1879 RPG Players Guide

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This isn&t your great-great-grandfather&s London! Victoria & Albert rule over a steam-powered British Empire that spans two worlds Thanks to the portal known as the Rabbit Hole a train ride away from London lies the Grosvenor Land a new world of fertile plains towering mountains giant insects & Babylonians with weird science zombies Seems they got there first three thousand years ago & they&re not exactly the welcoming sort The Saurid tribes lizard-like folk who ride theropods & pteranodons complicate matters further Back home on Earth clockwork engineering has brought mechanical computing to the world & micro-steam engines drive airships through the sky Stranger things are afoot too as a bit of magic seems to have come into the world with the opening of the portal People are changing Secret societies are finding their ancient occult practices a bit more effective Who knows what might be lurking in the forests these days or in that shipment from China? The 1879 Players Guide provides everything needed to play the game for characters in the Initiate Novice & Journeyman Tiers of advancement from character generation to combat & from obscure magic to the latest in Victorian technology An overview of the game world is included for player reference along with multiple short fiction examples of the sorts of stories that can be told! From the heights of society to the depths of the criminal underworld from the high street of London to the mountains of the Gruv adventure is calling There are worlds to explore fortunes to be won & battles to be fought