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Space 1889 RPG E books and 4 Audiobooks

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Space: 1889 is a role-playing game of Victorian-era space-faring, created by Frank Chadwick and originally published by Game Designers' Workshop from 1988 to 1991 and later reprinted by Heliograph, Inc. in 2000 and 2001.

Included in the torrent are the rule books and stories and 4 full audio plays.

# Red Devils by Jonathan Clements

# The Steppes of Thoth by James Swallow

# The Siege of Alclyon by Marc Platt

# The Lunar Inheritance by Richard Dinnick & Andy Frankham

The game presented an alternate history in which certain discredited Victorian scientific theories were instead provable and have led to the existence of new technologies. In the setting, Thomas Edison invented an "ether propeller" which could propel ships through the "luminiferous aether" (the universal medium that permeates space, based on a now outdated scientific theory), and traveled to Mars in 1870 accompanied by Scottish soldier of fortune Jack Armstrong, where they discovered that the planet was inhabited. By the time of the game's setting in 1889, the great powers have used Edison’s invention to extend their colonies and interests to the inner planets of the solar system.

The inner planets reflect an evolutionary progression, the planets nearest to the sun being younger than those farther out. All planets have life, and most bear native sentient species. Mercury is primeval, tide locked and possesses only rudimentary lifeforms. Venus is a vast swamp world dominated by hulking reptiles and lizard men. The Moon is an airless dead world, but with mysteries hidden deep beneath the surface. Mars is an ancient desert planet in decline, divided into warring decadent city-states clinging to a failing system of canals. Vulcan has died and become the asteroid belt. Due to limitations in technology the outer worlds remain unreachable and unexplored. There are also hints that some worlds may have terrain hidden beneath their surface.

Since wireless was not invented yet in 1889, communication between Earth and Mars is handled by orbital heliograph stations. The game contains much more detail on the flora, fauna, and peoples of the planets. The majority of the published material is centred on Mars.

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# Space: 1889 The core rulebook for the role-playing game.

# Tales from the Ether Five adventures set on the planets and the British orbital heliograph station.

# More Tales from the Ether More short adventures on Mars and Venus.

# Beastmen of Mars A campaign dealing with debased Martians, liftwood, and some mysteries of the planets.

# Canal Priests of Mars By Marcus Rowland. A campaign that begins on the Earth, includes a voyage by ether liner to Mars, and concludes with a twist ending.

# Steppelords of Mars & Caravans of Mars Source books on Mars.

# Cloud Captains of Mars Details on the sky pirates and privateers of Mars.

# Conklin’s Atlas and Handy Manual of the Worlds A gazetteer to the planets, including maps and information on Earth.

# Soldier’s Companion Rules for colonial ground warfare using miniatures, including detailed army lists, as well as rules for tripods and land juggernauts.

# Ironclads and Ether Flyers Rules for surface naval combat, including detailed information about Earth’s navies and flyers.

In 2005, Noise Monster Productions, run by Big Finish stalwart John Ainsworth, started releasing a new series of full-cast audio adventures on CD. These are produced under exclusive license from Frank Chadwick. Each adventure is a self-contained story and is released on a single CD with a running time of approximately 70 minutes. The four plays released so far are included.

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