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Red Devils (for Space: 1889)

Published by Noise Monster Productions

Written by Jonathon Clements

Directed & Produced by John Ainsworth

Music & Sound Design by Steven Foxon

Starring Ivor Danvers (Sir Henry Routledge), Ian Brooker (Professor Sebastian Golightly), Jo Castleton (Georgina Golightly), Kevin Murphy (Doherty), Katarina Olsson (Miss Charlotte Wong), Rupert Wickham (Lieutenant Williams), Tam Williams (Prince Skerrun), & Simon Williams (Captain St. John-Ffolkes) with Anthony Daniels (Captain James Carter)

70-minute CD; Ł12.50

It is fair to say that outside of the computer game and the novel, the roleplaying game has fared poorly when adapted across to other media, especially television and film. Such adaptations have been few and far between, and the fan and the general viewer alike has universally derided all. Fortunately, with the latest intellectual transplant, we gamers can give our eyes a rest and instead put our ears to good use.

Red Devils is the first in a series of audio dramas published by England-based Noise Monster Productions set in the Solar System of Space: 1889. Originally published by GDW in 1989 and later revived by Heliograph, Space: 1889 is a Victorian-era science fiction game inspired by the works of H. G. Wells, Jules Verne, and Arthur Conan-Doyle, that cast the imperialism, colonialism, and attitudes of the late 19th century across the inner solar system. Travel and transport between the worlds inside the Asteroid Belt is achieved via Ether Ships . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.

Article publication date: September 2, 2005

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