Slipstream

by Paul Wade-Williams

Slipstream - A setting book for the Savage Worlds RPG. Pass through any of the black holes that dot the universe and you enter Slipstream, a pocket universe of shattered worlds. Slipstream is home to myriad aliens, but it is also their prison, for there is no escape. Amid the fragments of worlds rules the science and flavor of 1930s Saturday morning pulp serials, for Slipstream is a realm of square-jawed heroes, ray guns, weird science, and rocketships. It is a realm where the morals are black and white, where good triumphs over evil, and where danger lurks at every turn. Ruling over Slipstream is the diabolical queen Anathraxa and her horde of Hand Maidens, Primals, and Minions. All bow before her, paying tribute to avoid destruction. None have had the courage to stand against her forces, at least not until now. For this is the role your heroes will take-bastions of light against a dark foe! Strap on your rocket pack, charge your ray gun, and prepare to blast off on wild and exotic adventures! Slipstream is a pulp science fiction Plot Point setting for the award-winning Savage Worlds RPG. (full color, hardcover, 160 pages)

Genres: Role Playing Games

160 pages, Hardcover

First published August 18, 2008

Reviews

[Mikael Cerbing · Rating 3 out of 5]

( 3.5 stars) Slipstream is a setting that fits very well into the Savage Worlds system of RPG gameplay. The pulp nature of the setting is something that Savage Worlds where built for. The world itself is a old-school sci-fi with rocket ships and Lion Men and where most people are very Good or very Evil. Think Flash Gordon and you are very close.
I really liked the setting and much of what they say about it (4 stars) but I find the plot campaing in the end a bit up and down (3 stars). I think a few of the adventures can be really fun to play, but some will need quite a bit of work to make them entertaining. But then, thats the nature of these plot campaings.

[Juho Pohjalainen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just the sort of a pulp adventure mashup Savage Worlds does best. I didn't get to play in the setting quite as much as I would've liked, before the game petered out, but I would've wished for more of the same.

[Victor Rodriguez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Una ambientación que le queda como un guante al sistema Savage Worlds. Lo más parecido a rolear Flash Gordon... hasta que Savage Worlds obtuvo la licencia del cómic hace un tiempo.

[Francesco A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent sourcebook for space pulp/opera. This rules system fits this genre very well to begin with, and this is a wonderful adaptation.