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Ken Walton (co-author of GURPS: Celtic Myth, the Warhammer RPG supplement Realms of Sorcery, and a few other items) is the lead designer on a Cubicle 7 spin-off of Mongoose Games' Runequest II, Clockwork and Chivalry. It's set in the English Civil War, with the Cavaliers using alchemy and the Roundheads using clockwork war machines to continue the conflict. Four volumes have appeared so far.
And a couple of weeks ago, without meaning to, I came up with a scenario for it. But it seems promising: The players are Royalist special operatives, chosen for their brutality and mercilessness in service of the king, sent into the Protectorate to wreak havoc and, if possible, assassinate the dictator Cromwell and his propaganda chief, Blind John, the Minister of Poetry.
The title, of course, came first:
( wretched wordplay warning )
I'll never design it, because even though I still read RPG material, my actual playing days are decades behind me. So, anyone who wants it, have at it.
And a couple of weeks ago, without meaning to, I came up with a scenario for it. But it seems promising: The players are Royalist special operatives, chosen for their brutality and mercilessness in service of the king, sent into the Protectorate to wreak havoc and, if possible, assassinate the dictator Cromwell and his propaganda chief, Blind John, the Minister of Poetry.
The title, of course, came first:
( wretched wordplay warning )
I'll never design it, because even though I still read RPG material, my actual playing days are decades behind me. So, anyone who wants it, have at it.
