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What Period in English History Would you Run a Campaign for?

Started by RPGPundit, March 25, 2013, 08:55:02 PM

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The Traveller

#30
March 26, 2013, 02:58:52 PM
Quote from: One Horse Town;640407Run out of potatoes again?
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jeff37923

#31
March 26, 2013, 03:00:47 PM
Opposite ends of the historical timeline for me. Either a Robin Hood historical campaign or a Battle of Britain historical campaign. Not because they have the potential for great gaming necessarily, but because to me they are very interesting periods of history for England.

I like the intrigues of the War of the Roses, but I would want that to be done in a science fiction setting.
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#32
March 26, 2013, 03:04:01 PM
It think this question is sort of backwards. Just saying the game is set in Tudor or Edwardian times doesn't really much about what the game is about. Now were you to say "Call of Cthulhu in Jacobean England" (which I have played) or "Pirates and Privateers in age of Elizabeth" I can see a campaign. Otherwise it's like saying "Let's play a modern day campaign".

Or in short - a historical period on its own does not constitute a genre and I don't really know how to play a completely genre-neutral game but I think it would look a bit like The Sims.
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One Horse Town

#33
March 26, 2013, 03:04:05 PM
Quote from: The Traveller;640409Quiet down there, Frenchie.

I zink you eez avin' a lawf. ;)

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#34
March 26, 2013, 03:06:10 PM
Quote from: The Traveller;640409Quiet down there, Frenchie.

You know the Normans were Norsemen, right?
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The Traveller

#35
March 26, 2013, 03:12:10 PM
Quote from: tzunder;640418You know the Normans were Norsemen, right?
Keep telling yourself that, the kings of england wrote only in French for the 350 years after the Norman conquest in their personal correspondance. Really, don't take my word for it. English is in the majority a French descended language.

Beats me why so many english want to be identified with Scandinavians rather than their actual motherland, surely one shower of invaders is as good as the next. Is it because the queen is german?

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"What else are you meant to do with dark and dangerous powers?"
A concise overview of GNS theory.
Quote from: that muppet vince baker on RPGsIf you care about character arcs or any, any, any lit 101 stuff, I\'d choose a different game.

Mistwell

#36
March 26, 2013, 03:28:30 PM
Weird.  I had replied to this thread, suggesting the roman era when the army was expanding past Hadrian's Wall to eventually build a second wall further in Scotland....but my comment seems to have disappeared.

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#37
March 26, 2013, 03:47:15 PM
The vikings are cool. The French are... The French. I can see why they claim Norsemen as winning. :rotfl:
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#38
March 26, 2013, 03:48:05 PM
Due to historical and geographic reasons, naturally, all eras of British history look enticing from the western-educated viewpoint.Maybe the 1990ies are a low point, but apart from that?
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So I would ask the inverse question: Is there a period in British history that is not enticing?
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Premier

#39
March 26, 2013, 03:50:34 PM
Quote from: The Traveller;640404Anyway it's largely academic, england is basically a French colony, Grand Bretagne/Greater Brittany, has been ever since the Normans, the majority of its root words are based in French, and even the accents - ever hear an english person drop their 'h'? French accent.

May as well ask What Period in French History Would you Run a Campaign for?

My answer to the OP's question is: somewhere between the 5th and 10th centuries BC.

Now, Traveller, explain to me how exactly you may as well ask What Period in French History Would you Run a Campaign for?

Nitpick over whether it's England or Britain all you want, it still has a pre-Norman Conquest period that's highly relevant to this thread.

QuoteKeep telling yourself that, the kings of england wrote only in French for the 350 years after the Norman conquest in their personal correspondance. Really, don't take my word for it.

Ethnicity != Language. Which is fucking obvious, so you must be arguing it in bad faith. The Normans might have spoken French, but they were a different ethnic group. Because, and I'm saying this slowly and clearly as if talking to a small child, not every ethnic group on Earth uses its own ethnic language as its primary one.

QuoteEnglish is in the majority a French descended language.

lolNope. Not even one-third of the lexicon originates from French. And that's not even touching syntax, which is even more important as far as a language's "identity" is concerned (and NOT French).
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Settembrini

#40
March 26, 2013, 03:50:45 PM
Quote from: The Traveller;640421Really, don't take my word for it. English is in the majority a French descended language.

Is not! It is a bona fide germanic language with a doubled vocabulary for the posh words.
More truth in Eroll Flynn's Robin Hood than in your posts. That is quite something...
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The Traveller

#41
March 26, 2013, 03:55:36 PM
Quote from: Premier;640437Ethnicity != Language. Which is fucking obvious, so you must be arguing it in bad faith. The Normans might have spoken French, but they were a different ethnic group. Because, and I'm saying this slowly and clearly as if talking to a small child, not every ethnic group on Earth uses its own ethnic language as its primary one.
They were camped out in northern France for six generations before kicking english bottom. That's a whole lot of interbreeding with the locals. Their grandfathers' grandfathers might have been distinct but by the year 1000 they were French speaking christians.

Quote from: Premier;640437lolNope. Not even one-third of the lexicon originates from French. And that's not even touching syntax, which is even more important as far as a language's "identity" is concerned (and NOT French).
Yes, by in the majority I mean 'more than any other language'.

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"These children are playing with dark and dangerous powers!"
"What else are you meant to do with dark and dangerous powers?"
A concise overview of GNS theory.
Quote from: that muppet vince baker on RPGsIf you care about character arcs or any, any, any lit 101 stuff, I\'d choose a different game.

The Traveller

#42
March 26, 2013, 03:56:20 PM
Quote from: Settembrini;640438Is not! It is a bona fide germanic language with a doubled vocabulary for the posh words.
More truth in Eroll Flynn's Robin Hood than in your posts. That is quite something...
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Son poing énergique devrait être prêt à résister
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"These children are playing with dark and dangerous powers!"
"What else are you meant to do with dark and dangerous powers?"
A concise overview of GNS theory.
Quote from: that muppet vince baker on RPGsIf you care about character arcs or any, any, any lit 101 stuff, I\'d choose a different game.

Benoist

#43
March 26, 2013, 03:57:47 PM
Normans were both Gallo-roman, Frankish AND Norsemen. That's actually what makes them, you know... "Normans".

Settembrini

#44
March 26, 2013, 03:59:56 PM
Just for the record I could not care less about Normans.
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