You read that right.
An outfit called Regret Games runs a series they call “saga games” at conventions and this year they’re running steampunk variants of a bunch of games, including Dogs in the Vineyard and Misspent Youth. My own 2001 release Little Fears is included in that batch. Here’s a snippet of the event description:
The child-engineers of the Undercity agree that the Overcity must be falling apart, what with all the broken pipes, ruptured valves and, worst of all, the coal lines exploding at random. Any Undercity kid can tell you the stories – the warnings – that if you don’t clean your face before you sleep, especially around your eyes, they will take you. If you’re lucky, you’ll come back in a day or two, walking like a zombie and seeing the Undercity through new, coal-blackened eyes, and you won’t remember anything you once were. If you’re unlucky, well… that’s a story best left untold.
All the games take place inside the same world but are standalone adventures. So you can play event to hear one part of the story, or play all to get the big picture.
Sounds like fun to me.
If you’re going to be at GenCon 2011, check out their event schedule here.
The saga games make for an interesting idea! And Steampunk LF would be cool, too. Too bad I can’t be anywhere near GenCon this year.
Jason, if you’re interested in seeing/playing the RegretGames Steampunk version of LF, I’m sure Tobes would be thrilled to run one at any of the Cons he attends: ConCarolinas, Dragon*Con, MACE, SCARAB, RoundCon. –Delia
Jason,
I’m happy our games were played alongside each other at this event. I think they go well together.
@Jason
I love the idea of it! I’d like to play it as well. Alas, no GenCon for me this year either.
@Delia
If Tobes runs any Little Fears (or Little Fears Nightmare Edition) events, have him let me know and I’ll help promote them.
@Robert
Absolutely! I imagine more than a few Little Fears characters grow up to Misspent punks. 😉
This reminds me, Blair, If I can set up a Little Fears demo at PAX this year, what kind of support can I get? Some posters, order cards, a handful of copies to try and sell afterwords? (I’d, of course, sign some paper to state that you would get the money and any unsold books returned, to cover your legal needs) Figure, if we can make an impression at PAX (and I’m a person who makes impressions) we might as well profit from it. (we, being you … me indirectly since if you make sales, we get more hope of additional material, and so on ..)
Uh … if the above sounds kind of weird, I had a couple tonight and might be a little light headed. Pay no mind … move along, move along …
We can discuss this, yeah. Email me: jason at this domain.