tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post9021715851710177403..comments2023-10-28T01:36:00.054-07:00Comments on Swords & Stitchery - Old Time Sewing & Table Top Rpg Blog: The Forgotten Edgar Rice Burroughs Post Apocalypse Novel - The Lost ContinentNeedleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-65133015095478260642013-09-02T09:19:44.083-07:002013-09-02T09:19:44.083-07:00Sounds like the old Dragon magazine article about ...Sounds like the old Dragon magazine article about adventuring during the Ice Age. Good stuff but I'm not really sure about the topless bit. Hey go for it. If the ERB book has it and your players like then fantastic. Remember the goal here is to have fun. Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-88067655650827110642013-09-02T07:56:09.485-07:002013-09-02T07:56:09.485-07:00I never used much of the setting in my post-apocal...I never used much of the setting in my post-apocalypse games. But I do use an excerpt (from page 57) to highlight how primitive the characters' backgrounds are:<br /><br /><i>"[You live among] a collection of rude huts, fashioned from branches of trees covered with skins and grasses and sometimes plastered with mud. All about [your] camp [you] had erected a wall of saplings pointed at Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-72134883960098207612013-08-31T10:02:08.546-07:002013-08-31T10:02:08.546-07:00The setting is rather brilliant for running altern...The setting is rather brilliant for running alternative history and I've used it many times as both background and sauce. The question is do you use all of it or a little of it at a clip. <br />The PAF are more of a foil for a reverse on the usual reversal of the 'white man's burden' in my games. The Abyssinians are very solidly done as a civilization and presenting the foibles ofNeedleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-27966825967937829922013-08-30T01:04:51.579-07:002013-08-30T01:04:51.579-07:00Yes, vary much so. It was not just an anti-war and...Yes, vary much so. It was not just an anti-war and anti-isolationism book, but it also brought up an other issue: racism. Casual readers might look at how the Abyssinians were negatively portrayed, and assume it was racist towards blacks, or at the vary least "a product of it's time", but the allusion seems to twist the knife on whites. That was pure genus!<br /><br />Here are some Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-41644103111968429952013-08-29T15:35:25.650-07:002013-08-29T15:35:25.650-07:00What your basically seeing is an alternative Earth...What your basically seeing is an alternative Earth with WWI broken out, Americans were predominantly isolationist and wary of being drawn into a European war. <br /> "The Abyssinian Empire, a black super-state ruling all of Africa, most of Europe, and the Arabian peninsula." is a nice bit of a hat trick by ERB and in house reverse of the usual tropes found within the literature that he Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-84715488339320343422013-08-29T04:47:40.826-07:002013-08-29T04:47:40.826-07:00I really enjoyed that book. Of all the works of ER...I really enjoyed that book. Of all the works of ERB, I like this the most - yes, even more then the Mars books, and that says a lot!<br /><br />One thing I found fascinating about the setting, is how he throws the world on its head. You see, the isolationism seen in the book seem to be based on China's historic isolationist policies, so the Americas became the sleeping giant. At the tail-end Malcadonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03111796978336546944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-17682239509680941652012-02-01T17:08:49.079-08:002012-02-01T17:08:49.079-08:00Yes I'm designing something as we speak! I don...Yes I'm designing something as we speak! I don't want to jump the gun yet but there's something in the works. I'm kind of excited about doing it. I'm working with my friend Larry on it. This one is filed under special projects yet.. <br /> There will be more on this one. Partially I'm thinking of using this as a basis for an alternative Earth track for my Post apocalyptic Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-62215146937934504242012-02-01T16:20:38.917-08:002012-02-01T16:20:38.917-08:00Great post, I have never read this, so I'm off...Great post, I have never read this, so I'm off to hunt it down for my collection! Thanks! <br />Are you going to run something using this setting?Brutorz Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261330634648140358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-65760667501146996292012-02-01T09:31:28.570-08:002012-02-01T09:31:28.570-08:00Jay I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Its bubb...Jay I hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Its bubble gum pulp entertainment at its best.Needleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-20952972216441730012012-02-01T09:28:31.905-08:002012-02-01T09:28:31.905-08:00Trey I've seen traces of the WWI elements of T...Trey I've seen traces of the WWI elements of The Lost Continent within the City but since its such a blank canvas you've been able to put a much more unique spin on the setting making it your own. Unique in this case is much interesting & cool for an rpg adventures. Still I've yet to grab the material money has been tight right at the moment. <br /> I've read through The LostNeedleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11243274667834930867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-85060150423701387292012-02-01T05:27:06.320-08:002012-02-01T05:27:06.320-08:00Great write-up, I'm off to grab the novel!Great write-up, I'm off to grab the novel!Jay Exonautshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11336829684749993354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7672684189982389944.post-2447494118161849562012-02-01T03:15:29.132-08:002012-02-01T03:15:29.132-08:00The Lost Continent was one of the inspirations for...<i>The Lost Continent</i> was one of the inspirations for the world of the City, specifically in the devastation of the Old World after the Great War. I those <i>not</i> to make it as post-apocalyptic as Burroughs did, did I borrow his idea to limit its importance. <br /><br /><i>Hawkmoon</i> combined withe <i>The Lost Continent</i> is a great idea.Treyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04647628467658839351noreply@blogger.com