literary campaign settings you'd like to see

[tsadkiel]

[*]Manly Wade Wellman, Silver John series:

This I would buy in a second. One of the things that draws me to the Second World setting is the fact that it coversAppalachia, just so I can rip off Wellman on my own.

 

[rackabello]

thanks for the tip about the Second World Setting, Tsadkiel. just checked out the site and it looks like it has potential. folks who mentioned the Guardians of the Flame series earlier in this thread may find this one interesting as well.

BTW, Tsadkiel, is your interest in Appalachia tied strictly to Wellman, or is it more general? i ask because in idle moments when i imagine myself to be an independently wealthy game designer i daydream about creating Dark Hollow d20, a low-magic setting based in America from, say the end of the Civil War through the Depression. so i guess you can add Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor and Lewis Nordan to my list of literary inspirations. throw in tall tales, murder ballads and Robert Johnson and you've got a game i'd love to see...

 

[tsadkiel]

BTW, Tsadkiel, is your interest in Appalachia tied strictly to Wellman, or is it more general?

Mostly Wellman. Buuut . . .

i ask because in idle moments when i imagine myself to be an independently wealthy game designer i daydream about creating Dark Hollow d20, a low-magic setting based in America from, say the end of the Civil War through the Depression. so i guess you can add Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor and Lewis Nordan to my list of literary inspirations. throw in tall tales, murder ballads and Robert Johnson and you've got a game i'd love to see...

. . . That sounds really cool. I'd love to see it as well.

 

[I'm A Banana]

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Wonder if he'd be a Ranger or a Fighter...

D00d, that is so awesome! I'm gonna make a dr0w character now!

 

[evildm]

I'd just like to put in my vote for Discworld. SJG could even publish it under the d20 license.

 

[Andrew D. Gable]

BTW, Tsadkiel, is your interest in Appalachia tied strictly to Wellman, or is it more general? i ask because in idle moments when i imagine myself to be an independently wealthy game designer i daydream about creating Dark Hollow d20, a low-magic setting based in America from, say the end of the Civil War through the Depression. so i guess you can add Mark Twain, Flannery O'Connor and Lewis Nordan to my list of literary inspirations. throw in tall tales, murder ballads and Robert Johnson and you've got a game i'd love to see...

Hmm. Sounds like something that could be really good! Is this something you're actually working on, or just a "fantasy" project?

 

[rackabello]

at this point it's really just a daydream, Andrew, something to brainstorm about while doing the dishes. but your interest, and Tsadkiel's, is gratifying. perhaps i'll try to work up some notes and post 'em in the plots forum.

 

[rackabello]

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[hellbender]

at this point it's really just a daydream, Andrew, something to brainstorm about while doing the dishes. but your interest, and Tsadkiel's, is gratifying. perhaps i'll try to work up some notes and post 'em in the plots forum.

Not to sound heretical, but why not pitch it to Chaosium? Why limit yourself to d20? It would make a perfect side product to work with CoC.

Just a thought,
hellbender