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Victorian rpgs, what's out there?

Started by Balbinus, February 07, 2007, 08:54:56 AM

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jhkim

#15
February 07, 2007, 12:38:27 PM
Quote from: BalbinusWhat's Perfect?

Note, that's a specific question, not a general query...
An alternate-history RPG where there is a pseudo-Victorian dystopia which oppresses all opposition and free thought.  Haven't tried it myself, but here's the link:

http://www.incitefulentertainment.com/perfect.php

As a more general answer for looking up about the games, check out my RPG encyclopedia

http://www.darkshire.net/jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/

Tom B

#16
February 09, 2007, 05:19:06 PM
Ah...time to pull out the really obscure games.  Here are two that I can tell you absolutely nothing about, except that they're by Dave Nalle (of Ysgarth), who primarily designs and sells a wide variety of very nice fonts.  I like Ysgarth and Oroborus (also on the page I'm about to link to), but haven't seen these two:

Dark Albion (London by Night) and the second one is Shakespearean Adventures

Just click on the link above and scroll down...

Tom B.
Tom B.

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Balbinus

#17
February 10, 2007, 11:31:17 AM
The site certainly doesn't overload you with detail on the games does it?

Quote from: Tom BAh...time to pull out the really obscure games.  Here are two that I can tell you absolutely nothing about, except that they're by Dave Nalle (of Ysgarth), who primarily designs and sells a wide variety of very nice fonts.  I like Ysgarth and Oroborus (also on the page I'm about to link to), but haven't seen these two:

Dark Albion (London by Night) and the second one is Shakespearean Adventures

Just click on the link above and scroll down...

Tom B.

blakkie

#18
February 10, 2007, 12:08:17 PM
"Because honestly? I have no idea what you do. None." - Pierce Inverarity

TheQuestionMan

#19
February 10, 2007, 02:09:48 PM
Hero by Gaslight (Yamamura's Site)
http://wanderingthoughts.net/campaig...ogaslight.html

Clockwork HERO (Thanks bblackmoor)
http://herogames.com/forums/showthre...ight=Clockwork

GURPS Victorian
http://codepoet.org/~markw/gurps/

GURPS Castle Falkenstein by Steve Jackson Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_...tein_%28RPG%29

GURPS Deadlands by Steve Jackson Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlands

GURPS Discworld by Steve Jackson Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld

GURPS Gaslight by Steve Jackson Games
http://bill-barton-games.iwarp.com/custom4.html

Victorian Gamer
http://www.jimskipper.com/victoria/

Space: 1889
http://www.heliograph.com/space1889/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1889

Forgotten Futures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Futures

Iron Kingdoms by Priviteer Press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Kingdoms

Romilly's Castle Falkenstein
http://deromilly.home.mindspring.com/falk.html

London by Night by White Wolf Games
Links to follow

Victorian Age: Vampire by White Wolf Games
http://www.white-wolf.com/Games/Page...anOutline.html

Stanford's Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/

The Unhallowed Metropolis (by Eos Press)
http://www.newdarkage.net/gallery.html

Terra Incognita (Thanks BigJackBrass)
//www.nagssociety.com

Victorian Age: Vampire Companion by White Wolf Games
Links to follow

Other RPGs converted to HERO System (Thanks Lord Laiden)
http://herogames.com/forums/showthre...+HE RO+System



Historical Figures:
Charles Babbage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbage%2C_Charles

George Byron, 6th Baron Byron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_...th_Baron_Byron

George Westinghouse, Jr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse

Jules Gabriel Verne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Richard Francis Burton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard...%2C_Sir_Burton

Nikola Tesla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

Thomas Alva Edison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison

Charlie Chaplin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin

Harry Houdini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini



Fictional Characters:
Phileas Fogg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_Fogg

Dorian Gray
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_Gray

Captain Nemo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Nemo

Allan Quartermain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Quatermain

Dr. Henry Jekyll (aka Mr. Edward Hyde)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Str...l_and_Mr._Hyde

Jack Griffith the Invisble Man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man

Abraham Van Helsing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing

Hellboy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy

Professor Challenger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Challenger

Sherlock Holmes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

Dr. Dolittle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle

Tarzan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan

Zorro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro
Spring Heeled Jack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack

Lord Darcy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Darcy_%28fiction%29

Wold Newton family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wold_Newton_family



Victorian Hero Resources
Victorian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian

Steampunk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

Victorian Adventurers in a Past that Wasn't!
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9094/STEAM2.html

List of Steampunk Works
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_steampunk_works

Second Industrial Revolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_...ial_revolution

The Miji Restoration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meiji_Restoration

The Great Game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...in_and_Ireland

The German Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire

The Ottoman Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire

The Empire of Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_of_Japan

The London Underground Diagrams
http://owen.massey.net/tubemaps.html

Steampunk Resources
http://www.philm.demon.co.uk/Steampunk/

Recogmended Non Fiction
http://homepage.mac.com/bowman/cf/No...n.html#Atlases

Recogmended Reading
http://homepage.mac.com/bowman/cf/bib.html

Steampunk Victorian Adventure
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9094/STEAM2.html

