tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post3337005222375071449..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: the first FRPG campaign settingJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-73308388793931490672011-06-14T07:25:33.744-05:002011-06-14T07:25:33.744-05:00I recently bought a secondhand book for my wife ca...I recently bought a secondhand book for my wife called "Dark Quartet, The Story of the Brontës" (by Lynne Reid Banks, Penguin Books), knowing she likes their novels. She's reading it at the moment and told me there is a chapter called "The Miniature World" which made her think of me as it sounded like the Brontës were playing a RPG. I'm going to read it when she is finished, so it will be interesting to look at the map.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-87111858961999148912011-06-12T21:46:14.774-05:002011-06-12T21:46:14.774-05:00It's funny - I was just telling my GF about th...It's funny - I was just telling my GF about this as we were leaving the latest <i>Jane Eyre</i> film.<br /><br />Rochester totally set that last fire himself. Dude was PSYCHO.<br /><br />--JamesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-82650930933029133642011-06-12T13:18:53.850-05:002011-06-12T13:18:53.850-05:00Penguin has a book out named something like The An...<i>Penguin has a book out named something like The Angria and Gondal Stories; it may actually contain all the preserved stories,</i><br /><br />I couldn't find that, but Oxford University Press has a volume called <i>Tales of Glass Town, Angria, and Gondal: Selected Early Writings</i>, which I just ordered.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12096724870715714696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-9249477365767309032011-06-12T03:54:59.089-05:002011-06-12T03:54:59.089-05:00> I think that's "Sneaky's Land.&q...> I think that's "Sneaky's Land." <br /><br />Yep; the question should be why's Monkeys Land not Monkeys Island. ;)<br /><br />Thanks for the Secret map link, Jeff: have been looking for that one, too. :)irbyzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12215185881501392755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-36122784728356742952011-06-11T19:38:05.305-05:002011-06-11T19:38:05.305-05:00Wow. Thanks, Jeff. I completely forgot that the Br...Wow. Thanks, Jeff. I completely forgot that the Brontës did this. First campaign setting, indeed.Rick Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01707062453047354335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-72257844481509953562011-06-11T18:33:52.369-05:002011-06-11T18:33:52.369-05:00Wow! Thanks for sharing this, Jeff. Most things ...Wow! Thanks for sharing this, Jeff. Most things human are older than we think, I imagine.Theodric the Obscurehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201793290118146978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-71269572442324076822011-06-11T18:24:48.700-05:002011-06-11T18:24:48.700-05:00Penguin has a book out named something like The An...Penguin has a book out named something like <i>The Angria and Gondal Stories</i>; it may actually contain all the preserved stories, so that plus this map probably has any campaign book beat. It's recommendable to anyone interested in the topic, anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-89771166406177991182011-06-11T16:43:49.983-05:002011-06-11T16:43:49.983-05:00They didn't have rules but they already had mi...They didn't have rules but they already had miniatures: they created the Glass Town saga with their (wooden) toy soldiers (Duke Wellington vs Napoleon/Sneaky in Africa). Because Africa was like Outer Space for the Brontës.Phersvhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10962408594713963134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-78711480368757360342011-06-11T10:44:04.218-05:002011-06-11T10:44:04.218-05:00So... is this in the public domain? If so, how lo...So... is this in the public domain? If so, how long before some ambitious small press publisher puts out an rpg setting for the kingdom of Angria? ;-)Spiralboundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01058997643317547694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-57467076576828434522011-06-11T08:27:48.742-05:002011-06-11T08:27:48.742-05:00Yeah, the really were the first fantasy world writ...Yeah, the really were the first fantasy world writers. Something that coninually amazes other gamers I talk to about this. Bear in mind that the three of them strated creating this world and writing stories in it (some only a few paragraphs long, others full novella's) detailing the exploits of various chatacters and even the history of nations when they were still aged in single figures!<br /><br />How's that for being ahead of the times?Dangerous Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11494853825931603065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-15688957725184379282011-06-11T07:53:43.759-05:002011-06-11T07:53:43.759-05:00I think that's "Sneaky's Land."I think that's "Sneaky's Land."jgbrowninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16274622778419965618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-78237446944146516922011-06-11T07:08:10.271-05:002011-06-11T07:08:10.271-05:00I'm sure I see some dungeon entrances in the m...I'm sure I see some dungeon entrances in the mountains above "wellingtonland". <br /><br />But why is "Sneaky's Island" called an island? It looks landlocked.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-2396456647335637542011-06-11T06:45:06.386-05:002011-06-11T06:45:06.386-05:00Stupid Blogger.
I'm quite fond of the Brontës...Stupid Blogger.<br /><br />I'm quite fond of the Brontës, and I've always found this aspect of their work fascinating; I'm surprised that it's so often overlooked, but I suppose it's easier to write about and adapt their novels.thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com