English Boarding schools

[hari]

Even if a book never gets written it'd be a shame if there wasn't at least a Pyramid dedicated to schools.

[Xenarthral]

Originally Posted by SimonAce

Its basically a parody of St. Trinian's

Doubtful. It is not about well-behaved girls engaged in respectable studies
and school activities.

It's basically St. Trinian's updated and played straight.

And the games loses a lot with that cover. If it had been more Ronald
Searle-y, I'd have bought it in a second.

[tommy123]

I think its a nice subject. Private boarding schools for high school are an often misunderstood institution. There's the Hollywood religious version, which has young girls sneaking out to meet boys every chance they get, and then there's the military version where kids quake in fear that their cots aren't made nicely and awaken to a bugle sounding each day, eating slop in the mess hall to build character.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Apache

I whole heartedly support GURPS St.Trinians, and so does Mark Skarr.

:)

At last, a book about schoolgirls who could take on the Red Army and win!

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Luke Bunyip

Given my experience in the Australian equivalent, there is definitely potential for a Buffytype campaign. Especially if it has a Cthulhuesque feeling of doom and a degree of complicity in FNORD by the senior school staff.

It could feel like a cross between Buffy and living in a POW camp. The football team could be the constant of mindless violence, the school prefects could be like incompetent secret police, and the teaching staff could be either allies, people to be blackmailed, or a source of terror.

GURPS: IOU comes to mind.

[pieclone]

"GURPS: My History Teacher Inviting Me Up To His Room For A Sherry And Some Inappropriate And Awkward Conversation" is such a long title though.

[IrishRover]

I would like to see a GURPS supplement on education--campaigns in variouos schools, from boarding schools to modern--and not so modern--colleges and high schools. I'd limit it to perhaps 6th grade or so through college; I can't see needing PC info for elementary school students in most cases. I would definately buy a GURPS education supplement. (I've always wanted to get some good GURPS IOU going--and might just have my PC's in a D20 game spend some time there...OOPS!!! Wrong turn!

[roguebfl]

Originally Posted by IrishRover

I can't see needing PC info for elementary school students in most cases.

Little Fears, Ghost Stories, Detective Conan, Card Captor Sakura, are all 'campains' with a heavy elementary school elements.

[Xplo]

Originally Posted by Michael Hopcroft

hygiene consisted mainly of a daily bath in cold water (which was very unpleasant and did little for them in sanitation functions, since cold water doesn't do anything to germs).

Neither does hot water, unless it's hot enough to cause burns, and no one bathes in boiling water. The chief antiseptic action of bathing is simply washing away the dirt and dead skin that microorganisms can live in and feed on.

[Astromancer]

Originally Posted by Xplo

Neither does hot water, unless it's hot enough to cause burns, and no one bathes in boiling water. The chief antiseptic action of bathing is simply washing away the dirt and dead skin that microorganisms can live in and feed on.

Still, water warm enough to seem pleasently hot, removes far more grease and dirt that ice cold water.