If I remember correctly, at one point, Landwalker n' I tried to convert Iron Kingdoms to GURPS..

That sounds complicated. :)

But well worth it..  Anything to get away from classes and levels.  Which is sad, coming from one of the system/content developers of D&D >.<

Never much likes classes and levels myself either. Should be interesting to see what they will do with it. I just don't want miniatures to be mandatory.

I boycotted 4E when I saw their further lean towards merchandizing the franchise and, of course, 6' elves.

4e is all about the online content. The income from their subscription service dwarfs the entire rest of the industry's.

I didn't have much of a problem with 4e.  I just didn't consider it d20. Then again I am not a fan of d20 anyway.  I do however really like the pathfinder adventure paths.  I am thinking of converting Curse of the Crimson Throne to the Arcanis system.  But that is going off topic.

*Checks the thread* No it's not :P  That's exactly what you should be talking about.  Unless you're saying there's no steampunk elements...? *Squints menacingly* :P But you're all still welcome to discuss all gaming that interests you.  It might even spark hybrid steampunk ideas :)

I want Savage Worlds Steam Punk. I know it has a victorian game but that is horror. I want clockwork men and crazy inventoins.What are the other Elements/Trappings of steam punk?

Pioneering spirit is a huge component of the steampunk genre.  You not only think of the technology and fashion of the era, but think of the activities.  The modern WORLD was being built then.  It was a massive undertaking, it changed civilization and this planet forever.  It starts with a pioneering soul willing to go where none other has gone before, and to make the most of it.

Speaking of pioneering found that there are various free and such of the Oregon Trail games. Circa 1850 but it is full of the pioneering spirt you mention. One could Steam punk ify such a thing.

A part of the world be explored by steam wagons. The ongoing struggle of getting and storing food vs the burden of carrying it.

The Victorian Trail.. **** yes.. that's a game that could 'fly'.. ;)

One big thing in victorian games is rank/status. Wich is very hard to raise but easy to lower.

I though Etherpunk did a pretty good job with status.

I think reading some good fiction set in the Victorian era helps a lot in getting a feel for status.  The Holmes books are a good start.  I also think that Anne Perry's Mysteries, both the Pitt series and the Monk series (personally I like the Monk series a lot) give a good feel for the period.

It also makes a difference if you are going to have a game with broad ranging contacts, from all classes, or one set among the gentry and nobility, where shades of status become very granular.

Shogun Total War 2 with the Fall of the Samurai

Takes place with Victoria tech coming to influence Japan. You can sail HRC fitted ironclads, have revolver cavalry chasing down ashigaru spearmen and drilled lines firing into samurai charges.

Great fun dropping in naval bombardment onto a Japanese wooden fortress.

You can also get one of the big European ships like Warrior sailing for you. Actually, its the best Victorian naval combat I've seen yet. Never did get Victorian Admirals figured out.


Also,

Guns of Icarus

You can get it as a low cost download from gamers gate. You run around a Zepplin airship manning guns and wrenching repairs. The final fight is a progressively larger wave fight. Shooting away at airplanes. You can earn points to upgrade things on the flyer.

Really wish they made a campaign or long term play version for Guns of Icarus.

Gaslamp games is coming out with Clockwork Empires, a sim-Victoriana sort of thing.

http://www.pcgamer.com/preview...ampunk-city-builder/

City of Steam is an awesome, soon to be released for Beta testing, Industrial Age Fantasy MMO, based on the PnP books, the New Epoch, by David Lindsay.
It runs on the Unity engine, which means no huge client download, it plays straight from your favourite browser, using a small web player plugin, similar to flash. Don't be put off, or label this as a "browser game" as I think you would be doing yourself a great disservice.

You can find more info about both at www.CityofSteam.com, or wait until I wake up and update this very post with more info, including a trailer video I made to promote City of Steams final weekend of Alpha testing (which was on the 17th of August, so sadly you guys will have to wait a few months until Beta -_o)

Not sure if I mentioned this before or not, probably did.

Guns of Icarus
http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-...uns-of-icarus-bundle

Its a simple small and priced that way game. You are on an airship running from station to station to fight off planes. Final battle is bigger and bigger waves that eventually get you. A fun game for a break. Turret shooter really.

Gamers gate is having a sale for 20,000 Leagues under the sea

http://www.gamersgate.com/DD-2...-extended-edition-pc

Haven't played it yet myself but the ad came up.

Has anyone heard of a game called "Lady Blackbird"? I am playing a game of it and it seems... fairly steampunk-ish, with a bit of magitech involved too.

I haven't.

Do you have a link?

Is it a computer game? board game?

Randomn question:

ANyone have links to card games popular in the Victorian era?

It's a very simple RPG in a setting kind of similar to FireFly

http://www.onesevendesign.com/...d/lady_blackbird.pdf
This message was last edited by the player at 11:30, Sun 23 Sept 2012.

Dont know if you are connected to it but there was an rpol thread about lady blackbird

link to a message in another game

That was where I found out about it.