The Forge Forums Read-only Archives
The live Forge Forums
|
Articles
|
Reviews
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
June 28, 2022, 08:16:36 PM
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
Forum changes:
Editing of posts has been turned off until further notice.
Search:
Advanced search
275647
Posts in
27717
Topics by
4285
Members Latest Member:
-
Jason DAngelo
Most online today:
92
- most online ever:
565
(October 17, 2020, 02:08:06 PM)
The Forge Archives
Inactive Forums
Chimera Creative
(Moderator:
Matt Snyder
)
Source material and references
Pages: [
1
]
« previous
next »
Author
Topic: Source material and references (Read 2739 times)
Pilgrim
Member
Posts: 76
Source material and references
«
on:
September 10, 2003, 07:03:47 PM »
Recommended reading for fiction and reference? This can make life much easier and convenient for GMs and players.
Logged
--
Bowden "Trey" Palmer | trey DOT palmer AT Golf Mike Alpha India Lima DOT Charlie Oscar Mike
Exos integro, sugiliato curatio, y femellas amo cicatrix.
Pilgrim
Member
Posts: 76
Source material and references
«
Reply #1 on:
September 11, 2003, 01:39:02 PM »
A pretty useful source for ideas, if only because it touches on deities that many others don't. Particularly ancient gods, titans and minor gods. Take a look folks, at the very least it can provide ideas for individual campaigns.
http://www.timelessmyths.com/classical/index.html
Logged
--
Bowden "Trey" Palmer | trey DOT palmer AT Golf Mike Alpha India Lima DOT Charlie Oscar Mike
Exos integro, sugiliato curatio, y femellas amo cicatrix.
Matt Snyder
Moderator
Member
Posts: 1380
Source material and references
«
Reply #2 on:
September 11, 2003, 02:08:30 PM »
Interestingly, I don't have a wealth of specific influences that come to mind for this game. I have said in the past that a handful of works have been greatly influential as I've created this game.
The main influence for the setting is the novel
Blood: a Southern Fantasy
by Michael Moorcock.
Also influential are the Illiad and the Odyssey, of course. I find Robert Fagles' translations of both works to be particularly outstanding and accessible to modern readers.
For quick information on all things myth, check out
www.pantheon.org
Art Nouveau artwork and styling has also been influential. Search on Google for art by Alphonse Mucha and Gustav Klimt.
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen graphic novels were also very influential. The imagery of steampunk-ish technology therein inspired many ideas, as did the depiction of Mars in the first issue of the second "round" of that graphic title.
I'm sure I'm forgetting some other influences. Oh! I just thought of the Spelljammer d20 supplement that appeared in Dungeon/Polyhedron last year -- that was an impetus for me finally putting together some loose ideas I had back then. Anyway, these should give some indication where Nine Worlds "came from."
Logged
Matt Snyder
www.chimera.info
"The future ain't what it used to be."
--Yogi Berra
Pilgrim
Member
Posts: 76
More sources for folks to play with
«
Reply #3 on:
September 16, 2003, 12:26:21 PM »
www.greatdreams.com/jason/jason.htm
- Jason and the Argonauts. Another tale that might be useful to GM's and players.
www.uoregon.edu/~joelja/odyssey.html
- the Odyssey online.
www.classics.mit.edu/Homer/iliad.html
- the Illiad online.
From games,
GURPS Greece
by John F. Ziegler (sadly out of print, but check the shelves you never know) gives an excellent overview of the setting and the myths and how to game with them and in their style.
For GMs and players planning on working extensively with Atlantis, there is
GURPS Atlantis
, by Phil Masters, and
GURPS Places of Mystery
, by Phil Masters and Alison Brooks. The first gives a approachable overview of the classic Atlantis and how to use the sunken one in a variety of games, while the second gives a capsule overview and additional material on the mysterious places of the Mediterranean.
And while they're not classical myth, the author freely admits that he was inspired by (and occasionally stole from) the classics.
Cross the Stars
by David Drake which retells the Odyssey in SF terms.
The Voyage
also by David Drake which retells the Argonautica in SF terms. While not the source material, they are inspired by it and may prove useful to GMs and players alike.
Logged
--
Bowden "Trey" Palmer | trey DOT palmer AT Golf Mike Alpha India Lima DOT Charlie Oscar Mike
Exos integro, sugiliato curatio, y femellas amo cicatrix.
Pages: [
1
]
« previous
next »
Jump to:
Please select a destination:
-----------------------------
Welcome to the Archives
-----------------------------
=> Welcome to the Archives
-----------------------------
General Forge Forums
-----------------------------
=> First Thoughts
=> Playtesting
=> Endeavor
=> Actual Play
=> Publishing
=> Connections
=> Conventions
=> Site Discussion
-----------------------------
Archive
-----------------------------
=> RPG Theory
=> GNS Model Discussion
=> Indie Game Design
-----------------------------
Independent Game Forums
-----------------------------
=> Adept Press
=> Arkenstone Publishing
=> Beyond the Wire Productions
=> Black and Green Games
=> Bully Pulpit Games
=> Dark Omen Games
=> Dog Eared Designs
=> Eric J. Boyd Designs
=> Errant Knight Games
=> Galileo Games
=> glyphpress
=> Green Fairy Games
=> Half Meme Press
=> Incarnadine Press
=> lumpley games
=> Muse of Fire Games
=> ndp design
=> Night Sky Games
=> one.seven design
=> Robert Bohl Games
=> Stone Baby Games
=> These Are Our Games
=> Twisted Confessions
=> Universalis
=> Wild Hunt Studios
-----------------------------
Inactive Forums
-----------------------------
=> My Life With Master Playtest
=> Adamant Entertainment
=> Bob Goat Press
=> Burning Wheel
=> Cartoon Action Hour
=> Chimera Creative
=> CRN Games
=> Destroy All Games
=> Evilhat Productions
=> HeroQuest
=> Key 20 Publishing
=> Memento-Mori Theatricks
=> Mystic Ages Online
=> Orbit
=> Scattershot
=> Seraphim Guard
=> Wicked Press
=> Review Discussion
=> XIG Games
=> SimplePhrase Press
=> The Riddle of Steel
=> Random Order Creations
=> Forge Birthday Forum