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Re: BrikWars: SteamPunk
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Thu, 17 May 2001 18:20:34 GMT
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suz@baseplate.com[Spamcake]
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Info for folks:
At the last NELUG meeting (5-15-01), it was suggested that an upcomming
BrikWars game be set in a world of pumped-up past technology.
The game has possibly been scheduled for the 4th weekend in June.
Possibly to be at Jorge's house.
Here are a few links which may help in visualizing. I'd appreciate help
from those who suggested this realm (you know who you are).
a description of the genre as written for a role-playing game:
http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/books/steampunk/index.html
reference material and resource suggestions from a role-playing gamer:
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Phil_Masters/steampnk.htm
Suggested reading/viewing would, again, be better selected by the other
guys, but from what I gather, it's kind of a low-tech, Victorian age
sci-fi. Like, what they thought the future would be like. kinda creepy
clockwork, mad scientist, fantastical, industrial, "magic with a dark
side" (as said in the imdb). So, you might look to:
Jules Verne
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Paris in the Twentieth Century
John Boland
League of Gentlemen
Journey to the Center of the Earth (maybe?)
Brazil (maybe?)
Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Time Bandits (maybe?)
Dare I say LEGO Time Cruisers?
-Suz (who will see to it that Timmy is in the game somewhere)
Wayne McCaul wrote:
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> Well, ever since I heard it, I've been mildly obsessed with the idea of
> BrikWars: Steampunk. While I've got all kinds of ideas floating around, I
> want -nay, *need*- to know if the plan involves any of the more "fantastic"
> weapon ideas. Airships, Super Cannons, Heat Rays, RocketMen,
> Mary-Poppins-Umbrellas-of-Death, etc. as it affects design decisions.
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> Plus, are there any special or house rules I should be aware of? I imagine
> that each mechanical unit should probably have some kind of boiler for a
> power source (although wasn't the Nautilus powered by something else? It's
> only the movie I'm thinking of, so it could be out-of-wack, but I got the
> impression it was supposed to be atomic-powered). But are these boilers more
> susceptible to overloading or exploding on their own; when they're
> damaged-to-x; can you do it on purpose?
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> I'm not trying to over-complicate anything, but I do enjoy hashing out new
> rules and testing them.
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> I know it's down the road; it's probably too premature for these questions...
>
> Evil Wayne
> ______________________________________________
> "There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
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> http://www.geocities.com/legomaniac70
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| (...) Hmmm, perhaps there was Guinness in my ears, but ... My impression was that the Brikwars game on the 23rd (official announcement forthcoming) was going to be a medieval setting (without SP points) one, and that the Steampunk game was to be (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: BrikWars: SteamPunk
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| In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Suzanne D. Rich writes: <snip> (...) Not a bad list. The canonical steam punk book may well be _The Difference Engine_ by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling though, since it delves into quite fantastical steam powered (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: BrikWars: SteamPunk
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| (...) Other examples might include: - Johnny Depp's character in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" - Wild Wild West - actually, this movie is probably bad enough that you should only look at the box and check out the movie poster to get an idea of the (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: BrikWars: SteamPunk
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| (...) Whoah! this just freaked me out- though it has nothing to do with LEGO (sorry). From the above link, I went here: (URL) it's a book I own! (the German original) I haven't looked for info on this book in a few years, but I remember a fruitless (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
| | | Re: BrikWars: SteamPunk
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| (...) You dare say it, I call it from the mountain! Time Cruisers is certainly weird science and the Twisted Time Train and Flying Time Vessel fit nicely into it. Another, more recently published, suggestion is the Girl Genius comic from Phil and (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| Well, ever since I heard it, I've been mildly obsessed with the idea of BrikWars: Steampunk. While I've got all kinds of ideas floating around, I want -nay, *need*- to know if the plan involves any of the more "fantastic" weapon ideas. Airships, (...) (24 years ago, 17-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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