YogiBearMinis  | 16 Jul 2017 6:20 a.m. PST |
The awful movie by the same name has obscured what i always thought was a great story by Edgar Rice Burroughs concerning an American's adventure in post-WWI Europe descended into barbarism. Has anyone ever gamed this? You have Chinese armies, Abyssinian armies, barbarians, etc.? |
| robert piepenbrink | 16 Jul 2017 9:16 a.m. PST |
Never gamed it, but I'll endorse the book as good second-tier ERB. (And second-tier Burroughs is better than most adventure writers' best efforts.) The other take on the same situation--a Europe descended into barbarism in a series of wars the US has largely avoided--is L. Ron Hubbard's Final Blackout. I would not raise fresh armies and write an extensive set of rules for either one. But if you have VSF, Interwar, PUlp or Post-Apocalyptic rules and figures around, both books create some interesting scenarios, and could do a campaign geared around what you already have. (Which is why I strive for one basing per scale: it lets your Interwar US naval landing party square off with your post-apoc scavengers and suchlike.) |
| TheBeast | 16 Jul 2017 12:04 p.m. PST |
At least two movies with that name, neither attribute to ERB. Which do you speak of? Doug |
| YogiBearMinis | 16 Jul 2017 4:21 p.m. PST |
I was thinking of the one with the ships and conquistadors and such. |
| 79thPA | 16 Jul 2017 7:45 p.m. PST |
The one with people walking around with balloons attached to a shoulder harness? That was based on the book "Uncharted Seas" written by Dennis Wheatley. "The Lost World" was written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Any pulp/VSF set of rules would work. |
| Cacique Caribe | 17 Jul 2017 1:44 a.m. PST |
In "The Lost Continent" (1968), if the flesh eating kelp didn't kill you, the giant "squid/"Sarlac and crabs would. Check out these reviews: YouTube link
link Dan
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| Redmenace | 17 Jul 2017 6:46 a.m. PST |
And always expect the Spanish Inquisition/ |
| Cacique Caribe | 17 Jul 2017 7:32 a.m. PST |
Well it's the best kind! :) Dan |
| TheBeast | 17 Jul 2017 12:37 p.m. PST |
I'm sure I've seen that hungry rug before… OMG, the prices they want for it on eBay! Doug |
| Col Durnford | 17 Jul 2017 2:37 p.m. PST |
There was a second picture? |
| Cacique Caribe | 18 Jul 2017 6:22 a.m. PST |
There's "Lost Continent" (1951):
link And there's also the one he means, "The Lost Continent" (1968):
link Neither has anything to do with the other. Dan
PS. I love this explanation:
YouTube link |
| Shagnasty | 19 Jul 2017 7:19 a.m. PST |
A classic! I love the personal balloons that let you walk on water. |
| Cacique Caribe | 20 Jul 2017 3:01 a.m. PST |
I'll need to wear a few of those things the next time I get on the scale. :) Dan
PS. I forgot about their little "snowshoe" rafts though:
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| The Bibliophile | 24 Jul 2017 7:24 p.m. PST |
I'd rather game the Hammer movie…it would actually make a pretty awesome set of scenarios for Pulp Alley. |
