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Nantes as Inspiration for RPGs: Dark Secrets and Bright Machines

October 5, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty tackles two gaming inspirations that the city of Nantes gave him. Expect dark secrets and strange machinations!

Filed Under: Adventure Prep, Featured, Musings of the Chatty DM, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: France, Machines, Mecha, Nantes, Secrets, steampunk, Travel as Inspiration

Chronicles of the Bipolar Tourist: Sweet Aggravations, Nantes

October 3, 2012 by The Chatty DM

In which Chatty posts about his recent visit to France, this time he visits Nantes many closed doors, meets awesome machines and discovers the dark secret of the French.

Filed Under: Musings of the Chatty DM Tagged With: Bipolar Disorder, Elephant, France, Machine, Nantes, steampunk, Travel, Travelogue

Inquisition of the Week: Your Steam is Punk

July 27, 2009 by Dave

This past week saw the release of the Eberron Campaign Guide. While I’ve followed Eberron since its acceptance into the D&D campaign setting contest but I have yet to run or play in any kind of Eberron campaign. Some of the resistance to playing it before has been a dislike among some of my group to steampunk. While Eberron is more nuanced than simply a steampunk setting, there’s some clear resistance to the idea.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games, Science Fiction & Fantasy Genre Tagged With: 4e, eberron, steampunk

Scarrport: Get Some Steampunk in your 4e

May 8, 2009 by Dave

There’s a lot to like about Scarrport: City of Secrets, the new setting book from Reality Deviant Productions. What really makes it stand out to me are the rules for Steampunk-style items in your 4e game. By incorporating these kind of items, it adds a different genre to 4e, instead of just being another setting using the same D&D elements.

Filed Under: Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, scarrport, steampunk

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