[Churchofgaming] The CoG Newsletter Feb 2012

[karl at rpgreview.net]

Will be at the Astor.
There have been a multitude of Victorian era (ish) games over the  
years so these film are good gamer fodder.

Off the top of my head:
1889, Red Sands 1889, Wonderland no More, Victoriana, Verne, Forgotten  
futures, The Imperial Age, Gaslight d20, Savage Worlds MARS, Cthulhu  
by Gaslight and I'm sure there are more.

Quoting lev at rpgreview.net:

> The CoG : The Church of Gaming Newsletter, February 2012
> =========================================================
>
> Two newsletters in two months. This is clearly a strange habit that should
> be continued.
>
>
> Sunday February 5th and February 19th : Pathfinder Planescape and Dark Heresy
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>
> Felix (Pathfinder) and Redmond (Dark Heresy) continue their awesome games
> on these days.
>
> For those unfamiliar, Planescape is the setting for the numerous planes of
> existence in the D&D cosmology. In this particular setting the PCs have
> soul gems which makes them unkillable in a sense, but also with some
> additional quirks. Most recently the PCs stopped a freelanced for the city
> guard, shipment of adamantine, joined up with a group of scavanging
> plane-hoppers, and learned some secrets about dying without dying.
>
> Dark Heresy is a gothic science fantasy game of Acolytes working for an
> Inquisitor persecuting heretics and mutants. The worst heretics and
> mutants of all are, of course, those that you find within.
> We've been playing to the introductory adventure Illumination, to get the
> just-created characters hunting down heretics and mutants in the Imperium
> as fast as possible. Apparently there is more mutant alien heretic stories
> yet to come.
>
> Mailing list for Pathfinder Planescape:
> http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/planescape_rpgreview.net
>
> Mailing list for Dark Heresy:
> http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/darkheresy_rpgreview.net
>
> Sunday February 12 and Sunday Febuary 26: Diaspora with GURPS Korea alternate
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>
> Diaspora combines hard science fiction with the narrativist FATE game
> system. Karl has been running this very interesting scenario where the PCs
> engage in subterfuge with and against each other in equal amounts as
> respective solar systems conflict in technology, ideology and commerce.
> The recent salvage operation from a destroyed pirate ship and cruise liner
> is just a drop in this ocean of intrigue.
>
> Webpage for Diaspora: http://mimesisrpg.com/diaspora
> Mailing list for Diaspora:
> http://mimesisrpg.com/mailman/listinfo/diaspora_mimesisrpg.com
>
> GURPS Koreans lost in China as the Han Empire falls apart with barbarians
> to the north and the west, ghostly speculations and a pouty princess. If
> Karl can't run Diaspora due to other commitments, then Michael will step
> in with GURPS Korea
>
> Mailing List for GURPS Korea:
> http://rpgreview.net/mailman/listinfo/gurps-korea_rpgreview.net
>
> All these events are at 2pm, 110 Grey Street, East Melbourne
>
> Sherlock Holmes Double at the Astor Friday 17th Feb at 7.30pm
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>
> As it says, the Astor is hosting a great double of Sherlock Holmes and
> Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. Perfect billing for those who want a
> bit of investigative background suitable for say.. Call of Cthulhu.
>
> http://www.astortheatre.net.au/sessions/2012-02-17-1930
>
>
> RPG Review 13 and 14
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>
> The double issue concentrating (but not exclusively) on a range of
> d20-related games and products has been released! It has *lots* of
> Pathfinder material (thank you Felix), a year with Fantasy Craft (thank
> you Karl) and a meta-review of D20 games (from moi - it's expected of me)
> - plus much more.
>
> http://rpgreview.net
>
> The next issue will be on Science Fiction games - which is a big hint for
> Dark Heresy, Diaspora, Traveller, Eclipse Phase, HELLAS etc.
>
>
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