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12/17/09 |
Astounding Adventures #2 The long delayed second supplement for
Howard Whitehouse's classic Pulp Gaming rules, Astounding Tales! 2nd Edition , the ORIGINAL Pulp Roll Playing Rules!
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9/08/09 |
Rough Riders! 15mm War Game figures for The Spanish-American War
now available for sale! (And Bloody Well About Time, Too!)
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9/08/09
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Three NEW additions to Mean Streets ! Go and check out the
Jewish Businesses Block, Central Park, and St. Patrick's Cathedral--but keep your head down!
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Astounding Adventures
#2
Subscription Now Open!
After a ridiculously long delay on the part of the Editor (moi), the LONG
awaited Scenario Book #2 for Howard Whitehouse’s original rules for Pulp
Gaming, Astounding Tales (Second Edition) is finally complete and now available
for Subscription.
The 54 page work contains four complete, ready to play Scenarios, including one
of Howard’s own, A Fête Worse Than Death! which was wildly received at
ColdWars, 2008. The other three stories (by Brian L. Foust, AKA
“Mirbane the Butler,” Alan Hamilton, and Richard Alan Spas) were inspired by
a contest challenging authors to write scenarios to fit some particularly lurid,
and authentic, Pulp Magazine covers.
This they did in spades, doubled, and re-doubled.
As a new feature for AA #2 not possible in the original AA #1, there are 9 pages
of full color game maps to help Directors design their own Sets for each Scene
of each Scenario.
Veterans of new TVAG Subscriptions already know the drill, but for those who may
not, here’s the deal:
1) Pre-Publication Price: $15.00 USD (plus $7.00 domestic postage, $14.00
Overseas). Payment may be via PayPal to TVAG@worldnet.att.net, or by
personal check/money order made payable to “Patrick R. Wilson” (and none
other please) and mailed to TVAG's earthly address.
The expected retail price upon
publication is $20.00, and a PDF Edition on CD will be offered for $15.00 as
well. As a further service, interested parties have the option of
requesting that their copies of the PDF version of the book be sent directly by
E-mail to their provided address, and thus avoid paying any postage costs at
all.
If anyone wishes to buy at the same
time Astounding Adventures #1, and/or the basic rules, Astounding Tales Second
Edition as PDF’s (on CD or not) at the same time, please subtract $5.00 from
the total cost of all titles.
NO MONEY will be requested until
the minimum number of 50 copies has been sold, at which point the Subscription
for this print run will be CLOSED. As usual, it’s pretty much
"First come, first served!"
2) All Subscribers' names will appear on the Role of Honor printed in all copies
of the initial printing.
3) Each Subscriber's copy will be numbered, inscribed, and personally
autographed by Howard Whitehouse himself.
This Subscription closes Wednesday, January 6, 2010 with copies to be mailed
approximately 10 days later
And you won’t have to wait nearly so long for the next pair of Astounding
Adventures! Number 3 is a collection of scenarios by long time Pulp gamer
and performer, Mr. Jeff Wasileski, as an entire Serial of Scenarios that will
take you to—but not necessarily back from—Skull Island itself! And
Number 4 needs but another two or three Scenarios, and it will be ready for
Subscription as well.
So, Astounding Tales! is alive and kicking, now get out there and join the fight
against… damn near anything or anyone you can think of!
TVAG
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The Old Boy's Current Featured Product:
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Mahdist Wars Source Book Special
(Some Still Available!)
Due to a gremlin at my former Printer's shop, I have a number of copies of the MWSB
whose Volume I was accidentally printed in B&W. I sold a number of these earlier at a special discounted price, but I still have a few more that need to be cleared from my stocks.
These copies in B&W are complete and fine in all respects, but they simply show all color uniform, flag,
color plates in grayscale. I have six (6) sets with both volumes in mint condition,
with Vol. I in grayscale, and Vol. II with all its color pages.
All these sets are for sale at $40.00 each on a "first come, first served" basis.
Note these prices are $25.00 less than the normal retail price of the full two volume set!
Individual volumes are still for sale, but the B&W Vol. I are now$25.00 each ($10.00 less than if
in full color), but Vol. II remains at the original $30.00.
Because my shopping cart cannot handle "high finance," interested parties must E-mail
TVAG directly to claim their copies.
I don't know how long they will last, but here is your opportunity to save some serious bucks on what has
become a standard reference for War Gamers of the Sudan.
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FYI
Where The General Tells You More Than He Knows
About What's Going On In The Background Here
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December 17, 2009
Item: With the serendipity of what
might be Fate, I recently sold a pair of "Mean Streets"
Block Sections to Mr. Patrick Connor, in the UK. He candidly wrote
back to say he expected to be disappointed in them, but was very pleasantly
surprised to the contrary! He is a "pro-painter" and modeler
with decidedly high standards for himself and his work. Well, one thing
leading to another over a period of a couple of months, I redesigned every
item in the entire "Mean Streets" line, VASTLY
improving them graphically. Patrick's contributions (and test
assemblies) have elevated what was already a unique resource for Pulp Gaming
into something quite beyond anything currently on the market, and not least
in regards to price.
Patrick is building all the newly remade Block Sections
for himself and I, and has sent 6 of them over The Pond to me already.
With the exception of the intentionally "old" buildings, the rest bear the proper influence of Art Deco
design and ornament. By following the posted construction suggestions, and going the extra mile by cutting out all
windows and doors, and insetting them back into the models, as well as using
a variety of backing materials, rather than just foam core ("feather
board"), he has produced the most astonishingly beautiful models of
early 20th Century buildings ever--no brag, just fact. (Please visit
the soon to be updated "Mean Streets" Gallery Page to see
photos of the new sets.)
