Other characters were Barney's mother, his rival love interests, Patricia and Maura, and his buddy Hap Walters. Baxter was often accompanied by his sidekick Gopher Gus, who (unlike the rest of the characters) was drawn with the exaggerated facial features of a 'humour strip' character. īarney Baxter was an 'adventure strip' involving heroic exploits centering on aviation. In December 2011, the RPG game won Diehard GameFAN's 'Best Core Rulebook of 2011' award. Meanwhile, the world below struggles in Victorian-style squalor under an oppressive government that maintains control through clockwork policemen. Airship Pirates places players as air pirates in command of their own steam-powered airships, who seek not only to pillage the skies, but to plunder history, possibly causing even greater disruption to the past.
This game, based on the backstory of the band, Abney Park, is set in the post-apocalyptic world after their album, The End Of Days, a future world with a severely disrupted timeline, with the game featuring steampunk themes and Victorian-era style.
