Make Your Own New Crobuzon

[judd_sonofbert]

From this thread on S.G.So, to make your own N.C

Comments

[lxndr]

this is nifty
though I'm tempted to pick "Illithid" as part of #1 and go from there

Illithid

[judd_sonofbert]

Go for it!

Re: Illithid

[lxndr]

http://lxndr.livejournal.com/93092.html

Done! Kinda?

[animadversio]

Awesome. Thank you for this suggestion.

In re: the SG thread, the Adamant hate in there is very disturbing. I had an idea about wading in there and mentioning, per a chat I had with GMS at GenCon, that Mieville specifically asked GMS to do a completely new system for the game, inspired in large part by FATE.

But then I decided it was a much better idea to go outside and eat my lunch under a shady tree, and upon my return, I discovered the idea was gone. :)

Lunch over posting

[judd_sonofbert]

Sometimes lunch under a shady tree is the way to go.

Re: Lunch over posting

[animadversio]

Troof.

Re: Lunch over posting

[judd_sonofbert]

Are you working on the project?

[gillan]

Holy shit awesome. I need to think about this.

[drivingblind]

We sorta did this with Shadow of Giants, the 4E game I've been running, though more broadly: nearly every humanoid race has some kind of presence in Citadel, because it's the last city left on earth. The big bads that are living there all the same are the giants, who built the place and rule it (or ruled, until recently), and there are a number of native earth elementals that are either causing trouble (the Galeb Duhr) or integrating fine to an urban setting (gargoyles). Then there's the matter of the sleeping god that Citadel has been built atop like a crown...

[judd_sonofbert]

There was an LJ post you made about how you crafted that city and it felt like home to me.

[drivingblind]

Yeah. Hell, the Amber Fudge game that gave birth to Fate had a massively character-donated setting material component to it, and that was back in 2000 or so, and I've been trying variations on that method ever since.

Anyway: Killer method here, too. Ideally I'd want each player to own one of the "common" races, to sex it up.

[jccohen]

I don't know what New Crobuzon is but that sounds like a fun way to make a city.

China, J.C. J.C., this is China Mieville

[judd_sonofbert]

Behold, Perdido Street Station.

Re: China, J.C. J.C., this is China Mieville

[jccohen]

Ah. The library doesn't seem to have that but it does have "The Scar" and "Iron Council"

Re: China, J.C. J.C., this is China Mieville

[judd_sonofbert]

Each book, though in the same world, stands alone. I would even argue that The Scar and Iron Council are better books.