The Historical RPG Society
http://ringsurf.com/netring?action=i...oricalroleplay

The Tony Jones Space 1889
http://www.wolfram.demon.co.uk/rp_1889_top.html

Victorian Society in the Americas
http://www.victoriansociety.org/

Victorian Adventure Gaming
http://www.gisby.org/1889.htm

Victorian Novels
http://www.victoriannovels.com/

Victoriana
http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~lesleyah/webdoc9.htm

Victoriana Online
http://www.victorianaonline.com/

Victorian Gallery
http://www.victorianas.com/

Web Links
http://www.boscobel.k12.wi.us/~schnrich/web_links1.htm

Cobrabay Gaming Links
http://www.cobrabay.f2s.com/favourites.html

Victoriana Forum Links (Thanks Bart Hodge)
http://www.vancouvergamingguild.com/...;threadid=1042

The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana by Jess Nevins (Thanks Agent 13)
http://www.monkeybrainbooks.com/Fan...Victoriana.html

Myths for the Modern Age:Philip José Farmer's Wold Newton Universe (Thanks Agent 13)
http://www.monkeybrainbooks.com/Myt...Modern_Age.html

Victorian Women's Art of Self Defense
http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30657

British Express - The Victorian Period
http://www.britainexpress.com/Histor...rian_index.htm

Victorian Era Ships
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...rian_era_ships

Victorian era submarines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Categor...era_submarines

Airships
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airships#Pioneers



Cheerio Old Chaps, more revisions and additions to come eh whot whot!

T.Q.M. Esquire
My Hero System Resources & Compilations
http://www.herogames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=732295&postcount=81

The Chronicles of Yrth - My GURPS Fantasy Camapign Blog.
http://thechroniclesofyrth.blogspot.com/

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

mythusmage

#21
February 10, 2007, 04:15:41 PM
For articles on Victorian High Wierdness (among others) may I recommend The Fortean Times. Charles Fort, the inspiration for the magazine, was post Victorian, but like his contemporary Lovecraft he relied a great deal on Victorian Era tales and legends for his writings. FT has covered Victorian Era ghosts, apparitions, events, and occurances in numerous articles; including a number on Jack the Ripper and Springheeled Jack in his numerous incarnations.
Any one who thinks he knows America has never been to America.

TheQuestionMan

#23
February 11, 2007, 03:08:41 AM
Quote from: jhkimhttp://www.britgamedesigns.co.uk/download/freebies.html

- JHK
Thanks, but not much on detail.


Cheers

QM
My Hero System Resources & Compilations
http://www.herogames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=732295&postcount=81

The Chronicles of Yrth - My GURPS Fantasy Camapign Blog.
http://thechroniclesofyrth.blogspot.com/

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

Tom B

#24
February 11, 2007, 05:06:47 PM
Quote from: BalbinusThe site certainly doesn't overload you with detail on the games does it?
It's scattered.  Based on blakkie's link for Dark Albion,  I found a similar link for Shakespearean Adventures.  From that description, though, it seems it is based on Shakespeare's Italian productions, and so is not the specific genre you were asking aobut.

Of course, the actual Oroborus mechanics are available for free here.
Tom B.

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"All that we say or seem is but a dream within a dream." -Edgar Allen Poe

TheQuestionMan

#25
February 11, 2007, 10:43:29 PM
VICTORIAN HERO RESOURCES - REVISED

Hero by Gaslight (Yamamura's Site)
http://wanderingthoughts.net/campaig...ogaslight.html

Clockwork HERO (Thanks bblackmoor)
http://herogames.com/forums/showthre...ight=Clockwork

GURPS Victorian
http://codepoet.org/~markw/gurps/

GURPS Castle Falkenstein by Steve Jackson Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_...tein_%28RPG%29

GURPS Deadlands by Steve Jackson Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadlands
 
GURPS Discworld by Steve Jackson Games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discworld

GURPS Gaslight by Steve Jackson Games
http://bill-barton-games.iwarp.com/custom4.html

Victorian Gamer
http://www.jimskipper.com/victoria/

Space: 1889
http://www.heliograph.com/space1889/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_1889

Forgotten Futures
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten_Futures

Iron Kingdoms by Priviteer Press
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_Kingdoms

Romilly’s Castle Falkenstein
http://deromilly.home.mindspring.com/falk.html

London by Night by White Wolf Games
Links to follow

Victorian Age: Vampire by White Wolf Games
http://www.white-wolf.com/Games/Page...anOutline.html

Stanford's Dime Novel and Story Paper Collection
http://library.stanford.edu/depts/dp/pennies/

