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We are pleased to announce the upcoming release of Astounding Tales! by Howard Whitehouse. These rules, which have been a resounding success at recent Historicons, will be available for purchase in mid-May. And now, a few words from our Director, er..um, Author:
Astounding Tales! is a snappy, simple set of rules for mayhem, murder and Weird Horror set in the period from the 1920's to the end of the black-and-white B-Movie era: Film Noir, hard-boiled novels, Pulp magazines with Charles Atlas advertisements in the back, that sort of thing. A world where down-at-the-heel Private Eyes fight vulgar, flashy hoodlums, but also where Heroes - often cunningly disguised by wearing a tiny silk mask, which fools even their closest friends - save the World from ambitious Mad Scientists, laughably inept villains and, quite often, the Germans. A world with garish posters featuring a lot of Colt automatics, green gripping monster hands, and women in far too much mascara and far too few clothes for respectable tastes. It's fast, it's fun, it's lurid.
(Fast women and cheap whiskey not included.)
That's right, Astounding Tales!, available in mid-May, price $25.00 USD plus S&H ($3.00 USD US/Canada and $8.00 USD International). Stay tuned for more.......