Re: [DL] Deadlands Down Under

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 09:29  PM, Adam Gritt wrote:

> Or anything such as for Europe or the direct Far East, not just for 
> Chinese-Americans?

I think Shane's been pretty open that he'll at least look over any 
articles for the Epitaph covering the Reckoning in other countries, but 
keep in mind a few things:

* Sales of at least some of the 'setting books' was apparently poor. 
Specifically, Back East North and South.It's a pity, as they have some 
neat stuff in them...

* Deadlands is a game about Westerns. As such, covering the American 
West is OK, but covering Europe...

* It's your game, so do what you want... but don't expect a lot of 
projects covering things that are out of the real core of the Deadlands 
setting.

* All of this is IMHO, of course.

Now, on the other hand a lot of Westerns were inspired by asian 
stories, i believe, so you could do something their, I guess.

My personal opinion is that the Reckoning is 'centered' on the American 
West. Europe, Asia, and other areas certainly have outbreaks, but they 
don't get a lot of the low-level effects of the reckoning, like the 
technically supernatural but thought to be normal species such as 
Mojave Rattlers.

Again, that's my opinion. There's certainly isolated pockets of 
weirdness in Europe... the family haunts (pun intended) of the Blood 
Mages, the rare Vampire or similar that survived the long period when 
magic was powerless, etc. However, the core of the weirdness is 
somewhere in the West, and so that's where all the important stuff 
happens.

Again, my opinion.