I’m thinking about putting together a BitD game set during the “Gilded Age” in the United States, centering it around the conflicts between industry tycoons like Rockafeller vs. Carnegie, Hearst vs. Pulitzer, etc. Not to mention the conflicts between organized labor, strike breakers, and massive monopoly-style trusts.
The Gilded Age is kinda a forgotten period of American history, so I’m not sure there’ll be much interest, but I think it could make for an interesting game of alternate history.
Ooh … Ragtime Blades
That actually sounds perfect for Blades. You’ve got tons of bank robbers and con men to model for the PCs, and of course one of the explicit Blades touchstones is Peaky Blinders, which is firmly in that early 20s era. Would you inject any fantasy into it still?
Jason Jones Oh yeah, definitely. Not sure exactly how yet, but I’m thinking of weaving in early Illuminati business conspiracy magic, along with some hidden world urban fantasy stuff.
Well, crap, now I gotta write a thing.