Some days the iceberg gets you…

[majormagik]

In the late 80s, Game Designers' Workshop released a combined role-playing and miniatures-based ship warfare game setting called Space: 1889. I remember hearing some of the early press about the game before it would presumably hit the stores. RPGs up to that point were slavish copies of D&D, irredeemably silly (Gamma World), or utterly inaccessible

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[hughcasey]

Actually, Space:1889 is back in print:

http://www.heliograph.com/

Of course, I still have my original book from GDW, because I'm a g33k.

[majormagik]

I have most of the campaign books and even the reprints of the fleet rules - but no ships (for now).

This just in…

[majormagik]

…well, not just in.

Who knew this was happening? http://www.noisemonster.com/products/space1889.shtml