African D&D Settings?

[JohnNephew]

Little more thread derailing but aren't they doing the New World book based on America like 1492 or something?

Yep. Northern Crown: New World Adventures. It should be out, in two volumes, at Gen Con. Probably the last of d20 for us...but you know, who knows. Something else as cool as Northern Crown or Nyambe may come along again one day and knock our socks off, hold us up at swordpoint, and demand that we publish it or forever be ashamed at our failure to do so.

A flyer to announce and promote NC:NWA is at press right now. You can find it on our website at the bottom of the retailer info page: http://www.atlas-games.com/retailer.php

On the topic of Nyambe -- no more support is, sadly, planned. There is a great fan site with added material (http://www.nyambe.com), however -- well worth checking out, full of great links, crunchy bits, etc.

Also, it may be of interest that Northern Crown assumes Nyambe in the place of Africa for its version of fantasy Earth. It would be fun to have adventures ranging across both continents.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Any chance that brochure can be re-scanned so it's fully readable online? My eyes are old and weak!

And that map is interesting -- it's a strange hybrid of reality (the tribe names, some locations) and fantasy. Why have Hudson Bay but rename England? Interesting, interesting. This sounds like a definite purchase, but not (yet) a definite setting to be played in.

 

[Nareau]

I'm looking to start up a hybrid Japanese/African campaign in the next couple of weeks. I rely heavily on http://www.pantheon.org for my sources.

Spider

 

[Krieg]

Wow interesting that you actually have the Shaawanooki (Shawnee) listed. While Northern Crown was already pretty close to the top of my list this will probably nudge it up just a bit farther. It will be interesting to see how you portray "the people of the south".

 

[JoeCrow]

On the topic of Nyambe -- no more support is, sadly, planned. There is a great fan site with added material (http://www.nyambe.com), however -- well worth checking out, full of great links, crunchy bits, etc.

Have you thought of doing a licensed support thing, like Green Ronin's doing for their Mythic Vistas line?

Also, it may be of interest that Northern Crown assumes Nyambe in the place of Africa for its version of fantasy Earth. It would be fun to have adventures ranging across both continents.

Dang it, I've only got so much money, and you keep making me spend more of it.

 

[Krieg]

BTW looking at the map and seeing "Buccaneers" made me think Northern Crown + Nyambe + Skull & Bones.

Yummy.

 

[mythusmage]

BTW looking at the map and seeing "Buccaneers" made me think Northern Crown + Nyambe + Skull & Bones.

Yummy.

Crossover!

Think we could get Adamant in on this?

 

[The Horror]

Not D&D, but still packed full of African goodness. I recommend you check out the game Dark Continent. Brilliant brilliant stuff.

 

[MrFilthyIke]

Not D&D, but still packed full of African goodness. I recommend you check out the game Dark Continent. Brilliant brilliant stuff.

I'll second that.

 

[JohnNephew]

Any chance that brochure can be re-scanned so it's fully readable online? My eyes are old and weak!

Perhaps sometime, but keeping it smaller limits the bandwidth -- the real purpose of it is not to be used as such, but to show retailers what the flyer looks like (and get them to make sure their distributor sends them some to hand out in their store).

Anyone who would like a copy of the Northern Crown flyer itself (and the Ars Magica flyer/poster map, for that matter) is welcome to send us a self-addressed, stamped envelope -- to Atlas Games, 885 Pierce Butler Route, St Paul, Minnesota, 55104. Just include a little note saying you want the Northern Crown flyer/map.

And that map is interesting -- it's a strange hybrid of reality (the tribe names, some locations) and fantasy. Why have Hudson Bay but rename England? Interesting, interesting. This sounds like a definite purchase, but not (yet) a definite setting to be played in.

England got renamed because it has been taken over by the Fae. You know that whole thing about Elizabeth and the "Faerie Queen"? Well, in this world Gloriana literally became the Faerie Queen.