[Game] Work Up a Steampunk Setting

Daigoro · 11-11-2016, 08:53 AM

It might be a little soon since the last one of these, but I thought I'd put it out there to see how it flies.

The objective is to build some kind of steampunk setting, suitable I guess for a variety of campaign types- adventure, military, espionage, intrigue, whatever. We'll see what comes out of the blender.

The rules of the game, as per the established method, are:
- answer the preceding question
- add a new question, delving more into details of the setting
- obviously, try not to contradict any details that have gone before
- and, to help keep things organised, number all questions and answers along the lines of-
Question 6
Answer to Q6
- we'll start with one question per post, but can open that up later when we get into more detail

And here's a rundown of some previous efforts-

Spoiler:

And therewith, what-ho, pip-pip and all that..
Question 1
What's the setting for this setting, i.e. where is it and when is it?

Addendum: A mirror of this thread is posted on here for organised reference.

11-11-2016, 08:53 AM	#1
Daigoro Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Meifumado	[Game] Work Up a Steampunk Setting It might be a little soon since the last one of these, but I thought I'd put it out there to see how it flies. The objective is to build some kind of steampunk setting, suitable I guess for a variety of campaign types- adventure, military, espionage, intrigue, whatever. We'll see what comes out of the blender. The rules of the game, as per the established method, are: - answer the preceding question - add a new question, delving more into details of the setting - obviously, try not to contradict any details that have gone before - and, to help keep things organised, number all questions and answers along the lines of- Question 6 Answer to Q6 - we'll start with one question per post, but can open that up later when we get into more detail And here's a rundown of some previous efforts- Spoiler: http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=146369]Question Game: Post Agricultural Fantasy Setting [/url] http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=142082][Game] Let's Make a Post-Apocalyptic Setting [/url] [Game] Generate a Space Trader Setting Setting Generating Game (Feb 2015) (Fantasy setting) http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=120581]Setting Generating Game [/url] (Supers setting- Odin-1) Setting Generator game 2: Odin2 (Supers) http://forums.sjgames.com/showthread.php?t=86563]New Year/New Setting: GURPS world design 'game' [/url] (Fantasy setting- Twilight World) Also, some vote-based threads: Vote Up a Setting Vote up a Fantastic (as in Fantasy) Setting Vote up a Fantasy Setting Vote up a SUPERS! setting Vote up an Urban Fantasy Setting Vote up a Space Opera And therewith, what-ho, pip-pip and all that.. Question 1 What's the setting for this setting, i.e. where is it and when is it? Addendum: A mirror of this thread is posted on here for organised reference. __________________ Collaborative Settings: Cyberpunk: Duopoly Nation Space Opera: Behind the King's Eclipse And heaps of forum collabs, 30+ and counting! Last edited by Daigoro; 02-17-2017 at 09:41 AM.