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Let's talk Dark Future

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27 Jan 2015 08:35 - 27 Jan 2015 08:39 #196269 by Mr. White
What timing...

Dark Future has been pretty much dead online besides the Future Highway's site (which seems to have gone inactive about a decade back).

Well, looks like a lot of the Oldhammer guys are into it now. Likely because the upcoming Mad Max flick.

realmofchaos80s.blogspot.com/search/label/Dark%20Future

oldhammeronabudget.blogspot.com/search/label/Dark%20Future

oldschoolworkshop.blogspot.com/search/label/Dark%20Future
(this one has some gameplay reports with photos)
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27 Jan 2015 08:44 #196274 by SuperflyPete

Almalik wrote: Sounds cool. Now I'll totally have to dig around and try and find a copy of the rules.


app.box.com/s/mtssjp238wtmswy5m1eymxq23hcn4shk

Dark Future Rules.
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27 Jan 2015 09:16 #196277 by Columbob
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Mr. White wrote: Many reasons why I love it:

* Cool setting (the novels by Kim Newman are great)


Agreed, loved those (Kim wrote as Jack Yeovil for GW). Great sense of humour. A lot of the references (tons throughout) went right over my head though. Secret agent Elvis!

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27 Jan 2015 09:38 #196286 by Mr. White

Columbob wrote:

Mr. White wrote: Many reasons why I love it:

* Cool setting (the novels by Kim Newman are great)


Agreed, loved those (Kim wrote as Jack Yeovil for GW). Great sense of humour. A lot of the references (tons throughout) went right over my head though. Secret agent Elvis!


Back in the late 90's and early 00's, I read quite a few warhammer novels. His Drachenfels was easily the best one. It also seemed to not do much with warhammer and felt like it could have been set almost anywhere. Great story though!

It led me to Anno Dracula which was also fantastic and I think did the literary character mash-up before League of Extraordinary Gentlemen. I need to follow Anno Dracula up and find Bloody Red Baron.

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27 Jan 2015 09:51 #196291 by Mr. White
Here's a comprehensive list of DF novels.

www.amazon.com/Future-Games-Workshop-Bla...ry/lm/R20VYAU5IMK69O

Several are listed twice because there was a reissue about 10 years ago where GW (thru their Black Library division) updated the timelines of the stories. Originally, the setting took place in 1995.

Also, they contracted out some authors to write a few new novels. Not sure why. Anyway, haven't read the new ones.

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27 Jan 2015 10:04 #196293 by Columbob
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I have the whole series, old GW red edition (even 2 copies of Comeback Tour), plus the four newer ones, which were ok, not as great as Newman, but still some fun and disturbing stuff, even one set in Japan. American Meat featured a meat plant inside a gargantuan pig, packing meat from the living beast itself.

Route 666 – Anthology (never reprinted and pretty rare)
Route 666
Demon Download
Krokodil Tears
Comeback Tour
Ghost Dancers
Golgotha Run
American Meat
Jade Dragon
Reality Bites


His Drachenfels sequels were also worthwhile, especially Beasts in Velvet (listed third in the reprinted series, but really the second chronologically and in the original publication order).

I never got around to reading Anno Dracula, but it does predate Moore's League by quite a few years (published in 92, League was 99 or so).
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27 Jan 2015 10:09 #196296 by Columbob
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Mr. White wrote: Also, they contracted out some authors to write a few new novels. Not sure why. Anyway, haven't read the new ones.


In the mid-2000s, Black Library was expanding with their Black Industries (RPGs, Talisman) and Black Flame (2000 AD novels, reprinted most of the old DF books as well) imprints, then tried their hand at original genre fiction with their Solaris imprint (relaunching Paul Kearney's career with the solid Ten Thousand novel and later trilogy). BI and BF folded, Solaris was sold off, BL is still going strong and making a killing with expensive premium limited edition books (mostly Horus Heresy stuff) and the digital market for short stories (it's only a couple of bucks at a time!).
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27 Jan 2015 11:45 #196317 by Mr. White
Yeah, but I never understood why they produced new Dark Future novels with no game or any relevance at the time. They even rebranded the logo so there was no obvious tie to the old game. I thought it was odd.

Maybe I'll get around to reading them.

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27 Jan 2015 17:24 #196380 by SuperflyPete
As an aside, Metalface, I think I still have Outrider hanging around here. If you want it, let me know. It's yours, freebie...Circus rules and whatnot.

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27 Jan 2015 18:00 #196383 by metalface13

SuperflyTNT wrote: As an aside, Metalface, I think I still have Outrider hanging around here. If you want it, let me know. It's yours, freebie...Circus rules and whatnot.


Outrider? Is that one of the Dark Future cars?

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