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<blockquote data-quote="Jer" data-source="post: 1681414" data-attributes="member: 19857"><p>I'm not so sure that what they're doing for the d20 Future supplement will hold for a d20 Past supplement. TSR's old Sci-fi settings have many more "identifiable" items about them than their pre-modern settings did. For example, Star Frontiers has some highly identifiable signature alien species that make any conversion stand out as at least inspired by Star Frontiers.</p><p></p><p>In contrast, Boot Hill was really a fairly generic Western game and Gangbusters was a pretty generic 1920's crimebuster game. Someone else mentioned "For Fairie Queen and Country," which was an Amazing Engine game that had a fairly interesting setting, but it was never very popular so I'd be (pleasantly) surprised to see it show up. (I liked it...) And "Masque of the Red Death" is part of the Ravenloft setting and I'm fairly certain that WW/Arthaus is planning a Masque sourcebook.</p><p></p><p>Other than the AD&D 2e Historical Reference series, I can't think of a lot of older game lines that would be in here. On the other hand, I can't believe that WotC would try to cram thousands of years of history into one book, so having this book cover Progress Levels 0-4 like someone else said seems like it would be a bit improbable to me.</p><p></p><p>I'm hoping that its more than just a weapons/technology book for d20 Modern, and that there are some real campaign options in it. Think about everything that could be in a book with a name like "d20 Past" - WWII, 1920's Pulp Adventure, Victorian Steampunk, Old West, American Civil War, Napoleonic Era Europe, etc. (And that's mostly just Europe/North America!) Just the last 300 years could stuff a book easily. I'm definitely anxious to hear more about this one.</p><p></p><p>Jer</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jer, post: 1681414, member: 19857"] I'm not so sure that what they're doing for the d20 Future supplement will hold for a d20 Past supplement. TSR's old Sci-fi settings have many more "identifiable" items about them than their pre-modern settings did. For example, Star Frontiers has some highly identifiable signature alien species that make any conversion stand out as at least inspired by Star Frontiers. In contrast, Boot Hill was really a fairly generic Western game and Gangbusters was a pretty generic 1920's crimebuster game. Someone else mentioned "For Fairie Queen and Country," which was an Amazing Engine game that had a fairly interesting setting, but it was never very popular so I'd be (pleasantly) surprised to see it show up. (I liked it...) And "Masque of the Red Death" is part of the Ravenloft setting and I'm fairly certain that WW/Arthaus is planning a Masque sourcebook. Other than the AD&D 2e Historical Reference series, I can't think of a lot of older game lines that would be in here. On the other hand, I can't believe that WotC would try to cram thousands of years of history into one book, so having this book cover Progress Levels 0-4 like someone else said seems like it would be a bit improbable to me. I'm hoping that its more than just a weapons/technology book for d20 Modern, and that there are some real campaign options in it. Think about everything that could be in a book with a name like "d20 Past" - WWII, 1920's Pulp Adventure, Victorian Steampunk, Old West, American Civil War, Napoleonic Era Europe, etc. (And that's mostly just Europe/North America!) Just the last 300 years could stuff a book easily. I'm definitely anxious to hear more about this one. Jer [/QUOTE]
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