I had always been pretty much of the opinion that WFRP (the system) was really only meant to play WFRP (the setting).
But there was recent mention of two possible settings that have convinced me otherwise. Someone mentioned running a grim&gritty 19th century setting a lá Gangs of New York, and now someone else mentioned using WFRP to run a Rome campaign.
I think either of these could work well.
Where there's two settings, there must be more. What else would you run with WFRP??
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Working on a western setting called Hammer of Justice.
The discussion about it has been on my board
Hammer of Justice (http://www.forgedrpg.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1138653598)
A Game of Thrones setting could be done with WFRP i reckon. I've also suggested that a Dickensian 19th century game revolving around factories, child labour, unions, petty crime and the industrial revolution would make a fit. Dicken's unusual names even fit. That's pretty similar to the gangs idea though.
Black Death: Roleplaying in dark age Europe under the plague. Sort of a Masque of the Red Death vibe.
A conquistador game in the new world. A bit of Apocolypto and a bit of Klaus Kinski & Herzog. This in fact could take the form of a proper Lustria supplement (if that ever happens).
I don't see why it couldn't be used for a WW1 game either. Grim & Gritty trench warfare, statesmen, the remains of the Ottoman empire, zeppelins, prototype tanks, throwing bombs from bi-planes, gas, trenchfoot and drugs. Ratmen crawling around in the trenches, shell-shock (new inasanity mechanic), dodgy psychiatry, operating on injured men in the field, no-man's land and Blood for the Blood God. Ooh, i'm beginning to like this one.
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Sinbad. WFRP would be perfect for it.
Regards,
David R
Wars in 15th-16th century Europe. The siege of Malta, il Sacco di Roma, etc.
I'd also use WFRP for a Clash of The Titans - like setting.
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David R
Quote from: RPGPunditWhere there's two settings, there must be more. What else would you run with WFRP??
Now, are you asking what alternative settings I might run using the WFRP
mechanics, or what setting I would run both with the mechanics and flavored akin to WFRP's canon campaign?
My first thought was that I'd love to play an historical "Gangs of New York" campaign using the WFRP mechanics (rather à la
Mordheim), but then I thought that it'd be interesting to fast-forward the WFRP setting to simply portray a New World city bustling with lower/lowest-class intrigue and violence (easy on the non-humans, though, please).
I'd also like to play a space opera setting using modified rules. Gritty, but nothing so over-the-top as 40K.
Victorian-esque exploration of the globe's hinterlands would be a blast, too.
!i!