In 1878 the Polish genius Rynchowski isolated an electrical fluid with remarkable lifting capabilities. A single, pivotal event that would change the world.

The smartest military minds of the coming generation—Zeppelin, Jellico, Fisher and others—diverted their attention to the glorious new technological revolution and sea-going battleships were abandoned around the world. In their place, armored giants took to the skies.

In 1906, Great Britain launched the HMS Leviathan, the f irst of the “super air ships,” sparking an arms race around the world. By 1910 the most powerful nations boasted large High Fleets, and the start of small skirmishes left the world uneasy…welcome to Leviathans!

WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED ABOUT LEVIATHANS?

The world of 1910 Leviathans is epic in scope. The Manifest Destiny of the 1800s, combined with Old World power and elites, mixes with new technologies that dazzle the imagination as man uses his ingenuity to conquer science and the world.

ART AND FICTIONThe art and fiction of Leviathans crafts a larger-than-life, alternate history image

of clashing empires at the dawn of the technological age. Yet heroes still make the difference, whether in the palaces of far distant lands as political machinations bring a knife in the dark, or on the deck of a ship fighting for its life in a raging storm as hellfire from 12” gun batteries try to obliterate it from existence.

Giant steel-cased ships smashing their way through the air over cities, mountains •and foreign ports. Static lightning halos thrown off a ship’s electroid ballast tanks when conducting high-powered maneuvers. A broken-keeled ship hanging just for a moment at the edge of the clouds, blazing with fire and lightning, which slowly rolls over and then plummets toward the barren desert floor...The officers who must perfect three-dimensional naval warfare on ships that •mount cutting edge 1910 technologies. The enlisted man who cuts his lanyard to dash across a pitching deck and rescue a comrade before he is lost over the side, the engineer who is almost as much a wizard as a tech.

THE GREATERBRITAIN EXHIBITION

The Battle of Tsushima—where the Russian Leviathan “Berkuts” defeated the massive guns of the Japanese wet navy—heralded the acceptance of these “aether flyers” as a technology to investigate by the world’s empires. However, the Greater Britain Exhibition will forever mark the start of the public’s understanding of the might these ships represent.

In 1890 the French become aware of British work in the field of Leviathan technology and change their own course. After a series of false starts (and fatal accidents), the Ganymede was smuggled to Britain in pieces—under cover of railway locomotive parts—and reconstructed inside the French pavilion at the Crystal Palace for the Greater Britain Exhibition in London. At the height of the exhibition, to the amazement of the crowd, the Ganymede lifted itself skywards, draped in bunting, belching smoke and carrying beneath it a platform on which two mounted and armored Cuirassiers brandished the Tricolore.

When the French Ambassador challenges Prime Minister Gladstone, “Eh, and sir, what do you say to that?”, the Prime Minister checked his watch, brushed a smut from his sleeve, and asked “Why is yours so infernally dirty?”

Moments later, Her Majesty’s Sky Ship Leviathan—first sky vessel of that name—chugged its way across the sky, conspicuously absent colored bunting and horsemen, but displaying a pair of 6” cannons mounted on its bow, and a number of Maxim automatic machine-guns.

The Great Sky Race had begun.

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THE GAMELeviathans is a miniatures-based board

game wedded to a dynamic, alternate-history universe based around the steampunk genre.

Catalyst Game Labs launched the Leviathans universe via the websitewww.monstersinthesky.com in early 2009 and released the introductory rules for the game in late 2009. The Core Box Set with the full game and universe will be published in 2010.

Leviathans uses an innovative game system of color-coded dice and easy-to-read physical record-keeping cards that allow for quick and easy play while retaining the depth of strategy that will encourage repeat play.

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BRITISH EMPIRE LEVIATHANS RANKS

OFFICER RANKSSky AdmiralSky Rear-AdmiralSky CaptainSky CommanderLieutenant CommanderLieutenantEnsign

ENLISTED RANKSChief Petty OfficerPetty OfficerLeading AirmanAble AirmanAirman

HML LEVIATHAN(LEVIATHAN-CLASS BATTLESHIP)

Dimensions: 439 ft. x 78 ft. x 86 ft. (excluding funnels & masts)

Complement: 582

Weight: 16,350 tons

Engines: Triple expansion, producing 18,000 shaft hp (max. speed 19 knots)

Fuel: (coal) normal 950 tons; max 2150 tons (also 400 tons oil)

Armament: 4-12”, 3-9.2”, 4-6”, 8-3” QF

Dimensions: 439 ft. x 78 ft. x 86 ft. (excluding funnels & masts)

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FRENCHLEVIATHANS RANKS

OFFICER RANKSAdmiral aérienCommandant aérienCapitaine aérienLieutenant aérienSous-Lieutenant aérienEnseigne aérienEnseigne aérien 2ème classe

ENLISTED RANKSMaître-principalPremier-maîtreMaîtreSecond-maîtreQuartier-maître de 1ère classeQuartier-maître de 2ème classeAviateur brevetéAviateur

LAVE(LIBERTE-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER)

Dimensions: 296 ft. x 62 ft. x 77 ft. (excluding funnels & masts)

Complement: 350

Weight: 5,360 tons

Engines: Turbines, producing shaft hp (max. speed knots)

Fuel: (coal) normal 536 tons; max 636 tons

Armament: 3-100mm, 4-launch bays

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LEVIATHANS CORE BOX SETThe miniatures and Ship Cards in the Core Box Set that will

release in 2010 will showcase the British and French fleets. Faction Box Sets will follow in the future, introducing the fleets of the other major powers of the Leviathans universe: German, Italian, Russian, Japanese, American, and Austro-Hungarian.

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