Space:1889- Victorian Values

[Marauder]

While I've made mention of this roleplaying game before, I think it's worth an additional mention, simply because of all the background information on the times it contains. it's currently available on Amazon.com with new copies going for about $22, and used for $20 and under. while very 'steampunk' in nature, it also contains a lot of useful background. For example, here's an aside they have about the values of the time.
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I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

[Marauder]

VICTORIAN VALUES

Victorian society was characterized by strong adherence to a widely accepted set of values, and many of the actions of the British government and her citizens can be explained by that. Each value tended to produce virtues and vices, sometimes, paradoxically, at the same time and in the same person. All that was best and all that was worst about Victorian society lay in these virtues and vices.

HONESTY: VIRTUE Personal Integrity, Fair Dealing VICE Naivete and disdain for alien codes of behavior

LOYALTY: VIRTUE Sense of duty VICE Failure to examine orders or actions of comrades

RESOLUTION: VIRTUE Dynamism, Sense of purpose VICE Inflexibility, Intolerance

"PROGRESS": VIRTUE Concern for improvement VICE Disregard for foreign values, Tendency to meddle

ENTHUSIASM: VIRTUE Good humor, Vigor VICE Lack of foresight and planning, Failure to learn from others

SPORTSMANSHIP: VIRTUE Fitness, Team Spirit VICE Obsession with games, Anti-intellectualism

BRAVERY: VIRTUE Courage, Leadership VICE Rashness, Militancy

DETACHMENT: VIRTUE Fair judgment, Cool reasoning VICE Coldness, Lack of sympathy

PRIDE OF RACE: VIRTUE High self-esteem VICE Racism, Bigotry

At his (or her) best the Victorian Englishman combined a boyish zest for hard work and adventure with tremendous personal courage and integrity. At his worst he was smug, prudish, half-witted, hostile to everything alien to his race and class, and pointlessly obsessed with sporting activities. The difficulty for outsiders was that very often all these attributes, positive and negative, could be found in the same individual. Add to this mixture the frequent eccentricities cultivated by Victorians, and one might meet a particularly 'rum character' or 'queer fish,' a fellow whose obvious virtues were somehow counterbalanced by strange or unattractive quirks of character.
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I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

[Xebulon]

Interesting. That is something I will have to check out. Thank you for bringing it to our attention.
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I like old jokes. With them I know when to laugh.

[Drake_Skyflyer]

Same here, and wow it's been a while since i last posted. I should try and keep track more often but with work i'm all busy busy busy.
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[LabrnMystic]

The anthromorphic one I can suggest, and I believe I've made mention of it before is "After the Bomb" which can help anyone new to Anthromorphism help flesh out how far human and how much animalistic your character is. It ranges in everything from the physical body, to natural skills, even how developed one's brain is.

Also its good to see you Drake. You should come by more often if you can. How are your writings and workings coming along?
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[kommy]

I've always had fun with Ironclaw and Albedo if you want furry RPGs. Ironclaw especially. Such a fascinating combat system, I love how it works and feels when you got it down.

And I'm (Somewhat) pleased to see I maintain most of those values, save for Sportsmanship. I fit in pretty well, it seems.
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[Xebulon]

Worldtree (don't remember the publisher) and Mutants in Orbit (Palladium, aka Rifts) are two more RPG's that center around anthropomorphic animals.
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[Marauder]

All good anthro roleplaying games. and I have most of them. I recommend 1889 not because it's anthro, but because of the setting and the sheer amount of information on the era that GDW put into the book. While the rules set in the book is rather weak, the background and history more than makes up for it.

Thinking on it, I'd suggest visiting Amazon.com and reading the reviews that buyers have put up, they give a real feel for the book overall.
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I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

[LabrnMystic]

[Ashton Gray]

This could easily become quite popular, all of us posting the virtues and vices we posses from this list.
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[Xebulon]

This could be a fun little poll. Rate yourself according to these parameters.

Let's see. I would be...

HONESTY: VIRTUE-Fair Dealing VICE-Naivety

LOYALTY: VIRTUE-Sense of duty VICE-

RESOLUTION: VIRTUE-Dynamism, Sense of purpose VICE-Inflexibility

"PROGRESS": VIRTUE-Concern for improvement VICE-Tendency to meddle

ENTHUSIASM: VIRTUE-Good humor VICE-Lack of foresight and planning

SPORTSMANSHIP: VIRTUE-Team Spirit VICE-Obsession with games

BRAVERY: VIRTUE- VICE-

DETACHMENT: VIRTUE-Fair judgment, Cool reasoning VICE-

PRIDE OF RACE: VIRTUE- VICE-
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I like old jokes. With them I know when to laugh.

[Ashton Gray]

Looks like I was right.

Personally, I think I mine are...

HONESTY: VIRTUE Personal Integrity, Fair Dealing VICE Naivete

LOYALTY: VIRTUE Sense of duty VICE

RESOLUTION: VIRTUE Dynamism, Sense of purpose VICE

"PROGRESS": VIRTUE Concern for improvment VICE

ENTHUSIASM: VIRTUE Good humor, Vigor VICE

SPORTSMANHIP: VIRTUE Team Spirit VICE Obsession with games

BRAVERY: VIRTUE Courage, Leadership VICE

DETACHMENT: VIRTUE Fair judgment, Cool reasoning VICE

PRIDE OF RACE: VIRTUE High self-esteem VICE
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Silentium est aurum

[kommy]

[Xebulon]

[Ashton Gray]

Xebulon, she said don't get her started.
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[Xebulon]

Sorry, I couldn't resist. I can somewhat sympathize though, as my first (and most frequent) fursona is a fox.
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I like old jokes. With them I know when to laugh.

[LabrnMystic]

Well, if we're going by fursonas, I'm afraid I'm far off from the normal feline, being that I don't have such a high sense of pride that the usual feline has.
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The suspense is killing me. I hope it will last.

[Ashton Gray]

I did'nt think we were going by our fursonas, I certainly did'nt.
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[Xebulon]

Neither did I. I was referring to my "Vulpine eyes" joke.
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I like old jokes. With them I know when to laugh.

[Ashton Gray]

One of us is'nt talking about the same thing the others are, methinks. My last post was refering to our listing of Virtues and Vices from the list given.
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Silentium est aurum

[LabrnMystic]

Well, never you mind me then and keep doing what your doing.
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The suspense is killing me. I hope it will last.