Colonial Gothic: Thoughts on play, images, miniatures, the Mandoag, and a Convention scenario

[Emirikol]

I picked up 2e a few months back and it sat on my shelf while I looked through a stack of other stuff I had waiting to be read. The theme is Horror during Colonial American times (18th century). Other games of the era include Witch Hunter (1600's) and there's a steam-punk-colonial game whose name escapes me. Colonial Horror was a natural fit after WFRP died (again) as it as a TON of background material you can use (and all of it is free at your local library() and scenarios and ideas easily adapt from Cthulhu, etc.

The new frontier of a dark American continent, with collapsing Native "empires", raw magic, and the era of historical fantasy +social interaction + swashbuckling + oppression + flintlock firearms + close-to-melee combat is a good fit for me.

Anyways, thoughts on game play, images, miniature links, and whatever will be discussed here in this thread. I'm in the process of writing a convention-slot-length scenario, so updates and feedback is always welcome there as well.

Here is a Ready-to-Play random character generator that I have done up: http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?358355-Complete-Random-Character-Generator-(2-0)/page2&p=6415858#post6415858


Best,

jh

 

[Bedrockgames]

I wrote an adventure for the Colonial Gothic line called the Landlord's Daughter. Personally I think it is an ideal setting for horror mysteries and investigations. I usually avoid miniatures when playing the game and focus more on character interactions and keeping things moving. One thing you might find useful for constructing your scenario is local museums and historical societies. For example if you set your adventure in a particular town, chances are that community now has a Historical Society with many online resources (and staff willing to communicate by phone or email to help answer any questions you may have). I like using Town Annals to help give me ideas and to help me flesh out adventures. Local historical maps are also incredibly helpful.

 

[Graeme]

A few useful links

Colonial Gothic at Rogue Games:
http://www.rogue-games.net/games/Colonial-Gothic/

Colonial Gothic Facebook Group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/112688314571/

Colonial Gothic Google+ Group
https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/103520889865811229036

The Puckle Gun: A Repeating Heavy Musket for Colonial Gothic:
http://graemedavis.wordpress.com/2014/10/11/colonial-gothic-the-puckle-gun/

 

[Emirikol]

I'm reading Landlord's daughter right now. It looks like a fun scenario.
I may try to run it as a 2 rounder at GhengisCon here in Denver in Feb (if
all goes to plan). I'm thinking of putting together some NPC cards or an
info sheet for that scenario as I find those things useful during
conventions where people don't have the time to ruminate over the bigger
picture as much. I'll post that as I get further.

 

[Emirikol]

I was at Free Comic Book day today and noticed a great historical fantasy series: Manifest Destiny. It is about Lewis and Clark going into a much darker and more dangerous interior of the North American continent...

Also I found a couple new websites:

TOR has some reviews and info on supernatural Colonial history novels, TV shows, and the Assassin's Creed game set there: http://www.tor.com/blogs/2014/09/revolutionary-war-fantasy-list-post

..and here is a web comic set in the era: http://thedreamercomic.com/comic.php?id=1

 

[Bedrockgames]

I'm reading Landlord's daughter right now. It looks like a fun scenario.
I may try to run it as a 2 rounder at GhengisCon here in Denver in Feb (if
all goes to plan). I'm thinking of putting together some NPC cards or an
info sheet for that scenario as I find those things useful during
conventions where people don't have the time to ruminate over the bigger
picture as much. I'll post that as I get further.

Glad you are enjoying it. I hope it goes well.

 

[Emirikol]

Im thinking of cfeating te following characters to be played at the convention:
Betsy ross
Johnny tremain
Samuel adams asking what a drunkard
An illegitimate son and daughter of Thomas jefferson (ex-slaves,freedman)
Dolly madison
Mrs adams or jq adams (young)
Paul revere the alchemist
Thomas Paine
Somebody related to washington
Ethan allen
Maybe some other oddball but recognizable ppl of history

Other suggestions are welcome

 

[Samloyal23]

Hawthorne was writing horror stories during your game's era. Think Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Rip Van Winkle. The tales of Native American monsters like the Wendigo can keep you sleepless for days...

 

[Emirikol]

Graemedavis.wordpress.com

Interesting stuff from one of our favorites!

The players companion covers a whole lot of new ground. I just ordere myself a copy but was privy to some of the design earlier-and now will be putting it to good use in the character generator ive been working on. Im especially excited to add the templates. They take basic backgrounds and add the next layer. Weapons should also be cool.

Jh

 

[Emirikol]

Here are a couple new links for miniatures:
First is Conquest Miniatures: http://www.conquestminiatures.com/

Mega Mini's has a bunch of bizarre stuff too: http://www.megaminis.com/

World Works has time period relevant buildings: http://www.worldworksgames.com/store/


jh