Rules for Adventures in the Victorian Era
by Christopher Palmer and John R. "Buck" Surdu
This is our page on our ongoing alternate Victorian Science Fiction world(s) and campaign from (1888 to 1920). You will also find various other information and inspiration on all things VSF, such as WOTWs, Dino Hunting, Steam Powered Whatever and in general, Victorian era mayhem. My Thanks Don M
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5 comments:
Great background, the rules are a bit clinky IMO.
People either love or hate GASLIGHT it seems. The mechanics allow pretty much anything, but are light on if you dont have some preconceived notions of what sort of VSF you want to play.
That said, they are very popular!
The mechanics allow pretty much anything, but are light on if you dont have some preconceived notions of what sort of VSF you want to
play.
Yes I see your point, most of us stated with "Sword and the Flame"
or with the very similar Space
1889s "Soldiers Companion".They
are both a bit more structured.
We are working on a rewrite of
a set of rules called "Hardtack"
a American Civil war set based on SargruntII. We are using that and "Soldiers Companion" as the basis.
"Hardtack" was the idea of one of our contributors Allan Goodall.
http://www.hyperbear.com/sg2/sg2.html
These rules are fine as is, we just like the bigger battles...)
There is a set of GASLIGHT rules covering larger battles. I havent seen them though
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