Hello all I've had a look at the links in the Cathay folder. They're not really appropriate since both games focus on Imperial China and not Bronze Age-China,...
Alternate Earth isn't just a Bronze Age project, though. Any info on ancient China is appropriate here. Guy *********** REPLY SEPARATOR *********** ... _____ ...
... I quite agree. At the moment we are looking at the Bronze Age (at least I will be if I ever get any spare time :-( ) but I would like to see all ages ...
... As soon as I get something interesting down on film--- er, disk-- I'll put a link up there. While I'm thinking about it, are we also up for some kind of...
... I don't see why not. After all, the Vikings were in America, so a campaign set during that time is valid, as is a campaign set years later when the Vikings...
... How about Chinese junks off the west coast of America ... it to the Americas several hundred years before Columbus. True or not, it has always captured my ...
Why not. The Chinese did build huge treasure ships which ranged as far as Africa, why not across the pacific as well. Hey, the Polynesians travelled huge...
... Actually, the whole mixing of era's was one of the things I always found appealing about the idea of Fantasy Earth... On the subject of Vinlnd, folk might...
Hello all ... See also http://www.cronab.demon.co.uk/china.htm Gianni webmaster of basicrps.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New...
... Yes, I'd heard that one as well. Basque fishermen were supposed to have known about America as well, but never bothered to visit, and some say that's why ...
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As I've been looking at some of the cultures of Bronze Age Mediterranean recently, I have come against an obstacle or perhaps a problem. How detailed do we...
Isn't Bashkiristan near the Caucasus? Maybe the Greeks got it from those people or saw winged horsies on a bit of trade ware? I like the idea of the standard...
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... Personally, I'd just rather include a brief note about possible differences in appearance and abilities under the main entry and move on. ... It's easy to...
... Have you got any notes about the campaign that could be easily converted to RQ format? If you've already done a lot of work on the campaign, it would be a...
Well sadly, that was several deployments ago. Not even in this century, and all that I had was hadnwritten. However, I still have my Herodotus and my GURPS...
... Only last Millenium and you've forgotten it already? :-) We are looking for writeups of various Alternate Earth locations at various times. At the moment...
Hello all -- I'm cross-posting this because I thought those on the BRP, rq-rules, and altearthrq mailinglists might be interested in this email conversation...
Hello all A book by British author Gavin Menzies claims that Zheng He (the famous Ming eunuch) discovered the Americas about 50 years before Columbus did. I...
A very interesting idea. Couple that with the famed Chinese Treasure Junks Roving the Indian and Pacific oceans in search of new lands and treasures and you...
While Vikings and Land of Ninja had very good points (and were overall quite spiffy), they weren't actually part of a coherent whole--which makes sense given...
Check out Cthulhu Dark Ages, recently from the Chaosium. It is a nice sampler of the world at just about the time you are speaking of. Of course, it has all...
Steve Perrin
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May 30, 2004 1:18 am
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The RQ shaman rules are very decidedly "North American" in their bias. They ignore the very common (perhaps majority, worldwide) traditions of "incarnative"...
Hey ... A friend of mine (my RQ DM actually) wrote BRPS rules for Mongolian shamanism, which is different from both the North American and the Chinese one. ...