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It came from the deep...discount bin.

Started by mattormeg, October 15, 2006, 06:38:19 PM

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flyingmice

#30
October 16, 2006, 09:27:59 PM
Quote from: Dr Rotwang!Hmn.  Cool facial hair, Spanish guys, rapier, blood?

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...those helmets ARE Spanish, right?

They're morions - a typical 16th-early 17th century helmet. The Spanish wore them - it's the prototypical "conquistador" helmet - but the English of the time wore them too. Look at a pic of Myles Standish sometime.

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#31
October 16, 2006, 11:42:44 PM
Morions.  Yeah, I totally read them as "Spaniard Hats".

"Aahh...I see that joo naytiff Aztecs have a lot of the gold, and very nice ceetees, jess?  Ahh, but joo are not civilized.  So...the solooshon ees seemple!  *stabbity stabbity kill kill burn*  The gold!  She is so...eh, the blood weel wash off."

Great pulp villains, Conquistadores.

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#32
October 17, 2006, 02:25:55 AM
Quote from: cnath.rmThat's a great cover!!  Particularly for the time period. I can't tell from the pic, is it a normally sized rpg book?

No, it was a Penguin book, roughly the same dimensions as the Fighting Fantasy/Dungeoneer series books.

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October 17, 2006, 04:54:43 AM
Quote from: RPGPunditNo, it was a Penguin book, roughly the same dimensions as the Fighting Fantasy/Dungeoneer series books.

And it rocked.  Probably still does.  I wonder where my copy got to?
 
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