ghost-angel Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Crabfu Steamtoys. From my underground cyberpunk connections I dragged this out of the dark corners for all your Pulpish needs set in the late 19th Century. At least until the Victorian Hero forum get set up when that sourcebook is written this was the closest things. Consider it resources for ideas on how real steam powered things might work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys "You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to ghost-angel again." Is there really going to be a Victorian Hero, or is that just wishful thinking on my part? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys It was listed on the "2007" poll up in the Hero Discussion forum, which means Steve is entertaining the idea at the very least. The rest of it is wishful thinking on our parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys RC steam toys - way cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys Eventually I'd very much like to do VH. It's all a question of whether the sales would justify the extensive research (and thus investment of my personal money and the company's time). Hopefully one day it'll be deemed feasible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted February 5, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys Eventually I'd very much like to do VH. It's all a question of whether the sales would justify the extensive research (and thus investment of my personal money and the company's time). Hopefully one day it'll be deemed feasible. You've got garaunteed sales in Tregbuchet and myself. That's all you need really. We are that cool after all. (I too hope it is one day deemed feasible, a good Victorian resource would just rock) I managed to derail my own thread... I can't tell if that's talent or just sad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys (I too hope it is one day deemed feasible' date=' a good Victorian resource would just rock)[/quote']Yes, it certainly would. I'm probably going to snag a copy of GURPS Steampunk simply because so far as I know there's no other even quasi-Victorian roleplaying resource available. I managed to derail my own thread... I can't tell if that's talent or just sad... I think it's both. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys so far as I know there's no other even quasi-Victorian roleplaying resource available. Well, I don't know what you mean by "resource," but plenty of Victorian RPGs have been produced in the past 30 years. One reason no one's rushing to do lots more of them is that they haven't succeeded. One "resource" I will unhesitatingly recommend is Comme il Faut for Castle Falkenstein, which for my money is one of the best supplements ever produced for any game. It's a guide to Victorian conduct, manners, morals, and society for the CF game, but it's virtually all historically accurate except where it obviously impinges on the magic or steamtech of the setting. If we were to ever to publish VH I might be tempted to try to work out a deal with Mike Pondsmith to revise CiF and publish it for VH. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys In an Old West game that had some weird elements thrown in from time to time, one of the bad guys we ran into was a steam-power mad scientist. Steam-powered machine guns, steam tank, all that jazz. Our favorite invention of his though was his "steam-powered water heater". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys Well, I don't know what you mean by "resource," but plenty of Victorian RPGs have been produced in the past 30 years. One reason no one's rushing to do lots more of them is that they haven't succeeded. One "resource" I will unhesitatingly recommend is Comme il Faut for Castle Falkenstein, which for my money is one of the best supplements ever produced for any game. It's a guide to Victorian conduct, manners, morals, and society for the CF game, but it's virtually all historically accurate except where it obviously impinges on the magic or steamtech of the setting. If we were to ever to publish VH I might be tempted to try to work out a deal with Mike Pondsmith to revise CiF and publish it for VH. High praise indeed. I'll look for that. BTW, congrats on your ascension. Has anyone shown you the Nectar & Ambrosia List? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebuchet Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys Our favorite invention of his though was his "steam-powered water heater". Literally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 Re: Steam Toys BTW, congrats on your ascension. Has anyone shown you the Nectar & Ambrosia List? Nope, 'fraid not. The ironic thing is that the big benefit of having 100 Rep or more -- being able to instantly ping someone up one Rep level -- is lost on me, because as a matter of policy I don't give people Rep. C'est la vie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Re: Steam Toys The Victorian RPG resource I use the most is Chaosium's Cthulhu by Gaslight. There's also Marcus Rowland's Forgotten Futures http://www.forgottenfutures.com/ Incidentally, I've just noticed this page: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/forgottenfutures/kings/kings.htm There's got to be a Pulp scenario in there, surely? Oh yeah. There's also Western Hero. EDIT: And the Flashman books! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted February 6, 2006 Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 Re: Steam Toys This is just a thank you for the link. It is perfect for a particular planet that I have in my SciFi campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Re: Steam Toys Is there really going to be a Victorian Hero' date='[/i'] or is that just wishful thinking on my part? Just wait for late 2006-early 2007. I plan to include plenty of Victorian and Steamtechie goodness. Bill. (And thanks for the link, GA). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted February 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Re: Steam Toys You're writing the Steampunk book eh? Well then ... let me know if you want some Cyberpunk/Steampunk research and I'll pull some stuff out of the backalley'net resources I've got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted February 7, 2006 Report Share Posted February 7, 2006 Re: Steam Toys You're writing the Steampunk book eh? Well then ... let me know if you want some Cyberpunk/Steampunk research and I'll pull some stuff out of the backalley'net resources I've got. "All signs point to Yes." I'm always looking for more resources. Thanx in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbullet Posted February 8, 2006 Report Share Posted February 8, 2006 Re: Steam Toys Eventually I'd very much like to do VH. It's all a question of whether the sales would justify the extensive research (and thus investment of my personal money and the company's time). Hopefully one day it'll be deemed feasible. I'm in!!! I'll buy 10! Hey the best game I everplayed (as a player) was a Victorian/Steam Punk game. BTW,for resource material, the GURPS SteamPunk and SteamTech are 2 of the best. Thqats the system we used for the game. As good as it was, yeah, still would have preferred Hero… Anti-garrote collar…classic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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