The Unhallowed Metropolis (by Eos Press)
http://www.newdarkage.net/gallery.html

Terra Incognita (Thanks BigJackBrass)
//www.nagssociety.com

Victorian Age: Vampire Companion by White Wolf Games
Links to follow

Other RPGs converted to HERO System (Thanks Lord Laiden)
http://herogames.com/forums/showthre...+HE RO+System



Historical Figures:
Charles Babbage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babbage%2C_Charles

George Byron, 6th Baron Byron
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gordon_Byron%2C_6th_Baron_Byron

George Westinghouse, Jr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westinghouse

Jules Gabriel Verne
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne

Richard Francis Burton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Francis%2C_Sir_Burton

Nikola Tesla
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikola_Tesla

Thomas Alva Edison
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison

Charlie Chaplin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin

Harry Houdini
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini



Fictional Characters:
Phileas Fogg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phileas_Fogg

Dorian Gray
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorian_Gray

Captain Nemo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain_Nemo
 
Allan Quartermain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Quatermain

Dr. Henry Jekyll (aka Mr. Edward Hyde)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Strange_Case_of_Dr._Jekyll_and_Mr._Hyde

Jack Griffith the Invisble Man
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Invisible_Man

Abraham Van Helsing
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Van_Helsing

Hellboy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy
 
Professor Challenger
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor_Challenger

Sherlock Holmes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes

Dr. Dolittle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Dolittle

Tarzan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan
 
Zorro
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro
Spring Heeled Jack
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Heeled_Jack

Lord Darcy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Darcy_%28fiction%29

Wold Newton family
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wold_Newton_family



Victorian Hero Resources
Victorian
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victorian

Steampunk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steampunk

Victorian Adventurers in a Past that Wasn't!
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9094/STEAM2.html

List of Steampunk Works
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_steampunk_works

Second Industrial Revolution
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_industrial_revolution

The Miji Restoration
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Meiji_Restoration

The Great Game
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Game

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland

The German Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire

The Ottoman Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire

The Empire of Japan
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_of_Japan

The London Underground Diagrams
http://owen.massey.net/tubemaps.html

Steampunk Resources
http://www.philm.demon.co.uk/Steampunk/

Recogmended Non Fiction
http://homepage.mac.com/bowman/cf/No...n.html#Atlases

Recogmended Reading
http://homepage.mac.com/bowman/cf/bib.html

Steampunk Victorian Adventure
http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/9094/STEAM2.html

The Historical RPG Society
http://ringsurf.com/netring?action=i...oricalroleplay

The Tony Jones Space 1889
http://www.wolfram.demon.co.uk/rp_1889_top.html

Victorian Society in the Americas
http://www.victoriansociety.org/

Victorian Adventure Gaming
http://www.gisby.org/1889.htm

Victorian Novels
http://www.victoriannovels.com/

Victoriana
http://homepages.primex.co.uk/~lesleyah/webdoc9.htm

Victoriana Online
http://www.victorianaonline.com/

Victorian Gallery
http://www.victorianas.com/

Web Links
http://www.boscobel.k12.wi.us/~schnrich/web_links1.htm

Cobrabay Gaming Links
http://www.cobrabay.f2s.com/favourites.html

Victoriana Forum Links (Thanks Bart Hodge)
http://www.vancouvergamingguild.com/...;threadid=1042

The Encyclopedia of Fantastic Victoriana by Jess Nevins (Thanks Agent 13)
http://www.monkeybrainbooks.com/Fan...Victoriana.html

Myths for the Modern Age:Philip José Farmer’s Wold Newton Universe (Thanks Agent 13)
http://www.monkeybrainbooks.com/Myt...Modern_Age.html

Victorian Women's Art of Self Defense
http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=30657

British Express - The Victorian Period
http://www.britainexpress.com/Histor...rian_index.htm

Victorian Era Ships
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Victorian_era_ships

Victorian era submarines
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Victorian_era_submarines

Airships
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airships#Pioneers



Cheerio Old Chaps, more revisions and additions to come eh whot whot!

T.Q.M. Esquire
My Hero System Resources & Compilations
http://www.herogames.com/forums/showpost.php?p=732295&postcount=81

The Chronicles of Yrth - My GURPS Fantasy Camapign Blog.
http://thechroniclesofyrth.blogspot.com/

"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing."

jdrakeh

#26
February 16, 2007, 02:25:50 PM
I'm certain that somebody has already mentioned it but Age of Empire is a RPG of "Mad Victorian Fantasy".
 

beeber

#27
February 17, 2007, 11:10:30 PM
would "girl genius" count?  i know it's a comic, but phil foglio et al are working on a gurps sourcebook for it. . . .

http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/

jdrakeh

#28
February 20, 2007, 05:07:30 PM
Quote from: beeberwould "girl genius" count?  i know it's a comic, but phil foglio et al are working on a gurps sourcebook for it. . . .

And it's been "right around the corner" for almost two whole years now :( Dammit, Foglio -- make haste, man! ;)
 
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