Re: [DL] History

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Thursday, October 24, 2002, at 01:25  PM, Allan Seyberth wrote:

>> Officially, no, from what I believe Shane has indicated. Weird Wars is
>> in a different world because that way it doesn't have to rely on the
>> underlying plotline of Deadlands... The Reckoners, the Hunting 
>> Grounds,
>> etc. less limits.
> Yup.
> And parts of WWI and WWII have been sketched out in HoE - if Weird 
> Wars were
> going to be part of the DL universe, it would also have to account for 
> Ghost
> Rock, Sykers, Mad Science, et al.
> And it would have to use the same mechanics.

Yup. All of that kind of stuff draws is built on the hidden bedrock of 
the reckoning for the most part. (OK, Sykers kind of do an end-run 
around things).

While superficially similar, Weird Wars is a different style of 
supernatural horrror in my mind. Deadlands characters commonly have a 
'hook' into understanding the supernatural, which makes for a more 
fantastic edge. Learning even enough to be equivalent to a beginning 
Deadlands huckster would probably require a high-level character who
has seen a lot and been around. The feel is different... A lot of 
deadlands characters have already been touched by the hideous things 
that should not be and will walk smiling into their den, while the WW 
characters are more likely to at least want to say 'Hell no' and need 
to be dragged into things.

I guess it comes down to inspiration. Deadlands draws from Westerns, 
while WW is World War II (and soon, other wars). Keep in mind the 
diffference between movies about the Civil War and movies about the 
West that may be set in the same time, but have a very different feel.

Then add zombies. Gotta have zombies.