GASLIGHT at Cold Wars 2001

G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. was first released at Cold Wars 2001, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. We ran four games to help promote the rules. A major success story for us was one guy who bought the rules on Friday morning and then ran a game using the rules Friday evening. He was able to easily create the attributes for the game that fit the various scratch-built robots and vehicles he had built for his group's games. This is a testament to the simplicity and flexibility of the rules. Try them and find out how easily they can be adapted to your own vision of Victorian science fiction.

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Moros by G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.

A Moro game with none of the Victorian science fiction elements.

The Reviresco train before a scratch-built fort.

Moro cannon crew (foreground) and more Moros coming ashore (background)

Another view of the fort and train.

Panoramic view of the whole table.


Darkest Africa by G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.

A multi-sided free-for-all involving British, Americans, Belgians, Germans, Zanzibaris, Boers and natives all rushing toward a newly discovered diamond mine in the Valley of Dinosaurs.

Natives defending their village against the Zanzibaris.

Boers and their steam-powered boring machine in the temple ruins.

The Belgians advance behind their steam war cart, armed with an electronic harpoon gun.

A view of the table a few minutes before the game began.

Germans advancing with their mechanical spiders. British can be seen advancing with captured Martian tripods in the background.


The Island of Dr. Dean by G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.

A small-unit action showing off how G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T. works for very small, ultra skirmish actions.

A closeup of a dinosaur on the Island of the Evil Dr. Dean. A more distant shot of the battle royal between natives and Dr. Dean's pets.


Civil War by G.A.S.L.I.G.H.T.

Union and Confederate soldiers battle it out among strange inventions during the American Civil War.

A Union spider assaulted by the Charleston bicycle lancers. A long shot of the battles. Note the Eureka Miniatures Hardlove Impervious suits in the foreground. A landscape view of the previous picture.


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