Sundog Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items The Commisioning plate and battle stars of the german CV Von Hindenburg, including commendations for the second battle of Scapa Flow and the battle of the Thames. One of the knives used to assassinate the Roman Dictator Pompey on the steps of the Senate. The United Crown commisioned by Phillip IV/I of Spain and England. An invitation to Lincoln's third inauguration party. A petition to allow President Nixon a third term in office (suggested by Weldun). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monster Posted April 2, 2007 Report Share Posted April 2, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items ...superhero stuff...hmmmm.... The Global Humanitarian Prize awarded jointly to Mother Teresa and Grond for their partnership work among the poor of India. Wanted posters (or video from "America's Most Wanted") featuring one or more of the player characters for various despicable crimes. Distinguished Service Cross awarded to for throwing the first atomic bomb from the deck of the USS Essex into Hiroshima, several miles away. Letter from Albert Einstein, world-famous wizard, to President Roosevelt explaining how a superweapon could be produced by applying newly discovered thaumaturical principles, and how the Nazis were already beginning the required rituals to produce such a weapon. Mysterious (and partially melted) artifacts from Chernobyl, where an interdimensional portal opened unexpectedly and spewed forth alien invaders: extreme measures (including superhero assault) were required to stop the invasion, but the presence and activities of the aliens - unlike anything seen before or since (by anyone!) - poisoned the area for miles around. (By the way, if you want images for WW2 low-powered supers, the RPG "Godlike" has some delightful doctored and re-interpreted photos; soldiers lifting tanks, flying, and such.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gawain Posted April 4, 2007 Report Share Posted April 4, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Six different commemorative plates, all celebrating Cuba's admission to the United States, each from a different year; 1899, 1923, 1928, 1937, 1949, and 1963. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted April 5, 2007 Report Share Posted April 5, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Fidel Castro's rookie baseball card. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Walt Disney's original sketches of Tinkerbell, based on Bettie Page (instead of Marilyn Monroe). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimble Posted April 21, 2007 Report Share Posted April 21, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Designs and specs for Seekers Powered Armor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Birth certificate for one of the player characters - but for the "wrong" year. Copy of the citation for a posthumous Medal of Honor for the one of the player characters, detailing actions against what appear to be from the description, non-human enemies. Aliens? Marriage certificate for two of the player characters, who are of the same sex. Newspaper with photos of one of the player character's recent exploits - and text in an unknown and indecipherable script. (I've pulled something like this in a fantasy game....) Lucius Alexander A contract between one of the player characters and Palindromedary Enterprises, for the leasing of a set of Interdimensional Babes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Olympic Gold Medal for Chess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Original Single of "The Day The Music Nearly Died" The preserved remains of the world's first steam-train - as built by Hero, in Alexandria 62 A.D. The Catalogue of the Great Library of Alexandria, 1870 A.D. Signed copy of Dianetics, by Theodore Sturgeon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Logbook of the plane used to drop the first nuke, on Berlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Complete boxed set of Doctor Who, including all missing episodes, pilots, the 7 feature films, and the multiple spinoff series, on BBC Home Laser Crystal, circa 1985 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Map of China, one of the disputed territories of the Tibetan Empire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Elvis and Aaron Presley Reunion Tour tshirts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Korvar Posted April 22, 2007 Report Share Posted April 22, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Action figures of the player characters, only with their secret identities and powers mixed up. For a Champions example, what if James Harmon IV becomes Defender, grim dark-clad champion of the night, Mark Whitaker becomes the power-armoured Ironclad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldun Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items A folder containing newspaper clippings describing a devestating meteor strike in 1999. The meteorite apparently struck a small island in the south pacific, and it's passage through the Earth's atmosphere apparently brought it directly over several cities, it's shockwave destroying them. What makes the folder interesting is the copy of a Global Cease-Fire agreement,, dated July, 1999, and a Copy of a calling for "Globilisation" of all the Earth's governments under the U.N., dated september 1999. A newpaper clipping dated September 14, 1999, detailing the disaster on the moon, shere the nuclear waste dump on the far side had apparently detonated in a massive thermonuclear explosion and has catapulted the moon out of Earth's orbit and into deep space at colossal speed. The article also talks about plans for memorials services for the 311 inhabitants of the moonbase that may have just become humanity's first interstellar explorers, if they survived at all. Unfortunately, a build-up of magnetic radiation, combined with the global communications disruption resulting from the catastrophe have made any attempts at contacting any survivors impossible. Sub-articles postulate the potential effects upon Earth's ecology, and discuss the possible extintion of mankind. Walt Mervin's "Certain Essays in History", including a detailed description of the 1975 war between the U.S. and China, that ended in the genocide of the Chinese. An unusual alloy sample (with micro-subspace pockets), with a report that it had been found in in the side of Mt. Saint Helens, under a layer of rock that had been laid down 4 million years ago. The Crown of King Kull of Atlantis. The cermonial blade used to kill Pharaoh Seti I in 1290 BC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Monster Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items The cermonial blade used to kill Pharaoh Seti I in 1290 BC No, no, no - the ceremonial dagger used to kill Pharoah Seti I in 1290 AD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Elvis and Aaron Presley Reunion Tour tshirts That should probably be "Elvis and Jesse Presley reunion tour." Jesse Garon Presley, Elvis's twin brother, was stillborn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Major Tom Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Shouldn't the date on the moonbase story be September 13th? Major Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items May be too soon for this one. A copy of the Virginia Tech allumni magazine with Sung-Hui Cho's picture on the cover. The story inside calls Cho a hero for tackling a derranged gunman, wrestling him to the ground, disarming him, and holding him until campus security arrived. The fact that while several students were wounded, including Cho and the gunman, there were no fatalities that day is attributted to Cho's quick action. The article is by Professor Liviu Librescu. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Champions, the RPG computer game for the Commodore 2000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drhoz Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items That should probably be "Elvis and Jesse Presley reunion tour." Jesse Garon Presley' date=' Elvis's twin brother, was stillborn.[/quote'] d'oh - quite right. mea culpa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldun Posted April 26, 2007 Report Share Posted April 26, 2007 Re: I need to brainstorm some anachronistic items Shouldn't the date on the moonbase story be September 13th? Major Tom The detailed edition would be out until the day after, at the earliest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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