GURPS Middle Ages - Page 2

Phantasm · 01-14-2018, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Astromancer

Good Question. Maybe we could move beyond England this time.

Don't get me wrong, both the real Medieval England and "Merrie England" are great to game in. But it's time that France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Scotland, Wales, Cornwall, Ireland, Denmark, Flanders, Scandinavia, Iceland, Greenland, Hungary, Poland, the Hausa, Moscovy, Byzantium, and Outremare, got some love too.

Technically Scandinavia, Denmark, Iceland, and Greenland got love in GURPS Vikings, but I agree the Continent needs some love as well.

Turhan's Bey Company · 01-14-2018, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Astromancer

Italy

Ahem.

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Byzantium

AHEM.

(That said, France, Germany/the HRE, and Iberia seriously need some attention.)

Turhan's Bey Company · 01-14-2018, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Phantasm

Technically Scandinavia, Denmark, Iceland, and Greenland got love in GURPS Vikings, but I agree the Continent needs some love as well.

And for Muscovy, there's GURPS Russia.

pestigor · 01-14-2018, 03:11 PM

I know I'm just a random guy on the interwebs but I would totally buy a Hot Spots: Holy Roman Empire or Charlemagne at the 7-10$ price point.

Astromancer · 01-14-2018, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Turhan's Bey Company

Ahem.

AHEM.

(That said, France, Germany/the HRE, and Iberia seriously need some attention.)

Forgive me my thousands of sins.

By the way Florence isn't the whole of Italy.

Þorkell · 01-14-2018, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Astromancer

Iceland

Meh? Really? After 1266 there's **** all happening here.

safisher · 01-14-2018, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Turhan's Bey Company

(That said, France, Germany/the HRE, and Iberia seriously need some attention.)

Agreed. I'd buy a GURPS book on any of these in a second.

MadWombat · 01-14-2018, 07:02 PM

Quasi-independent Burgundy would also be an excellent choice for further examination. Its relationship with France and the rest of Europe, and the environment it created, would provide excellent RP opportunities. Not to mention serving as a model for one's own homemade polities.

Phantasm · 01-14-2018, 07:17 PM

A book or three covering the Low Countries, the HRE, and Hapsburg Empire (the latter two actually overlapped, with some polities in both at once, if some of the maps I've seen are accurate) would be excellent for those of us who want to design polities that aren't based on the French/English kingdom models or Roman Republic model for our own medieval/renaissance worlds.

I just don't have the resources available to cook something up myself, sadly.

AlexanderHowl · 01-14-2018, 07:46 PM

I really think that these are fan projects nowadays. The information is easily available and, other than a couple dozen people of importance, there are few people that you need to stat out. Of course, I think that the Early Middle Ages is much more interesting than the High Middle Ages, so the information is a bit more esoteric, though the people are more interesting because we know less about them (they end up being more folklore and legend than history).

01-14-2018, 03:11 PM	#14
pestigor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA	Re: GURPS Middle Ages I know I'm just a random guy on the interwebs but I would totally buy a Hot Spots: Holy Roman Empire or Charlemagne at the 7-10$ price point.

01-14-2018, 07:02 PM	#18
MadWombat Join Date: Aug 2004	Re: GURPS Middle Ages Quasi-independent Burgundy would also be an excellent choice for further examination. Its relationship with France and the rest of Europe, and the environment it created, would provide excellent RP opportunities. Not to mention serving as a model for one's own homemade polities. __________________ Michael Breen Aut Inveniam Viam Aut Faciam

01-14-2018, 07:17 PM	#19
Phantasm Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the road again...	Re: GURPS Middle Ages A book or three covering the Low Countries, the HRE, and Hapsburg Empire (the latter two actually overlapped, with some polities in both at once, if some of the maps I've seen are accurate) would be excellent for those of us who want to design polities that aren't based on the French/English kingdom models or Roman Republic model for our own medieval/renaissance worlds. I just don't have the resources available to cook something up myself, sadly. __________________ "Life ... is an Oreo cookie." - J'onn J'onzz, 1991 "But mom, I don't wanna go back in the dungeon!" The GURPS Marvel Universe Reboot Project A-G, H-R, and S-Z, and its not-a-wiki-really web adaptation. Ranoc, a Muskets-and-Magery Renaissance Fantasy Setting

01-14-2018, 07:46 PM	#20
AlexanderHowl Join Date: Feb 2016	Re: GURPS Middle Ages I really think that these are fan projects nowadays. The information is easily available and, other than a couple dozen people of importance, there are few people that you need to stat out. Of course, I think that the Early Middle Ages is much more interesting than the High Middle Ages, so the information is a bit more esoteric, though the people are more interesting because we know less about them (they end up being more folklore and legend than history).