Sky Galleons of Mars / Cloudships & Gunboats (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying) [Paperback]

Frank Chadwick (Author), James Colton McGonigle (Illustrator), Doug Shuler (Illustrator)

Product Details

• Paperback: 120 pages
• Publisher: Heliograph, Inc. (August 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930658044
• ISBN-13: 978-1930658042
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,691,446 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Tim Bradstreet is an American artist and designer best known for his Eisner Award-nominated work in graphic novels. He currently works as a conceptual artist for film and entertainment media. Over the past twenty years Bradstreet has worked for a number of publishing houses, including Dark Horse Comics, DC Comics (as well as their imprints Vertigo, and Wildstorm), Fantasmagraphics, IDW Publishing, Image Comics, Marvel Comics, and White Wolf Studios.

In 2000, Bradstreet collaborated with director Guillermo Del Toro on the concept work for the film BLADE 2. In 2003, he provided the art for movie posters promoting the film PUNISHER, a film by Marvel & Lion's Gate. In 2007, he worked with actor/director Thomas Jane as the production designer for the independent film DARK COUNTRY.

Tim Bradstreet's website can be found at RawStudios.com

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Flying ships on Victorian Mars!, February 17, 2003

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Mike Galer - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sky Galleons of Mars / Cloudships & Gunboats (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying) (Paperback)

There are two ways of looking at this book, as a miniature based war-game, or a role-playing supplement for the Victorian era space-faring Space 1889 Game. The text-portions only of the original boxed games are put together well with rules errata between the two sections, little repetition and all of the record sheets together at the back. As a miniature based war-game, it has some obvious failings: no ship counters or miniatures and no playing map. While thirty odd deck-plans in Cloudships and Gunboats are very nicely reproduced, the scale is too small for the original intention of miniature 25mm deck battles and boarding actions (but there was only six plans reproduced in the original games large enough for this anyway). There are many miniature war-game rules which don't have pieces provided so this is not really a problem; go buy some. Lack of the game board can be overcome with a ruler/tape measure and perhaps a home-made turning circle. As all the diagrams and ship plans are to scale, you can make counters easily enough using the "silhouettes" (someone has done this on the web). Not ideal, but there you go. The greatest loss is of the two large colour hex maps, but tiny versions are visible on the back of the book for reference. As a Space 1889 campaign guide it is very useful; Cloudships and Gunboats in particular contains detailed descriptions of all major power's assets on Mars and Earth. Political details, history, where built, and where posted are all included. While the original Sky Galleons of Mars contains very useful maps of the Syrtis Major area and useful scenarios and campaign rules that could be the basis of a role-playing session, or a distraction within an existing one. In all day good overall view of what is the most interesting part of the Space 1889 world: flying ships.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Art is Fantastic!, December 9, 2007

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Dale E. Corey "dalecorey1" (Merritt Island, FL United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sky Galleons of Mars / Cloudships & Gunboats (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying) (Paperback)

Well, I have to admit that I am prejudice. Tim Bradstreet is not the only Illustrator of this book. My brother, James Colton McGonigle, also provided illustration for this book as well. He is a fantastic fantasy artist!

1 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hmmmm........., October 18, 2000

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Courtney Ann Lambert "Courtney, mommy of Natalie" (Menifee, California United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sky Galleons of Mars / Cloudships & Gunboats (Space 1889 Sci-Fi Roleplaying) (Paperback)

...This is a pretty entertaining book and the art by Tim Bradstreet is very nice. He is truly one of the best artists working today. This book is definitely worth a look for the artwork alone.