Quote from: kryystSeems pretty much just like Deadlands D20 to me.

There is no way you've actually really looked at Northern Crown if you can make such a comparison.

Northern Crown is set 150-200 years before the era of the Old West. Plus Deadlands was set out west while Northern Crown is set east of the Mississippi. Deadlands is slanted towards horror, while Northern Crown is centered more on a folkloric view of its respective era, based on American folktales like Johnny Appleseed, John Henry, Hiawatha, and Paul Bunyan. Your comparison of the two is akin to comparing Japanese and Chinese folklore and calling them the same.

Do some research.

Speak of the devil and he will appear.

About an earlier poster's "it should have been one book instead of two" comment, I agree, but it was a business decision by Atlas, rather than a conceptual preference on my part. Atlas piggybacked the two Northern Crown books on the print runs of two Ars Magica hardbacks of similar length -- a bit of a money-saver.

Gareth had high hopes and incredible enthusiasm for Northern Crown at Adamant. We tried our best.

Thanks for the kind words, all.

-- Doug

Quote from: dougmanderWe tried our best.

And it shows. It seems like there is an air of resignation to your post, and I assume it's because Northern Crown didn't sell in huge numbers. Even so, it's an outstanding piece of work, and will remain so. Think of it as an artistic endeavor which has value simply in the fact it was created and exists and is a damned sight better than most RPG products out there.

There are two things besides the obvious (Washington Irving and colonial-era American folklore) that Northern Crown reminds me of. Those two things are the "Orrorsh" realm of TORG (though Northern Crown is much better and the two settings are far apart in era and geography) and Manly Wade Wellman's "Silver John" stories (same geography, generally, but different eras). Regarding Orrorsh, Northern Crown would make an interesting expansion to the home world of the Orrorsh cosm, since it bears similarities to how the North America of that setting is described - things would be increasingly hostile and evil the further west one goes, until one reaches the literal Hell on Earth situated in what we know as the Grand Canyon. Wellman's Silver John stories draw on Appalachian folk tales which could have their origins in the era of Northern Crown.

Doug, you guys may want to think about going down the route Green Ronin are going with the Game of Thrones RPG... republish it using non-d20 rules.

Quote from: Pierce InverarityDoug, you guys may want to think about going down the route Green Ronin are going with the Game of Thrones RPG... republish it using non-d20 rules.

Why?

Because some settings don't play with the d20 crowd, e.g. yours.