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Re: Coal missing from High-Tech?
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08-13-2009, 01:48 AM | #22 |
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Re: Coal missing from High-Tech?
Actually, tar pit zombies would be primarily mammals: sabertooth cats, dire wolves, the occasional equine and camelid, etc. From what I understand, the tar pits came into being after the dinosaurs had went extinct; what's being pulled from the tar pits are commonly stone age mammals that have since gone extinct.
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08-13-2009, 06:15 AM | #24 |
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Re: Coal missing from High-Tech?
Well it could just be counted as Errata, or an e23 release might be the easiest. If you tossed in more in depth exploration, extraction, and refining rules (both normal and dirty tech wise) for fossil fuels and seasoned with text on synthetics could make a nice pocket supplement for a number of modern to near modern games. At least for GM's who like a bit more crunch, or who's PC's are actually involved with the production on one level or another.
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08-13-2009, 10:20 AM | #25 |
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Re: Coal missing from High-Tech?
What table? The problem is that fuels get headings, longhand descriptions, etc. above their stats lines. There's no table per se.
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08-13-2009, 10:30 AM | #26 |
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Re: Coal missing from High-Tech?
How widespread was coal as a fuel?
Does it feature at all in non-European cultures before the colonial period? |
08-13-2009, 10:36 AM | #27 |
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Re: Coal missing from High-Tech?
Wasn't coal use in China referenced by Marco Polo?
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08-13-2009, 10:53 AM | #28 |
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Re: Coal missing from High-Tech?
The earliest known uses of coal were in China. Coal was also used extensively in India. In fact, I don't think coal was economically important outside those regions until it caught on in 19th-century Europe.
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08-13-2009, 10:58 AM | #29 |
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Re: Coal missing from High-Tech?
Could be useful to drop in this thread a few notes on how much coal various vehicles needed to get around, especially trains and steamboats. Maybe other questions as they come up at the relevant Tech Levels in people's games. I imagine that would answer the need pretty well. :^)
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