August 9, 2001, 01:05
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I have a secret
...project. Can you guess what it is? WK is disqualified. Hint attached:
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August 9, 2001, 03:11
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A WW2 scenario!
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August 9, 2001, 03:31
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Thanks for playing anyway, MJ! 
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August 9, 2001, 04:36
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Is this a scenario based on the Warhammer(?) style games (you know, the ones with hundreds of rulebooks and varieties of dice and lots of little metal goblins with guns  )
That flying ship seems to remind me of that genre.
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August 9, 2001, 04:54
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what case said
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August 9, 2001, 05:14
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Would it have anything to do with Captain Nemo (not the scenario designer) and start with 20k?
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August 9, 2001, 19:35
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It reminds me of "Master of the World" another Verne story. The Master had a combination airship/submarine/naval/land vehicle. The drawing somewhat fits that description.
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August 9, 2001, 19:44
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I agree w/ Gothmog. I thought exactly the same thing. Master of the World is by far and large. my favorite Julio Verne novel. But now that I think of it, you're gonna use ToT, so who cares ... Wait, wait, wait! I was just kidding!
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August 9, 2001, 20:25
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Spelljammer?
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August 9, 2001, 20:25
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You're getting a bit warmer. If you look carefully at the picture, there is a clue which will narrow it down considerably.
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August 9, 2001, 20:31
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You're getting a bit warmer, Gothmog and JB. If you look carefully at the picture, there is a clue which will narrow it down considerably.
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August 10, 2001, 09:53
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Well I see some numbers/letters by the bridge and there's a 1985 copyright on the picture 
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August 10, 2001, 12:29
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No, it's something else, in the picture. Here's clue #2:
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August 10, 2001, 18:49
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Dungeons and Dragons.
The barbarian seems to be riding a Flimmur
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August 11, 2001, 03:06
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That thing in Mars. John Carter, the warlord of Mars or something...
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August 11, 2001, 09:10
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Originally posted by Tallincourt
That thing in Mars. John Carter, the warlord of Mars or something...
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The Barsoom novels, by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
Sounds like a decent guess to me. 
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August 11, 2001, 09:37
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 Is it a Power Puff Girls scenario?
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August 11, 2001, 12:11
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The voyage to the centre of the earth?
Jules Verne revisited, updated.
Or the voyage to the moon? A space scenario? That first pic could either be a sub or that spaceship (I didn't read the book unfortunately), and since "Mars" is a planet...
It looks very much like Verne anyway.
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August 11, 2001, 12:41
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That's right, Tallincourt has it. It's Barsoom, based on the John Carter of Mars novels by Edgar Rice Burroughs. It has the romantic vision of the early sci-fi concept of Mars: ancient civilizations fighting over the resources of a dying planet.
Here's the title page. Congratulations, Tallincourt. Good guess, William, but you're disqualified.
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August 11, 2001, 21:31
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Cool! A scenario with lots of naked people!
Techumseh: Post a screenshot.
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August 11, 2001, 22:54
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*nods in agreement with Keenan*
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August 12, 2001, 00:57
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OK, but it's a bit premature, I have lots of work to do. As for the "nudity", it is true that characters on Barsoom wore few clothes. However, my scenario will be tasteful and artistic. Besides, most people play them for the articles.
Here John Carter, Warlord of Mars, and Dejah Thoris, Princess of Helium, defend themselves against barbarian Tharks (green martians) riding thoats and flying malagors.
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August 12, 2001, 02:21
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Originally posted by techumseh
my scenario will be tasteful and artistic
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You know, you could get a much wider audience it if isn't
(case in point: the Alicia Silverstone map on civfanatics)
edit: What a fitting way to reach prince level
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August 12, 2001, 15:39
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Techumseh,
So what exactly is the vehicle in the first picture? And what was the detail that was supposed to lead us to the right answer?
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August 12, 2001, 19:11
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A martian ariel battleship. In the Barsoom novels, all major powers have fleets of airborne battleships, cruisers and personal flyers. In the drawing there are two moons; therefore Mars.
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August 13, 2001, 01:25
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Originally posted by techumseh
In the drawing there are two moons; therefore Mars.
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Well, that threw me off. Here was I thinking Phobos and Deimos to be a couple of misshapen blobs. Useless Astronomy classes...  
Seriuosly though, I can't wait. Love this genre!
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August 13, 2001, 06:29
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Originally posted by ravagon
Seriuosly though, I can't wait. Love this genre!
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Exactly what genre do books about sword wielding nudists on Mars fit into?
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August 13, 2001, 07:23
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Originally posted by Case
Exactly what genre do books about sword wielding nudists on Mars fit into?
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Fantasy. 
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August 13, 2001, 10:05
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Those circles were moons?!  I too was under the impression that Mars moons were potato shaped. Those Martians must have remodeled them for aesthetic reasons.
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August 26, 2001, 23:59
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