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Re: BrikWars: SteamPunk
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lugnet.org.us.nelug
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Fri, 18 May 2001 17:52:55 GMT
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In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Eric Joslin writes:
> In lugnet.org.us.nelug, Wayne McCaul writes:
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> > There was another RPG, Space 1889 (?) I'm not sure how relevant it might be,
> > but I'm fairly certain that it was Victorian-era space travel.
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> Space: 1889 was indeed a victorian space-travel game. It's fairly applicable,
> although I don't think it was widely played and info about it might be hard to
> find- especially since West End Games, the company that produced it, hasn't
> been doing too well. I know theyr'e just releasing another game, but I'm
> pretty sure they were bankrupt for a while there...
I thought WEG had the StarWars RPG licence, have they bollocksed that?
Unusually for an RPG publishing house, they're not on the web (least not as
West End Games).
In any case the Space 1889 franchise has been passed to heliograph games
http://www.heliograph.com/space1889/
Further there are at least a handful of fansites out there that I found in a
quick search,(yahoo) some good stuff, some just trying to get you to buy the
book).
Hope this helps (some)
James (who will visit America in an alternate timeline- the one where the
au$ buys us$30)
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| (...) Yes, they did- the new Star Wars RPG is already out. It's by Wizards of the Coast/TSR, and it's compatible with the D20 system (ie, AD&D 3rd Edition). (...) I think they got bought out by a French company. I think. But I thought they were (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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| (...) Space: 1889 was indeed a victorian space-travel game. It's fairly applicable, although I don't think it was widely played and info about it might be hard to find- especially since West End Games, the company that produced it, hasn't been doing (...) (23 years ago, 18-May-01, to lugnet.org.us.nelug)
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