorian world of their own, e the expensive miniature merchandize to go con it, the creators of Gaslight designed random generation tables to fit the soldatini, weapons, veicoli, e monsters we already have in our collections. This is a truly liberating idea per giocatori wargame, e for sci-fi modellers interested in taking their scratch-built designs off the shelf, e play-testing them.

Veicoli e conveyances need to have their engines started e sustained throughout the game. Part of the fun is that engines may conk out at the wrong moment, e critical hits may damage o jam certain components, making the vehicle difficult o impossible to control. Truppe regolari may be less imposing than Victorian veicoli da combattimento, but their combat abilities are relatively predictable e more consistantly reliable. With the exception of some special abilities of main characters ed extras, the fanteria, cavalleria, ed artiglieria rules in Gaslight are straightforward, easy to implement, e conceptually similar to those used in historical miniatures games. Fantastic small-arms ed armi pesanti may be generated to provide the fanteria con better anti-armour ed anti-personnel firepower. Some of these weapons might launch grenades, but their range may be too short, e they make take too long to reload to be suitable for combat. If all else fails, an heroic main character may have to stop an attacking creature o steam tank con a Webley revolver.

Beasts e Baddies

Toy stores, fleamarkets, e cereal boxes offer an unbelievable variety of strange creatures which would be nice to have, if they were useful to miniatures gamers. Some of these creatures may have to be dull-coated o re-painted to make them compatibile con existing wargame soldatini, but many can be used as they are. Gaslight provides the random creature generation table to turn these plastic critters into serious opponents, some of which may turn out to be slow, weak, e not too aggressive, if you’re lucky. The element of surprise is a defining element in Gaslight, unlike other rules which require multiple source books to spell out every minute detail, every strength e weakness of a potential opponent to a point where the fog of war is lifted completely. There is plenty of fog of war in Gaselight. The game master may decide to move a fast creature very slowly to lead players on, ed armour characteristics might be kept secret until a strange creature has been killed e medically examined.

Got some of my best plot ideas from playing Gaslight. -- Jules Verne

Jules Verne e H.G. Wells probably would have loved Gaslight, if the rules had been available then. Colonial giocatori wargame will find Gaslight easy to mix e match con The Sword e the Flame o similar skirmish e Western Gunfight games which lack the vehicle e creature rules for a stimulating what-if scenario. And, there is no reason why Ancients o Napoleonic giocatori wargame should forgo the intense experience of meeting a strange creature on the gaming table. Allow Gaslight to inspire you.

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