"A World of Savagery, Super-Science, and Sorcery..." Topic

While looking for information on Jack Kirby, I found out that he had done design work for Thundarr the Barbarian

I was wondering how many people had tried gaming something like it; there is no shortage of science fantasy stories with similar elements. Anything from a Dungeons & Dragons style game rationalized as super-technology to a straightforward post-apocalyptic world with a few "weird" mutant abilities would fit. At any rate, I have fond memories of the show. Please let me know what you think.

Ron

Check out Savage Afterworld:
savageafterworld.blogspot.com

He has an RPG supplement for Mutant Future (a Gamma World alike). It's listed in the sidebar, and he has made adventures available on the blog.

For some reason Old Glory has a 15mm Ookla with their supersystem minis.

Rich

I love thundarr. I thought ookla, aerial, and thundarr were all in that set?

They are:

link

If you're fond of Thundarr, Kirby's Kamandi series is pretty much mandatory reading as well, maybe with some Devil Dinosaur as a chaser.

Lords of Light!

I have complete runs of Kamandi and Devil Dinosaur stashed away in the attic. I might have to have a marathon re-read this summer.

It all makes sense now. Kirby….

A world where gun-toting leopard-men evolved from regular leopards? It's a madhouse! A madhouse!

It's weirder than that. They're gun-toting leopard-men pirates who work for Sacker's Department Store, which is, of course, owned by a giant boa constrictor. That particular issue has them invading what's left of Canada, which is home to a plethora of giant insects and is being defended by evolved British bulldogs from NATO.

Really.

Thundarr seems kind of tame by comparison.

I'm really surprised no one has been able to capture Kirby's style in miniature. I would guess if someone could they would sell well.

Many of the Superfigs models from Old Glory/Four Color Figures are distinctly Kirby-esque, especially the Alien Host sub-range.

True, I had forgotten about those.

"Thundarr seems kind of tame by comparison."

Too right! I'm seriously intrigued.

Wait- does Kamandi have a stretchy, talking dog buddy?

Many of the Superfigs models from Old Glory/Four Color Figures are distinctly Kirby-esque, especially the Alien Host sub-range.

Absolutely, I noticed that the first time I laid eyes on those minis. They're on my "one of these days" list, and I plan to paint them in appropriately four-color Kirby-esque color schemes.

How cool would a range of Kirby-inspired anthropomorhic animals be?

And I still think of Klik-Klak whenever I see a grasshopper or hear a cicada.

Too right! I'm seriously intrigued.

Does this help?

Sadly, Kirby left the series before we got to see the Orangutan Surfing Civilization, Communi-Bear Silo States, or the Mao-Tse-Tigers.

Wait- does Kamandi have a stretchy, talking dog buddy?

Stretchy, no. Talking and dog, yes. Meet Doctor Canus:

How cool would a range of Kirby-inspired anthropomorhic animals be?

Seems to me that I've seen several calls for such over the years, but there still aren't many decent options. Zombiesmith has some good 15mm Nazi pig-men hidden on his site, and the Ar-men from Black Hat's Cobalt-1 range are okay as 28mm dog/coyote/wolf men. There are a couple of different apes-in-boiler-suit ranges that would do, but sadly no Romanesque tiger-men to go with them.

hi heres the map of Kamandi world
link

You can also check out

Under the Broken Moon
rpggeek.com/rpgitem/81287/under-broken-moon
rpglibrary.org/settings/thundarr/index.shtml

and

Sorcery & Super-Science
rpglibrary.org/settings/thundarr/index.shtml

Another Kirby creation:

Ah, the Knights of Wundagore. Another nice one.

Until not-Thundarr and friends are released in 28mm-ish, this weapon swap worked reasonably well.

Details here: link