Pyramid Review
Spaceship Zero -- The Sci-Fi Serial Roleplaying Game
Published by Green Ronin Publishing
Written by Toren "MacBin" Atkinson and Warren Banks, with contributions from John Tynes and Monte Cook
Cover by Chris Woods
Illustrated by Toren "MacBin" Atkinson, Andrew Baker, Warren Banks, Paul Carrick, Chris Keefe, Sean Reynolds, Jeff Ward, and others
192-page perfect bound softback; $24.95
The chances are that you will have never listened the classic 50s Sci-Fi radio serial, Spaceship Zero.* You may have heard the of the television series made in Germany in the 1970s and possibly seen the previews of Spaceship Zero: The Motion Picture on the convention circuit. Unfortunately, neither the movie has been filmed nor the series been shown on the SciFi Channel, but thanks to the efforts of members of the Cthulhu Mythos inspired band, The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets, Spaceship Zero can be now enjoyed by an English speaking audience. Having already produced a CD called Spaceship Zero, both for and to promote the forthcoming film, Toren "Macbin" Atkinson and Warren Banks have written Spaceship Zero -- The Sci-Fi Serial Roleplaying Game, a full-blown game of 21st century space opera based upon the fifties radio series leavened with ideas from the seventies television series. You too, can create the exciting action of the adventures of Space Captain Glenn Stackhouse, Gearbox the Mechanic, Space Lieutenant Richard "Dick" Ross -- pilot, and Professor Cornelius Flyback Ashton, as they . . .
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Article publication date: January 17, 2003
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