I will be re-releasing the entire line
shortly, initially as PDF's at first, and then in professionally printed
form, once I can work a deal with my Printers.
Item: And speaking of my new
Printers (360 Digital Books), they have made it possible (read
"affordable") for me to soon be able to offer all Card Decks
as pre-cut, actual "card decks! I already have in stock the
Action Decks for Rough Riders! in just this way, and the price
is unchanged ($12.00, plus postage). As soon as I can raise the cash,
I'll have all the other Card Decks (The Sword And The Flame and
The Sword In North Africa Event Decks, as well as those for The
Sun Never Sets, John Company, and even the old Dynamite
Deck will be offered in this "ready to go" form, and
again, without the need to raise their prices!
Item: With the nearly
miraculous (or so it must seem to Howard Whitehouse, at least) completion of
Astounding Adventures #2, the next job is to edit The
Hive And The Flame, a dependent variant to the classic The
Sword And The Flame. It is a Victorian Science Fiction game
based on the premise that the Alien "Bugs" have landed in Cornwall
and Devon, and are consolidating their "beach head" while the rest
of Britain tries to throw them back. Written by Terry Sofian, the 100+
page rule book includes extensive background material, details of the Aliens
("The Hive"), and the accelerated British technology to fight
them. This could be described as "Steam Punk Meets HG
Wells," though it is definitely a full blown miniatures war game aimed
at 15mm mayhem.
Indeed, Terry had designed a range of 15mm
miniatures now ready to be produced by Tom Dye's GFI/MiniFigs, and only waiting for the rules' release to be offered for sale.
I HOPE (but have learned not to promise)
that The Hive And The Flame will be ready for Subscription in
January, 2010, but more info will be put up about the game as we get closer
to that time.
Item: (Reprise of September's
post): And speaking of Howard Whitehouse, he has invited me to participate in completing a new set of
rules for Gangsters and related mayhem which he has been developing for Mark
Copplestone to be called "Mad Dogs With Guns." Knowing that
TVAG has been side-tracked from our own "We Only Kill Each Other,"
Howard suggested that I might not only publish his rules, but explore to
what extent the two systems might be melded into one mighty tome. This
is the NEXT "full-time project" to start immediately after The
Hive And The Flame is in the pipe to the Printers.
And That's The Way Was, Headin' West...
Okay, that's likely the last update for 2009. It's been a slow year for business, but enormous opportunities
and major increases in TVAG's catalog will begin in 2010--many more books and miniatures, as well as a number of oddball items. As ever, if anyone has
any questions about projects going on here, or anything else for replying to, I'll be glad to do so.
And in the meantime, please accept my best wishes for the best Christmas, and most successful New Year, for each and
every one of you and those you hold dear.
We now return to the dance portion of our broadcast....
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The Page progress reports on the latest projects under development for TVAG. Just click on the "In The Pipe" here or on the Navigation Bar button under "Features"
to take a first peak at new rules titles, gaming accessories and miniatures lines in various stages of development.
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The Virtual Armchair General's Product Line:
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B'hoys!
Inspired by Asbury's The Gangs of New York , our exclusive
B'hoys! line features Rules, Miniatures, Buildings and Accessories for gaming 19th
Century gang warfare or other hand-to-hand action.
Go See the B'hoys!
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Studio 33
Victorian Era Accessories, including the
Dynamite Deck, Victorian Urban Barricades, Hex Bases, the Event Decks for The Sword And The Flame,
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The Sword In North
Africa,
and the Action Deck for Rough Riders!
Card
Deck Prices Permanently Reduced 25%!
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"Send A Gunboat!"
A line of color card stock Native Warships and Gunboats
in both 15mm and 25mm scales, designed by Richard Houston and Chris Ferree for The Kris And The Flame
and Boilers And Breechloaders
Prices
Permanently Reduced up to 30%!
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Mean Streets-
A complete card stock
American City in 28mm scale
representing the period 1920-1950, perfect for Gangster, Pulp Fiction, and other 20th Century Adventure Gaming.
Prices
Permanently Reduced up to 30%!
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Mean Sets
the perfect complement to "Mean Streets." 3D Card stock 28mm
room & building Interiors , complete with furniture, art, posters, and accessories,
perfect for Pulp Fiction, Horror, and Gangster/Detective role playing games.
Prices Permanently Reduced up to 30%!
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Buffalo Chip -
A complete card stock Western Town in 28mm scale
for your American Wild West and Victorian Colonial gaming.
Prices Permanently Reduced up to 30%!
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East Indian Buildings
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A full line of architectural styles of everyday dwellings in various regions of the Sub-Continent for use with
John Company or other rules sets. Available in both 15mm and 28mm scales.
Prices Permanently Reduced up to 30%!
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Earthworks
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Full color, card stock sections for self assembly,
providing field works for 19th Century battles. Suitable for use with John Company
and Available
in both 15mm and 28mm scales. Prices Permanently Reduced up to 30%!
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Thrilling Combat Miniatures
Bobby Jackson's exquisite mini-sculptures for B'hoys! and other Victorian-era gaming.
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"Sergeants Three"
The world's largest publisher of original Wargame Rules for warfare of the Victorian Era, including India,
Franco-Prussian and American Civil Wars, Caribbean Pirates, America's "Little Wars," and a myriad of other subjects.
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