Cassandra Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 So, an old theory about Amelia Earhardt is being resurrected because of an old picture showing a woman with some guys on a dock. The theory goes like this: Miss Earhardt landed her plane safely somewhere, after the radio was damaged and she lost contact with the ground, and was grabbed by Japanese (or even: her plane was forced down by Japanese and captured) because they thought she was/she was actually spying on them for the USA. Held by the Japanese, she died in custody. I actually ran that exact scenario for my Golden Age Champions campaign, with the PCs hooking up with Chinese heroes to save her because she was a US spy. In a superhero universe the Japanese would have turned Miss Earhardt over to a Nazi scientist to test a super-soldier formula on. The previous male subjects had died, but the formula works and she uses the superhuman powers she gains to break free and escape. She offers her services to the U.S. government who decided to give her a new identity as Lady Eagle! pinecone 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 5, 2017 Report Share Posted July 5, 2017 With Earhart's plane going missing as a cover story to conceal her identity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Great origin story! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrinku Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Pity I missed the Kickstarter and earlier discussion. Have to look at getting it when it hits retail. Golden Age is easily my favourite setting - I've got both of the Chris Coultier books and ran a couple of campaigns back in the day. One player even did his character as the 1940s original and grandfather of his (late) 1980's one, which is always a good shtick. I assume that's an idea that made it in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted July 6, 2017 Report Share Posted July 6, 2017 Great origin story! It's pretty much the origin of my heroine Lady Liberty. Her real name is Laura Lockhart. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Watts Posted October 18, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 Hey all! Still looking for reviews now that the hardcopies are out and on sale. Here is lovely, elsewhere's even better. If you'd like to see a Silver Age book we need to spread the word! Thanks, dw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 I would love to review it, but atlass, one needs to buy a copy to review it. But tax time is only less than 3 months away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 No sign of it on my doorstep yet (nor any kind of tracking notification so I have no idea when to expect it). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 WHen I get another bunch of cash (if?) I'll pick up a copy and throw it a review. This time of year is always kinda tight though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 18, 2017 Report Share Posted October 18, 2017 I'm a backer, I'm in Canada, and mine arrived in the mail today. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kharis2000 Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 I'm really looking forward to seeing it, too! =) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawnmower Boy Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 mine arrived yesterday. i'm reading, i'm reading! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 I'm a backer, I'm in Canada, and mine arrived in the mail today. Canada? I'm not feeling the love here on the US east coast... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 I got my copy yesterday here in Chicagoland. Finally! I'm really happy to have this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 <---looks in mail box....."Fudge!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 19, 2017 Report Share Posted October 19, 2017 Isn't it still kinda warm to be sending fudge through the mail? rjd59 and Lawnmower Boy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 One has arrived in Eastern Tenneseee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 20, 2017 Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 BTW you can now pick up a PDF of the Golden Age Champions Secret Files from the Hero website store, with forty pages of outtakes from the GAC manuscript that didn't fit into the final book, including more background info, adventure outlines, and full write-ups for ten more characters. http://www.herogames.com/forums/store/product/709-golden-age-champions-secret-files/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Actually, that reminds me of a question I have for Darren. I was hoping there'd be a vehicle sheet for Rick Royce's super-jet, the Condor, in the Secret Files, since it's not in the main GAC book. No luck, though. Does that file exist somewhere? If so, is there a chance we'll be able to see it some day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Ok..got my copy. Some early thoughts: 1)The character writeups are good...VERY good. Even if you have no intention of running a Golden Age era game, a good GM can get a lot of milege out of the plethora of characters that are in here. 2) Diversity: Not just Nazi bad guys and not all..."black and white" morality. 3) Optimus immediately evoked Oyzmandias from The Watchmen for me. 4) Art was mostly good to great. No complaints here. 5) Liquidator made me laugh out loud. 6) Good amount of background material as well(mostly in the first half of the book). All in all, I think they knocked it out of the park and I can't wait to delve more deeply into it. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Ok..got my copy. Some early thoughts: 1)The character writeups are good...VERY good. Even if you have no intention of running a Goolden Age era game, a good GM can get a lot of milege out of the plethora of characters that are in here. 2) Diversity: Not just Nazi bad guys and not all..."black and white" morality. 3) Optimus immediately evoked Oyzmandias from The Watchmen for me. 4) Art was mostly good to great. No complaints here. 5) Liquidator made my laugh out loud. 6) Good amount of background material as well(mostly in the first half of the book). All in all, I think they knocked it out of the park and I can't wait to delve more deeply into it. 1) Very much agreed. Many of them could be translated to a modern-day campaign with little effort. No few would easily fit into heroic-level campaigns. But I really appreciated the "After the War" side bars for almost all of them, describing their later activities and what lingering impact those could have. In particular, the lineages of General Zima and the Morimoto brothers are rife with possibilities for legacy characters. 2) Yes, a surprisingly wide range of nationalities, and motivations. That includes a number of characters who aren't really a part of the war, just looking out for themselves or their neighborhoods. But some of the heroes are true-blue types, while some of the villains are truly vile. 3) First analogue I thought of too. But Drake Wilson is a lot more likeable than Adrian Veidt. 4) and 5) Yup. 6) For people interested in running a WW II supers game, the included info would make things vastly easier. The detailed timeline alone includes so many historical events that could be the basis for scenarios. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Some great stuff here! Much of it already mentioned. -Rex Sterling is awesome and a very good boy! -Plot seeds per year of the war? Oh hellz to the yes. -I really did love some of the art work Lady Mystery is rocking the classy hair style and highboots - The bits on 'immortal types' and 'Hidden Lands' were up to were greatly appreciated. -If you like Atlantis, as I do, Steel Shark and Mara and so on brings in a whole new front to the war Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Watts Posted October 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Actually, that reminds me of a question I have for Darren. I was hoping there'd be a vehicle sheet for Rick Royce's super-jet, the Condor, in the Secret Files, since it's not in the main GAC book. No luck, though. Does that file exist somewhere? If so, is there a chance we'll be able to see it some day? You know, I'm certain I had one during the playtest, but I can't lay my hands on it. I'll have to rebuild the darn thing and post it on the boards at some point. dw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 21, 2017 Report Share Posted October 21, 2017 Thanks, Darren. When you do get the chance, I recommend popping it in the Downloads section of the website. Stuff posted on the forums tends to get lost over time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjd59 Posted October 23, 2017 Report Share Posted October 23, 2017 Very excited, received my copy today! Thanks to all involved! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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