Blades of New Crobuzon — progress update
A few of us on here decided it’d be fun to work up a little fan setting hack, putting Blades into the world of China Miéville’s Bas-Lag. New Crobuzon is a big, dirty, weird old city, full of oppression and inequality, crime and vice. It’s sorta perfect for Blades. This is gonna be a bare-bones kind of hack, merely elaborating setting material and noting mechanical/flavour differences where needed, changing a few special abilities to suit, that sort of thing.
Anyway, I seem to have stumbled into leading the charge on this, and I had a Sunday free, so I’ve been noodling with the faction list and statting-up traits for the various districts (there’s a lot of ’em). Also, here’s a lil’ taster of the map…
I’m super excited about this. I made the Gaddoc Rail score (https://www.dropbox.com/s/8lqbowna9axup1d/The%20Score%20-%20Gaddoc%20Rail.pdf?dl=0) after reading Perdido Street Station. Suffice to say, the setting is a perfect fit for a Blades hack.
dropbox.com – The Score – Gaddoc Rail.pdf
Thank you for doing this!
Pumped for this
Oh wow, yeah: that’s perfect!
Sean Nittner That’s a cool score! Have you done any more like that that you’re sharing?
Paul Hodgson sure thing. I’ve got two more scores here: seannittner.com – Blades in the Dark
I absolutely worshiped these books once upon a time. I think Perdido is the only book I’ve ever read 4 times? These books are probably the main reason Blades Against Darkness is so flagrantly weird.
Playing Blades in New Crozubon is a perfect fit! I look forward to seeing how this goes.
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You’re a hero Calum.