The folks over at Dark City Games are keeping minimalist old school gaming alive with their take on The Fantasy Trip rules set. http://www.darkcitygames.com/ They have free rules for fantasy, sci fi, and, yes, wild west: Legends of the Untamed West. To download the free pdf. click here: http://www.darkcitygames.com/docs/UntamedWest.pdf They …
The folks at the Marilyn Style Club have a lovely quick reference for the terminology of pearl strands: https://www.facebook.com/marilynstyleclub/photos/a.679424925444393.1073741828.679413738778845/1086423644744517/?type=1&theater
Counter-colonial Heistcrawl “The basic concept: it’s 1610. You are ordinary inhabitants of a more-or-less historical Southeast Asian archipelago that looks and smells a lot like the Spice Islands.” “Mechanically it’s some sword-waggling, piratical RPGing on a more-or-less DnD mould and some Civilisation-type domain gaming – if Civ were based on …
Fat Goblin’s first release for Castle Falkenstein will be a bestiary titled Curious Creatures. In honor of the upcoming book they’ve blogged about Victorian dinosaurs. Read the post here: https://fatgoblingames.com/blogs/castle-falkenstein/the-dinosaurs-of-crystal-palace-park The Dinosaurs of Crystal Palace Park Posted by J Gray on July 15, 2016 Greetings friends! Welcome to Falkenstein Friday. …
Victorian burlesque dancers on the Vintage News https://m.thevintagenews.com/2016/06/14/priority-victorian-burlesque-dancers-flamboyant-elaborate-costumes-1890/ Victorian burlesque, sometimes known as “travesty” or “extravaganza”, was popular in London theatres between the 1830s and the 1890s. It took the form of musical theatre parody in which a well-known opera, play or ballet was adapted into a broad comic play, …
Phil the Old-Timey Butcher from Citizen Brick: http://citizenbrick.com/collections/minifigs/products/phil-the-old-timey-butcher “What do you get when you mix rabid xenophobia and a guttural New York accent? Besides Donald Trump? This guy! Create your own LEGO 19th century artisinal charcuterie shop with Phil the Old-Timey Butcher. No Irish need apply.” Phil is based on the …
A Victorian Thief, a Gunslinger, a Samurai, and an Elderly Pirate walk into an Adventure… Mr Prokopetz, over on tumblr, has reached an interesting conclusion: “Consider: Victorian England: 1837-1901 American Old West: 1803-1912 Meiji Restoration: 1868-1912 French privateering in the Gulf of Mexico: ended circa 1830 Conclusion: an adventuring party …
Vote for ‘Lovelace & Babbage’ at LEGO Ideas~ We here at Victorian Adventure Enthusiast *love* Lego… and Ada Lovelace so we encourage you to learn more about this proposal: https://ideas.lego.com/projects/102740 Analytical EngineAda Lovelace (1815-1852) is widely credited as the first computer scientist and Charles Babbage (1791-1871) is best remembered for originating …
Persons of Interest: William Burke and William Hare Up the close and doun the stair, But and ben wi’ Burke and Hare. Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief, Knox the boy that buys the beef. —19th-century Edinburgh skipping rhyme A pair of the most notorious criminals of the 1800s… …
Now watching: The Mystery of Edwin Drood – England – 2012 – Diarmuid Lawrence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_%282012_film%29 “The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a 2012 British television adaptation of the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, adapted with a new ending by Gwyneth Hughes, produced by Lisa Osborne, and directed by Diarmuid Lawrence.” …