d20 Fantasy in Colonial America?

[Michael Dean]

Well screw you then!

(I'm just kidding )

Sorry!

It's not that I hated it or anything. I bought it after years of seeing it on the bookshelf and hearing people talking it up as a classic. After I read it, it was just, meh. Maybe my expectations were so high I wouldn't have been able to enjoy it regardless. Anyway, I am really happy with Seventh Son so far, so Mr. Card will be a little bit richer over the next year.

 

[WmRAllen67]

Just read on the news page that this is immanent at the warehouse-- whoo-hoo!

Been waiting for it since the "Septentrionalis" site info went away... and I've been taking a summer session class on "Early Transatlantic Literature," so...

I'll second the Newtom's Cannon reccommendation-- "Alchemist's Mercury" makes a good hand-wave for the more "wahoo" Inventions.

(Now I just have to get that paper on Dafoe written...)

 

[dougmander]

You are not alone. Couldn't get excited by Ender's Game at all. BUt I did like some of the Alvin Makers series.

I do like the idea of setting a game in the colonies. You caould also check out Newton's Cannon by J. Gregory Keyes and possibly Quicksilver by Neil Stephenson for some inspiration.

I do like the first two or three books in the Alvin Maker series, but gave up partway through the fourth one. I'll have to give it another go someday. OSC often starts strong for me but fails to hold my interest -- come to think of it, I also conked out after the second Ender sequel and after the second Memory of Earth book.

When the J G Keyes series came out, I thought, wow, this is so Northern Crown. Again, I haven't read past the first book, but I've heard great things.

My spouse gave me Quicksilver and I was intrigued by what I did read, but I can't find enough time to give such a complex book my full attention these days, so Mr. Stephenson's book will have to wait. I'm not always such a fickle reader -- we had a baby girl back on Valentine's Day, and that tends to cut into one's time for pleasure reading!

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I'v been doing some research on the Salem Witch trials, and am seriously thinking about putting together a Northern Crown fan supplement focused on 'em. That plus Victorian-esque Massachussets is setting my mind ablaze with plenty of ideas. I can not wait to have these books.

Hmm, I think I'm going to have to purchase The Mauve Decade.

 

[dougmander]

I'v been doing some research on the Salem Witch trials, and am seriously thinking about putting together a Northern Crown fan supplement focused on 'em. That plus Victorian-esque Massachussets is setting my mind ablaze with plenty of ideas. I can not wait to have these books.

Hmm, I think I'm going to have to purchase The Mauve Decade.

I grew up on the north shore of MA, not far from Salem (not only witchy, but also Lovecraft country!). The witches of Northern Crown have a lot more to do with 17th c. folks' wildest fears about them than with the sad reality of 1692. The Victorian era is of couse much later than the time period covered by Northern Crown, but terrors from the witch trial days could resurface in a gaslight-era campaign set in Salem.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I grew up on the north shore of MA, not far from Salem (not only witchy, but also Lovecraft country!). The witches of Northern Crown have a lot more to do with 17th c. folks' wildest fears about them than with the sad reality of 1692. The Victorian era is of couse much later than the time period covered by Northern Crown, but terrors from the witch trial days could resurface in a gaslight-era campaign set in Salem.

Hmm, even more food for thought. A Gaslight supllement (fanmade or not), would totally kick! Of course, my thoughts rolling back to MotRD, the NC rule-set with slight modification could easily be forseeable an a fan supplement as well. Man, I cannot remember the last time I've been this excited over a new campaign setting!