VIDEO: Mad Max has nothin' on these "New Barbarians"

This trailer for The New Barbarians, a.k.a. Warriors of the Wasteland (1983) sold me when they showed a motorcycle bandit take an exploding arrow to the neck (hilarity ensues thereafter). This is Italian-made Saturday afternoon, eighties Gamma-cheese at it's finest.

It looks like the prequel to my favorite Spaghetti-pocalypse film, 2019: The Fall of New York. (Somehow I missed doing a recap on that one, I'll have to correct that soon.)

It stars exploitation film staple Fred Williamson (Black Caesar, the Black Cobra series) as said, explosive archer. Really, what more can you ask for?

Anyway, check out the awesome trailer for Barbarians:

Thundarr link round-up

What can I say about Thundarr that's not already been said? Nothin. But what I can do is provide a list of awesome Thundarr stuff that will make you wish you were 10 again. Feel free to suggest more links in the comments.

LET'S RIDE:

Click image to see a clip of the show's intro

WIKIS & DATABASES

• Wikipedia page
• Mutant Future wiki page
• Internet Movie Database listing

MEDIA & MERCHANDISE

• Warner Bros. official DVD page
• Thundarr intro clip on YouTube
• Facebook page
• Tonami's Thundarr action figures (retired)
• Thundarr 80s board game

BLOGS & FANSITES

• Thundarr.com
• Thundarr history on Branded in the 80s (Fantastic article with original Jack Kirby concept art!)
• Thundarr fan art site
• Kirby Museum post on Thundarr
• Thundarr illustrations on deviantART
• Thundarr post on Kirby Primeval (nice villain screen caps)

GAMING AIDS

• Thundarr posts and RPG source book on Savage Afterworld using Mutant Future rules
• Under the Broken Moon source material using Over the Edge rules
• "Mutate Your Game" article by Critical Hits - adding Thundarr to Gamma World D&D 4E
• RPG Examiner Thundarr post with game items
• Gaming photos using custom Thundarr-themed miniatures
• Another set of custom Thundarr miniatures at Skankgame

COUSINS IN COMICS

• American Barbarian (web comic)
• Kamandi
• Mighty Samson

THUNDARR POSTS ON THIS BLOG

• Thundarr tag

Appendix "G": Inspirational Sources

Literature, movies, and TV have long served as inspirational sources for games (duh!). Fantasy games in particular have a well known list, created by Gary Gygax and co. that has been amended through time, but it's name has remained: Appendix N. Star Frontiers was among one TSR's early efforts at science fiction and they published a comparable list of sci-fi for that game as well.

It got me thinking that it would be nice to have an "Appendix N" for the Post Apocalyptic genre. And while there's no codified criteria, I think there are some easy ones to list, not to mention a few that I personally enjoy. So I've begun compiling a list, which also includes some of my own choices that may or may not be directly related to P.A. per se. For instance, I'm not sure Buckaroo Banzai counts as post apocalyptic, but it's certainly weird and wahoo enough that I find it inspiring. :)

I'm calling the list Appendix Gamma or Appendix G for short. I've had this on the blog for a while, but I've added several new links recently so it seemed appropriate to call it out. It's not a "complete" list (and that's also kind of on purpose since it's mainly stuff I'm looking to inspire this blog) but at least the "easy" ones are on there. Feel free to drop any other suggestions in the comments.