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In 1878 the Polish genius Rynchowski isolated an electrical fluid with remarkable lifting capabilities. A single, pivotal event that would change the world. The smartest military minds of the coming generationZeppelin, Jellico, Fisher and othersdiverted their attention to the glorious new technological revolution and sea-going battleships were abandoned around the world. In their place, armored giants took to the skies. In 1906, Great Britain launched the HMS Leviathan, the first of the super air ships, sparking an arms race around the world. By 1910 the most powerful nations boasted large High Fleets, and the start of small skirmishes left the world uneasywelcome to Leviathans!
The world of 1910 Leviathans is epic in scope. The Manifest Destiny of the 1800s, combined with Old World power and elites, mixes with new technologies that dazzle the imagination as man uses his ingenuity to conquer science and the world. The art and fiction of Leviathans crafts a larger-than-life, alternate history image of clashing empires at the dawn of the technological age. Yet heroes still make the difference, whether in the palaces of far distant lands as political machinations bring a knife in the dark, or on the deck of a ship fighting for its life in a raging storm as hellfire from 12 gun batteries try to obliterate it from existence. Giant steel-cased ships smashing their way through the air over cities, mountains and foreign ports. Static lightning halos thrown off a ships electroid ballast tanks when conducting high-powered maneuvers. A broken-keeled ship hanging just for a moment at the edge of the clouds, blazing with fire and lightning, which slowly rolls over and then plummets toward the barren desert floor... The officers who must perfect three-dimensional naval warfare on ships that mount cutting edge 1910 technologies. The enlisted man who cuts his lanyard to dash across a pitching deck and rescue a comrade before he is lost over the side, the engineer who is almost as much a wizard as a tech.
Leviathans is a miniatures-based board game wedded to a dynamic, alternate-history universe based around the steampunk genre. Catalyst Game Labs launched the Leviathans universe via monstersinthesky. com in early 2009, where continual blog posts show a behind-the-scenes look at a universe and game development in progress; with fiction, art and more. The Core Box Set with the full game and universe will be published in 2011. Leviathans uses an innovative game system of color-coded dice and easy-to-read physical record-keeping cards that allow for quick and easy play while retaining the depth of strategy that will encourage repeat play.
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Catalyst Game Labs is releasing Leviathans under the Creative Commons license (www.creativecommons.org). This will allow and even encourage the emerging Leviathans community to create their own derivative works, thereby embracing the steampunk philosophy of taking elements you like and making them your own.
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The miniatures and Ship Cards in the Core Box Set that will release in 2011 will showcase the British and French fleets. Faction Box Sets will follow in the future, introducing the fleets of the other major powers of the Leviathans universe: German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, American, and Austro-Hungarian.
toward the end of the 19th Century, and prior to the Great exhibition of 1890, nations staked their claims to be Major Powers on the possession of their own fleets of battleships. the first flight of the Ganymede only raised the stakes for those wanting to play the new game of aerial supremacynot only was the engineering mettle of a nation on show, their scientific prowess had to reach to sustain production of acceptable volumes of electroid, lest their investments in bravado sit there as no more than inert lumps. a brief survey of the lesser players the Minor air Powersreveals two paths taken by these lesser participants. firstly, the more self-sufficient limit their ambitions and lower their aims, producing smaller numbers of smaller vessels. those with presences more operatic than influential, on the other hand, take the parvenue approach, and attempt to buy their way into the game. Jkl
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Before the release of the Core Box Set, jump into the epic Leviathans universe and game system by purchasing the following PDFs from www.battlecorps.com/battleshop or www.drivethrurpg.com.
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The Lieutenants Manual is a 32-page PDF offering a complete introduction to the new, innovative Leviathans game system, including playing maps, ready-to-cut-out-and-use Ship Cards and counters. All a player needs to bring to the table are a few sets of polyhedral gaming dice (D4, D6, D8, D10 and D12s) and in minutes theyll be scouring the skies at the helm of several thousand tons of war-forged metal looking for the tail-tale sign of enemy smoke on the horizon.
The Primer For New Airmen Excerpt is a 21-page PDF offering a sampling of pages from the Primer For New Airmen. In addition to the next chapter of He Who Merits It (story fiction begun in the Lieutenants Manual), the Primer explores the world of 1910. The manifest destiny of the 1800s, combined with Old World power and elites, mixes with new technologies that dazzle the imagination as man uses his ingenuity to conquer science and the world.
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James Fighting Leviathans: Excerpt From 1910 Edition is an 8-page PDF that includes four more ships ready-to-play with the Lieutenants Manual. The PDF includes full-color illustrations and histories of all 4 ships, Ship Cards and cut-outs for putting these leviathans into play on your gaming table. The HML Beagle and Montpellier are variations on the D-class and Grenouille-class vessels found in the Lieutenants Manual. The HML Courser and Ardent, however, are two new Light Cruiser classes.
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James Fighting Leviathans: Excerpt From 1910 Edition Part Two is an 13-page PDF that includes four more ships (two each for the British and French fleets) ready-to-play with the Lieutenants Manual, including unveiling Type 3 Ships. The PDF includes full-color illustrations and histories of all 4 ships, Ship Cards and cut-outs for putting these leviathans into play on your gaming table. Also included are two ready-to-play scenarios for instantly fielding these ships (and others), including rules for Steering Gear and turrets!