Showing posts with label Mad Scientist. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mad Scientist. Show all posts

Friday, September 25, 2015

Funny Business: NUELOW Games introduces Professor Fiend

When choosing which comics to repackage or base ROLF! supplements around, we generally go for the obscure and neglected--the characters who haven't been thought of since they first appeared in the pages of magazines from long-gone publishers some 50 to 75 years ago.

Art by Fred Schwab
The latest character we've retrieved from the ash-heap of pop-culture history is Professor Fiend. This character was featured in an eponymous series that ran in the early issues of Fantastic Comics, published by Fox Feature Syndicate during 1939 and 1940. It relies to a large extend on nonsense humor, but at the same time is pretty dark, since it makes a running gag out of the fact that the Professor is suicidal.

The NUELOW Games comics/rpg hybrid product contains five of the original Professor Fiend tales by writer/artist Fred Schwab (working under the house name Boris Plaster). We've brought the character into the 21st century in a two-player battle scenario that's equally compatible with our ROLF! and You vs. Me rollplaying games. In addition, the book contains five feats for d20 System games that will let you bring a little Professor Fiend flavor to a genius player character (mad or otherwise),

Click here to see previews of Professor Fiend at DriveThruRPG, or to get your very own copy.

OTHER HUMOR COMICS FROM NUELOW GAMES
Art by Dave Tendlar
While the majority of our pure roleplaying game products are comedic in nature, most of the comics-related releases are not. However, Professor Fiend isn't our only comics release intended to tickle the funnybone. Here are a few others:

Ginger and Snap collects (for the first time, anywhere) the complete run of this series about a pair of fraternal twins who solve problems by cross-dressing and disguising themselves as each other. It contains a complete ROLF! battle scenario.

By Ralph Mayo
Kathy collects several teen humor stories that were collaborations between NUELOW Games favorite Ralph Mayo and the legendary artist Frank Frazetta, whom was given some of his most important breaks at the start of career by Mayo. While there are some rough patches here and there, due to Frazetta's inexperience, the energy that crackles on each page more than makes up for it, as does the sweet nature of these romantic comedy of errors tales. In addition to the comics, the book features a ROLF! battle scenario which brings Kathy together with NUELOW's mascot the Black Cat.

Art by Tony Di Preta
Sherry Flippe is another NUELOW release that brings back an obscure humor series, collecting for the first time anywhere the best it had to offer. It's a screwball spoof of detective and mystery stories that morphs into a send-up of movie making and celebrity culture as it evolves. In addition to the classic comics, it features an RPG scenario that can be played either with ROLF! or Lester Smith's D6xD6 Core Roleplaying Game.


Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Doctor Horrible ala ROLF!

The latest ROLF! supplement--"Mad Scientists Gone Wild"--introduces a new Trait to the game that lets you make characters who wield death ray guns! It comes with six pre-generated mad scientists and six battle scenarios so you can start playing almost instantly. Visit RPGNow.com for more details and a preview.

But, before you do, here's a seventh mad scientist... the infamous Doctor Horrible!

Doctor Horrible (Male)
Brawn 14, Body 17, Brains 8
Traits: Irrepressible Optimist, Mad Scientist.
Combat Maneuvers: Basic Attack, Disarm, Dodge, Strategic Bleeding, Strike Pose, Yodel.
Important Stuff Worn/Wielded: White lab smock (clothes), Safety Gloves (Armor, absorbs 1 point of damage). Safety Goggles (Armor, absorbs 1 point of damage). Death Ray Gun (Medium-sized Ranged Weapon, deals 1 point of damage, plus paralysis for 2d6 rounds ["freeze ray"]. The time distortion reduces target's Body ATT by 3 points, but when it wears off, he or she regains up to 4 points of Body ATT, to his or her original maximum). Laser Gun (Small-sized Ranged Weapon, deals 2 points of damage that ignores armor).

Doctor Horrible, Mad Scientist


If you haven't seen the "Doctor Horrible's Sing-Along Blog" short-form musical (starring Neil Patrick Harris, Nathan Fillion, and Felicia Day), it's well worth checking out. For your convenience...



By way of a preview, here's the closing song from Act One... when superhero Captain Hammer seems to steal Dr. Horrible's secret crush, Penny.