Astral Projections – Captain Nemo’s Leyden Rifle (Genesys)

November 1, 2021 Linda Whitson Astral Projections, Black Market 0

© Disney/Lake Buena Vista 1954

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea was the first science fiction novel I read, when I was 9 or 10. And I followed it up by watching the Disney movie adaptation and going on the Disney World ride over and over. (Nope, I have yet to forgive Disney for removing that ride.) And the Jules Verne classic is still a favorite a half-century later. The whole thing, especially the diving scenes (and that organ!) captured my imagination. Verne is often called “The Man Who Invented the Future” as so many things he described in his Voyages Extraordinaire would become real devices and vehicles. Probably the most recent is the “Leyden Bottle” ammo used in the underwater rifles. So for your own Steampunk and other 19th Century extraordinary voyages, I present the rifles used by Captain Nemo and his crew.

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Linda Whitson

Contributing Writer & Copy Editor at D20 Radio
Linda Whitson is a long-time RPGer, amateur musician & artist, & an officer in the Rebel Legion Star Wars costuming club. Linda met her husband in an AD&D game and they have 2 teenagers, an anime fangirl daughter and a son who plays on his university's quidditch team. She is the Lead Mod of D20 Radio's forums and Copy Editor for the blog. Linda can be reached at GMLinda@d20radio.com

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