Space: 1889 : Science Fiction Role Playing in a More Civilized Time

by Chadwick, Frank

• ISBN13: 9780966892697
• ISBN10: 0966892690
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Heliograph

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 4
Characters	p. 8
Attributes and Skills	p. 10
Careers	p. 12
Skill Explanations	p. 18
The Victorian Age	p. 20
Britain and the World	p. 22
Victorian Values	p. 23
Government and Politics	p. 24
Victorian Society	p. 26
The Military	p. 30
Victorian Women	p. 32
The Chivalric Orders	p. 33
The Referee	p. 34
Non-Player Characters	p. 36
Event Resolution	p. 44
Adventures	p. 46
Rewards and Experience	p. 48
Equipment	p. 51
Scientific Equipment	p. 52
Reference Materials	p. 52
Tools	p. 53
Travelling Gear	p. 54
Fuels	p. 55
Explosives	p. 55
Firearms	p. 56
Melee Weapons	p. 58
Armor	p. 58
Primitive Weapons	p. 59
Martian Artillery	p. 59
Heavy Ordnance	p. 60
Machineguns	p. 61
Inventions	p. 62
Land Transportation	p. 72
Water Transportation	p. 73
European Aerial Vessels	p. 74
Martian Aerial Vessels	p. 75
Science	p. 76
Research and Inventions	p. 78
The Research Areas	p. 81
Ether Flyer Design	p. 82
Combat	p. 89
Turn Sequence	p. 90
Attacks	p. 91
Melee Attacks	p. 92
Missile Attacks	p. 94
Movement	p. 96
Wounds	p. 96
Grappling	p. 97
Heavy Weapons	p. 98
Morale	p. 100
Explosives	p. 100
Aerial Combat	p. 102
Animal Combat	p. 108
Travel and Exploration	p. 112
Land Travel	p. 114
Water Travel	p. 116
Aerial Travel	p. 118
Encounters	p. 120
Weather	p. 121
Exploration	p. 122
Space Travel	p. 124
The Ether	p. 126
The Solar System	p. 128
Interplanetary Travel	p. 130
Hazards of Space Travel	p. 132
Commercial Passage	p. 133
Luna	p. 134
The Trip to Luna	p. 136
The Crash	p. 137
Descent into the Moon	p. 138
The Caverns of Luna	p. 140
The Selenites	p. 142
Russian Tirade	p. 144
Imprisoned	p. 145
Escape	p. 146
Further Adventures	p. 147
Mars	p. 148
Physical Character	p. 150
Prehistory	p. 150
Recent History	p. 152
The Canals of Mars	p. 154
City-States	p. 160
Syrtis Major	p. 162
The British on Mars	p. 164
Europeans on Mars	p. 168
Mars' Treasures	p. 172
Skrill Riders of Mars	p. 174
High Martians	p. 176
Hill Martians	p. 178
Canal Martians	p. 180
Martian Animals	p. 182
Adventures on Mars	p. 186
Venus	p. 188
Geography	p. 190
The Exploration of Venus	p. 192
Colonies	p. 194
Lizard-Men	p. 196
Biology	p. 198
Players' Summary: Venus	p. 200
Charts	p. 201
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