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So years ago I wrote an RPG game world for a publisher. They wanted a steampunk game world for their system. I was so burned out on steampunk, I decided this would be my farewell to the genre. My "this is what steampunk should have been." I wrote it. The publisher collapsed. Orphan game without a system. I've tossed around a ton of versions over the years, but none felt right, until I tried retrofitting it to a sort of OSR (old school renaissance) version. I've got a version barebones enough that I will be trying it out on my friends soon, but I need eyes on it. At the moment, it's probably only playable if it's run by someone fairly experienced. There will be more versions along the way that will be more playable.But... I figure, why not let you all see what you think of it and give me suggestions. Anyone who is interested, just let me know and I'll get you a copy. Here's the intro teaser bit:There’s a black fog that hangs over the city, and it’s not as metaphorical as you might hope. It’s coal dust. Somewhere up through that smoke, there’s a glorious silver city hovering in the sunshine—but don’t concern yourself much with the floating quarter, because the likes of you will never see it. Groundside, orphans dig through rubble and trash to scavenge the parts to fix their steambikes, street poets sell fungus and brawl over territory, and bureaucrats ride black horses to midnight salons where they plot the death of the godking. The graveyard’s been squatted by immigrants now for longer than you’ve been alive, and there’s a gang of nihilist ex-steam marines who seem intent on blowing up half of everything.

Welcome to Penumbra City.

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James Gifford

I am interested… And not just a little.

Audrey Boytim

I'm incredibly interested, and I have a group in mind I could test it with.

Sam

I messaged you on fb too but I'm definitely interested.

Stellar

Also definitely interested!

Madeline HD Brown

Curious to test it. Thanx! Wonder what sort of feedback is most useful for you?

Ellery

I'm really interested! :D And also curious what kind of feedback you'd find most useful.

Ellery

Also, I know some game writers have been releasing stuff as a system-free "setting" that GMs can adapt to whatever system they're most comfortable with, if that's an option that interests you?

Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness

it will shift a bit overtime but for now I'm looking for basic "is this general system working" as well as like... nothing is balanced yet and shit. I know that's vague, but this is really the first test of it (the world itself was playtested a lot 7 years ago with the old version, but the system for that, which the publisher wrote, wasn't perfect for it)

Strangers in a Tangled Wilderness

I thought about that and am doing it with the Flatworld stuff (of which I've made one patreon zine, and will make more) but I think this system really has very different components than most RPGs, and needs its own magic systems and classes and such.

Kayte R.

I know it's not the OSR direction you're taking it, but the description sounds a lot like a Forged in the Dark game - which is a compliment.

Andrew M. Reichart

I'd love to take a look. I've been avidly playing & comparing game systems for a year or so, after a hiatus of, like, 25 years lol. So I'm glad to offer whatever useful feedback I can.

Jordan blough-orr

I'd love to take a look 😀 just about to start a new group, trying it out virtually