[April Fool's Post] Posthuman Studios Acquires License for Iron Sky RPG

Trigger Happy Lawyers, Please Take Note: This post was an April Fool's joke, and as such is a work of parody. I wish we didn't need to include such a disclaimer, but we live in a litigious world.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Posthuman Studios is pleased to announce the addition of Iron Sky as an alternate setting for the Eclipse Phase RPG. Initial plans call for the release of a core book porting the Iron Sky setting to the Eclipse Phase rules engine, followed by two supplements in 2010 and early 2011.

What will Eclipse Phase: Iron Sky look like?

"Basically, you're a Space Nazi," said lead developer Rob Boyle. The core game will feature one playable race (Aryan), a wide range of Space Nazi morph types using Eclipse Phase's unique resleeving mechanics, and a wealth of setting material on the Moon, Earth, and other places where Space Nazis go on Space Nazi adventures.

"After a white supremacist web site posted comments critical of some of the left wing political activities of Eclipse Phase writers, we felt it was necessary to reach out to this community," said developer Brian Cross, "Doing an Iron Sky RPG seemed like a great way to show that we're not necessarily the pinko race traitors we've been made out to be."

Eclipse Phase: Iron Sky offers several improvements over the core Eclipse Phase setting, including a space combat system, simplified character creation (who needs 1,000 customization points when all PCs are blond haired and blue eyed?), and an all-white production team -- now with more Germans!

"I'm really psyched about how this book is going to look," said lead designer Adam Jury, "German blackletter fonts are fucking sexy, and they're impossible to read, which means less whining from the fans about typos!"

Posthuman will being releasing Eclipse Phase: Iron Sky material in late 2010. Pre-orders for this revolution in science fiction RPGs will begin in July, 2010.

Eclipse Phase writer Jack Graham added, "Yep, we're kidding about this. Happy April Fools Day. Oh, and fuck you, Nazis!"

The real Iron Sky web site is here, and it actually looks like a pretty awesome movie which we're looking forward to seeing. Here's hoping the studio's lawyers realize this is fair use and don't sue us!
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saaxilk saaxilk's picture
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Well, it is nice to be innovative, just please, dont forget the main line books, i am still waiting for the 1Q 2010 books!! I do not why some people thought of eclipse phase as "left winged", ha obviously they do not read the small letters "this is a RPG book" :-P For me, Eclipse phase it is a great effort of vision, and has a visionary and plausible scenario for the evolution of society, very inspiring. Please go on with the line, can't wait for the movie / comic / web series / book
750 750's picture
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i guess if stalin could be so left wing he was right wing, someone else can be so right wing that he comes left wing.
Ashen Victor Ashen Victor's picture
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At first I thought "OMG WTF?" then I was all LOLing arround. "who needs 1,000 customization points when all PCs are blond haired and blue eyed?" Good movement. ;D
browwiw browwiw's picture
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Of course, you do realize that you have fallen into the same trap that ThinkGeek has? You have created a prank product so fantastic that you now have to create a real version to satisfy your pop-culture drunk customers. An official Space Nazi faction in EP will be our wampa sleeping bag.
750 750's picture
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jovian republic?
browwiw browwiw's picture
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No, the Jovian Junta is closer to Space N. Korea or Space Banana Republic.
jackgraham jackgraham's picture
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browwiw wrote:
No, the Jovian Junta is closer to Space N. Korea or Space Banana Republic.
Haha... For a split second I was imagining Martian yuppies in overpriced khakis. And then I remembered, "Oh yeah, that meant something before it was a brand."
browwiw browwiw's picture
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Haha. I knew somebody would make that connection when I wrote it. Edit: Great, now I have the image of an Ultimate dressed up as Panama Jack in my head.
Kyanor Kyanor's picture
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Well the movie is made by the same finnish guys who made Star Wreck so no worries about lawsuit. Also they have core of RPG players in their company, so they actually might be interested in this stuff, so I gave them the address in IRC.
sorshja sorshja's picture
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Looks like someone beat them to it. http://spacenazi.com.