Rights to the miniatures game VOR the Maelstrom reverted to the designer Mike " Skuzzy " Nielsen, but it has not been republished in any form due partly to legal difficulties.

This has been restarted from 2008 onward with Matthew J. Costello's ( a story consultant for Doom 3 and now Rage ) new Doom 3 novels: Worlds on Fire and Maelstrom.

In the VOR universe, the Earth has been sucked into a pocket universe known as the Maelstrom.

Maelstrom has maintained a small but loyal following since it was originally printed in part because of the depth of background and information presented, and because of the innovative game mechanics.

The herbal pharmacopoeia present at the end of the book, representing herbal knowledge of the time, has become legendary in roleplaying circles and is believed to have been a major source document for many subsequent RPG herbals ( only some of which credit Maelstrom ).

Maelstrom has been republished as a PDF in 2008 by Arion Games, under license from Puffin Books, along with seven supplementary rulebooks and resources such as The Maelstrom Companion, the Beggars ' Companion, and several modules and settings resources.

However, certain cosmic entities, such as Galactus, In-Betweener, Maelstrom, or The Stranger have demonstrated personality, motivations, or ( except for the first mention ) even ambitions beyond their functions, but often maintain the perspective that morality is entirely relative, or that destroying civilisations of " lesser " beings is no more evil than if these beings destroyed an anthill.

The first game produced by Ambrosia was Maelstrom, a remake of the Asteroids arcade game.

Deathurge was first observed in the employ of the villain Maelstrom as an assassin.

Deathurge recounted how he observed the first encounter between Maelstrom and Oblivion, and how he was summoned by Maelstrom to spread the " Oblivion Plague " among the Watchers.

When casting a spell Mages contact the " Maelstrom " to warp reality.

During an invasion of the Milkyway by the Laren, Earth and the Moon with its 20 billion inhabitants are supposed to be teleported to a different system, but accidentally end up in the bridge between two collided galaxies ( called Maelstrom of Stars ) and moved into orbit about a star.

As the shards violently collide with each other after centuries apart, war erupts on all sides, and in the chaos, Bolas seeks to harness the power of the Maelstrom, the chaotic center of the plane where all five colors come together in a magical storm of unimaginable energies and power.

It's clear that Carmen also thinks highly of their friendship, having once entrusted the help of ACME agents Zach and Ivy to help restore a virus-stricken Chief back to health after she ' kidnapped ' him for a Christmas night to ' relive the good ol ' days ', and once again teaming up with him to capture the criminal Dr. Gunner Maelstrom, whom they had captured during their detective years and had returned to take his revenge.

During a series of extended battles between cosmic hero Quasar and the villain Maelstrom ( the avatar of the entity Oblivion ), Eternity is revealed to have a " twin " entity-Infinity, with the pair representing the space-time continuum and the living force of the universe.

Following a show with the band Maelstrom, Small decided to leave and continue his studies at Towson University eventually earning his degree in Ancient History.

The fictional depictions of the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe and Jules Verne describe it as a gigantic circular vortex that reaches the bottom of the ocean, when in fact it is a set of currents and crosscurrents with a rate of 18 km / h.

They finally overcome their differences, and during the climatic Maelstrom battle, Will again proposes to Elizabeth, who realizes how much she loves Will and only wants to be with him ; Barbossa marries them amidst the fighting.

Unlike other RPG's which necessitate the inclusion of one or more spell-casters in every party, in Maelstrom, a campaign success is quite possible without a single player or non-player character mage in the party, and with several game sessions taking place in between each occasional appearance of a non-player character mage.

* An interview with Maelstrom author Alexander Scott

Maelstrom is a 1992 clone of Asteroids with an improved interface and better graphics.

Phaeder then lives among the Deviants, and bred with a Deviant female named Morga who gave birth to Maelstrom.

The heroes later escape and together with the Inhuman king Black Bolt battle Maelstrom.

Maelstrom then attempts to stop the Earth's rotation and absorb the kinetic energy, but is drawn into conflict with the Avengers once more.

