Victorian and Edwardian Adventure Magazines

Greetings!   A quick post this week as it’s been a busy weekend. Here are some nice online sources for Victorian and Edwardian (pre-1911) magazines to use as inspiration for adventures or even props for some of your Victorious games. Enjoy, and tell us ...

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The Law of SuperMankind (part 1)

Hello again, I’ve recently been reading The Law of Superheroes by James Daily and Ryan Davidson, and have been considering its ramifications in the Victorious Earth. It’s an ongoing process, so forgive me if I make several posts as I move through the book....

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Knockback: The Problem of Momentum

The Problem of Momentum, or Knockback Rules in Victorious Somehow in the whirlwind of the kickstarter and submission of manuscripts and editing, the Knockback rules for Victorious seem to have gone astray. The following will remedy this, and provide something...

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Question and Answer Session Log for Victorious

Hello all,   Dan Davenport over at RPG.net was kind enough to run a 2 hour live chat session where Mike and Elizabeth Stewart could answer questions about the Victorious RPG. We discussed its creation, mechanics, and plans for the future. Dan was also kin...

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Where Duty Lies Part 1: The “Prior Engagement” Shortcoming in Victorious

The shortcoming called Prior Engagement is given a brief description in the Victorious rulebook, to wit: “Prior Engagement: Not everyone can dedicate all or even most of his or her time to fighting crime. In fact, some find it difficult to escape their more ...

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The World can be Saved by Steam!

Steampunk as a genre has many tropes, but perhaps the single most important is the use of steam power. Steam was the power source of the Victorian era, and only near the end did electricity begin to take its place. The Internal Combustion Engine also overthrew...

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The Flavor of Names

When I was writing the Victorious RPG, I ran into a bit of a conundrum. Well, several actually but this post I’ll note just one. <G> There are two schools of thought in the RPG community regarding naming. The first is that the different names given to ...

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