Simian Saturday : Eureka Space Apes!!

 Recently Jay over at the Exonauts! blog admitted to having Ape Fever! Sadly Jay I'm afraid there is no cure.  I caught it as a wee lad when I first saw the black and white original King Kong movie and have been "suffering" with it ever since.
But don't despair there are many ways to get your ape fever "fix", part of the reason I do my regular Simian Saturdays is as a public service for those of us "afflicted" with this condition. 
Awhile ago I ordered some awesome space apes from Eureka Miniatures. They are 28mm, though not on the uber "heroic" GW scale.

I haven't had the time to get them painted up yet, but here is a painted example from the web.

The female is named Aperrella, pretty cool!

Eureka also has some "Boiler Suit" Apes.

 Perfect for if you want to relive the prequel PotA movies or similar. Also work perfectly for ape men in your Mutant Future or other P.A. Campaigns!
If I ever get mine painted I'll be sure to post them!
May the Ape be with you!  -B

AD&D Meetup!!

Some of you may or may not know I've been trying to get some gaming in for awhile now. Work, school and family stuff have conspired against me, however, it looks like there will be some actual gaming in my future.
An AD&D Meetup has formed and the groups schedule looks like it will work for me.  I haven't played AD&D in forever, so it should be sweet!  Lots of folks have signed up and some are even discussing secondary groups for Traveller, and other games.  You know at some point I'm gonna try to sway them into trying out some Mutant Future.  Lots of "younger" gamers are in the group who have never played AD&D, many signed up out of interest in trying something other than 4E or 3.X, good times, I've still got my bin filled with my old classic Basic D&D/AD&D modules to unleash on them.  Can you imagine gamers who have never played Keep on the Borderlands! the Slavers series, Isle of Dread!  Boo YA!

Glad I hung on to my AD&D Player's Handbook!  : )

Warp Riders

 I was recently  made aware that the group The Sword has released their third album; Warp Riders. I really like this band, so asap I went out and picked up the album.  I was not disappointed and as an added bonus, I found the album cover to be quite awesome!

This just begs to be a used as inspiration for a Sci-Fi Campaign!  Now to just decide on a rules system??
Mini-Six, Savage Worlds, Traveller, hmm things to ponder!
-Good Gaming!

Simian Saturday

 I've been on a Star Wars kick lately... I blame it on me looking through some old D6 Star Wars stuff for Mini-Six.  A friend sent me a couple of cool pics he found on the net. I thought they were really cool and appropriate for Simian Saturday.
First up The Simian Empire Strikes Back!

Followed up by the Simian Alliance!

 The person who did these has quite the talent.
May the Ape be With You! Always!