This brings Maelstrom into conflict with the agent of the entity Eon, the cosmic hero Quasar in the Outer Void ( realm of Oblivion ).

Maelstrom is revealed to be the son of a rival of Black Bolt's father, and after his minions are defeated attempts to destroy Attilan with a guided missile.

" On the other hand, Ryan Loostrom of Maelstrom commented about, " They had Johan Liiva as their vocalist, who had a throaty and guttural growl that spouted ferocity and visciousness with every note.

The Maelstrom attraction was always conceived to be a boat ride, with a section that went backwards.

Despite the good reviews for the album, Vargscarr of Maelstrom wrote that the album is " same old, but with far superior vocals to the previous releases ; and much less interesting songs.

After a perilous ordeal with Cretaceous and Maelstrom while crossing a pond, Sid finds out that Diego is afraid of water, prompting him to encourage Diego to admit and face his fears-Diego insists that " fear is for prey ", so Sid points out that Diego is behaving as if he is the water's prey.

In Warrior Mode, Leviathan is armed with the Maelstrom Blades which can be used for his finishing move " High Tide Break ".

With the infection and gennie threats aboard the derelict removed, the party is able to return to Salvation with the salvaged Maelstrom Rider for debriefing and to enjoy the spoils of a mission accomplished.

* Ceru: The Ceru are a race of blue, gnomish beings who were enslaved by the Golem, but broke free when the Golem's homeworld ( where the Ceru happened to be at the time ) got sucked into the Maelstrom.

Strapp steals his brother, Slipp's crew and gives chase aboard his ship, the Shalloo, but they are all lost at sea when the ship sinks into a whirlpool called the ' Green Maelstrom '.

After several battles Quasar finally defeats Maelstrom when caught off-guard, and the power of Quasar's quantum bands consumes him.

Maelstrom was later encountered by Drax the Destroyer and Quasar when they were killed and sent to the realm of Oblivion.

Black Bolt revisits his origins when he, members of the Royal Family, and Fantastic Four members Mister Fantastic and the Thing battle the villain Maelstrom.

Maelstrom is also a genius in the scientific disciplines of biology and genetics.

The heroes hold off Maelstrom while Black Bolt intercepts and defuses a missile carrying the anti-Terrigen mist compound that is programmed to destroy Attilan.

The Thing weakens Maelstrom by using the compound on the villain, and the heroes escape as the base self-detonates.

Wemics are a player race in Maelstrom, a UK based live action roleplaying game.

The Nautilus goes down in the Maelstrom on June 2, 1868, according to 20, 000 Leagues Under The Sea, but may have survived.

VOR: The Maelstrom is a science fiction miniature wargame, set in the 22nd century.

Upon entering the Maelstrom they found the need to encase said energy / essence in crystalline forms.

Formerly mummified, similar to the mummies of Ancient Egypt the strange energies of the Maelstrom have reanimated them.

The setting allowed players to include new forces as other worlds are consumed by the Maelstrom and had guidelines to create rules for them.

A Vor 2. 0 game was announced in 2008: see Official VOR: The Maelstrom 2. 0 website.

The plot revolves around a newly promoted captain who is assigned to investigate an explosion of a star in the Maelstrom.

Several highlights of Bright's tour of duty above Argama are the attack on Federation Headquarters at Jaburo and Kilimanjaro, Operation Maelstrom, and the final three-way battle between the fleet of AEUG, the Titans, and Axis Zeon near the Gryps Two space colony.

Phelgethon is the location of a number of godly realms, including the Queen of Air and Darkness's realm of the Unseelie Court, Zeboim's realm of The Maelstrom, and the derro deity Diirinka's realm of Hidden Betrayal.

" McLuhan ( 1951 ) found inspiration in Edgar Allan Poe's short story, " A Descent into the Maelstrom ," in which a shipwrecked sailor is trapped within a whirlpool, but escapes death by finding the pattern hidden within the vortex.

perpetrated such spectacular thefts, whereas the computer games left this to the user's imagination, and " serious " villains, such as Lee Jordan and Dr. Maelstrom, were not given such funny names.