RPG Campaign Idea: The Man In The Warpstone Mask

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I mentioned this briefly as one of the many seeds in my 80s Warhammer post but a recent discussion with Ailsa about playing a swashbuckling RPG reminded me of this one. To that end I've been reading Knights of the Grail, Warpstone Issue 28, The Bretonnia Project and Warhammer Fantasy Battle 3rd Editon and coming up with more formal ideas than last

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[lordofthemoon]

I'm completely unfamiliar with Warhammer, barring the bits and pieces that I've picked up from you and Aaron so I didn't understand this post at all. Most of your ideas are very much more general, whereas this seems focussed more in the Warhammer world.

If I understand you correctly though, you seem to be suggested a fantasy version of The Three Musketeers or a game set in a sort of fantasy French Revolution/Terror.

Personally, I didn't hugely enjoy The Three Musketeers and I don't know enough about that era of French history to be able to follow along. I must confess that it doesn't sound hugely grabbing to me.

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I'm not surprised you're not mega interested in this, but I am genuinely surprised you found it somehow incomprehensible. I thought I made a decent effort to explain everything Warhammer specific with some context, considering the details here and the link to the previous post - with the exception of the final country names but I'm confident that you can take a rough stab as to where Albion, Norsca and Araby might be equivalents to.

Anyway, I'm thinking something of a mix of Three Musketeers/French Revolution as a period for a fantasy game. As per previous comments along the lines of an urban or Victorian fantasy, I've done plenty of indeterminately medieval games and I'm curious about building a fantasy game around very different preconceptions. Warhammer assumes a more renaissance-y world with gunpowder, printing press etc so that's part of why it sprang to my mind.

George Q

[lordofthemoon]

I'm not surprised you're not mega interested in this, but I am genuinely surprised you found it somehow incomprehensible.

I've re-read it now and it makes much more sense. I guess last time I was either tired, skim-reading or both. You could maybe tempt me with a one-off but my Dumas/French history quibbles still stand :).

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I'll just need to pick another European era to try and tempt you with. How are you when it comes to Machiavelli's italian city-states?...

George Q