[d20/OGL] History or pseudohistory done right?

[Tonguez]

Personally I think that other than Northern Crown and 'Pirate Campaigns' the whole period from the 15th to 18th Century has largely been neglected in terms of historical sourcebooks. Especially when you move outside the confines of North America and England

I'd love to see something on the Medieval Kingdoms of the Sahel (Mali, Songhay etc) and something on the Moghuls in India and the arrival of the English East India Company

In fact a source book centered around the East India Company would be cool and would cover political intrigue, war in europe, piracy in the carribean, exotic trade asia, lost ruins in india, the american war of independence and the napoleanic age...

 

[Cabe Zeree]

What do I think would make for a good setting...

1. North America prior to the Europeans -- heavy doses of mythology, shamans, and inter-tribal "negotiations." Perhaps you could use Northern Crown for that?
2. Central America - Olmec and Mayan period, and then during the Spanish Conquest -- give me a chance to kick some pompous Conquistador behind.
3. China -- Three Kingdoms Era. Its semi-Oriental Adventures, but I specifically want the information on the region and period.
4. India & SE Asia - Many rich cultures, but they're usually only seen as "conquered." I want to know about when they did the conquering.
5. East India Company - I agree with Tonguez completely.

If money wasn't an object and time wasn't a constraint...

 

[Aus_Snow]

Sorry about (possibly) being a bit unclear, with the descriptors I posted.

As well as "historical" and "pseudohistorical", I should have listed "historically inspired", and maybe "mythic past" or some such.

I hope that clears it up a bit, for hobo and co.


Thanks for the input, guys. Personally, I'm not really shopping around so much, by the way, as I am simply curious as to what people like in this area of d20/OGL [and why], and what the same people (or others) might believe to be important absences in what's available. Mind you, if anyone gets a heads-up as to what's especially good for a certain kind of campaign from this thread, then great!

Historical accuracy is not necessarily a crucial factor, incidentally. Effective, fun, engaging, mechanically sound. . . these are all criteria that might be just as relevant, or more so, for example. For the purposes of these questions, I mean.