Could not agree more - my attempts to run it for RPG newbies in college probably destroyed more potential gamers than anything else. It did introduce my favorite slang term for elves, Keebs.
That was, in fact, the basis of a short Traveller campaign I was planning. Alas, it never came to pass.
This actually looks like a fair likeness to how I pictured the base of a genetic engineering guild on a frozen planet in the Scum & Villainy book.
I had a Rodney Matthews art book back in the day I recognise some of these.Couple of random pics I got ages ago for inspiration for a setting I never quite finished or followed through about alien and surreal world-hopping adventures set in a world made up of pocket dimensions...
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Inspiration for central cite of spires in that setting. Not quite how I envisioned it, but similar feel and elements.
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Architecture feel for that city (mix of this and above)...
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A hint of Rodney Matheus for aesthetic...
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Could go on for ever with Rodney Matheus, but you get the idea (hopefully).
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It has been clunking around in there for years. There have been many iterations on paper, never run. I love the ruins in the McBride Rolemaster covers. I want a fantasy megalithic Petra, replete with demons and undead, full of the artifacts that brought the civilization to ruin. My current iteration is called "The Well of 10,000 Souls". Long ago, a king sought immortality (nod to Numenor). To that end, he engineered a massive human sacrifice that of course went horribly awry, opening a portal to the Pales (the Rolemaster Demon realms, I love that name), out of which spewed forth legions of demons and undead, who slew all they found, leaving the civilization in ruins. This portal became known as the Well of 10,000 Souls, and is the source of all the regional asshattery. Most of the demons and undead returned to their own plane, being bored due to lack of prey, but some stayed behind to rule their new kingdom. The Well stands open, a source of new horrors from time to time, and also being a perpetual threat, as no one knows if the horrors will return in force one day. Derivative, I know, but I love that kind of 
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For what it's worth, I like the elevator pitch and would give it a go. You should finish it.Derivative, I know, but I love that kind of
Sadly the game is a bit … dull (although fine if one does not have an existing bookcase of Pulp rules). The cover lured me in too.
Soviet children receiving UV therapy during winter.
BTW your link goes to a different game…
Ah, so that's where "keebs" is coming from
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"Surprise, motherloving investigators!"
Aw, thanks! I've actually been looking for a system to use for it. Ordinarily I'd use Rolemaster or its derivatives but I'm kinda flummoxed. I'm looking for medium crunch with a cool way to incorporate the discovery of ancient magic. I'm inspired by the Arcane Companion from Rolemaster or Talislanta's Archaen Codex. Looking at Novus and Wayfarers right now.
Turns out through all the slumbering and dreaming and mental torture of humanity, Cthulhu really just wanted a fancy new hat to up stage that stupid Azathoth.
That’s the one I grew up playing
Yeah, that's a game that gonna get seriously dark. Reminds me of this...
Ian Baggley should have been THE Hyperborean artist.
What do you call this genre of art?Couple of random pics I got ages ago for inspiration for a setting I never quite finished or followed through about alien and surreal world-hopping adventures set in a world made up of pocket dimensions...
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Inspiration for central cite of spires in that setting. Not quite how I envisioned it, but similar feel and elements.
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Architecture feel for that city (mix of this and above)...
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A hint of Rodney Matheus for aesthetic...
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Could go on for ever with Rodney Matheus, but you get the idea (hopefully).
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This also reminds me of an SCP. One that runs through a couple dozen D Class Personnel a week to keep it contained.
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Man, this movie premise is easily in one form or another 20% of all Cyberpunk adventures. People tend to miss this one when they talk about foundational Cyberpunk works, but it was massively influential on Anime as well as Maximum Mike himself. It's Neo-Noir with an emphasis on visual style and music as much as the gritty, underworld characters.
