Forgotten Futures : The Scientific Romance Role Playing Game

by Rowland, Marcus L.

• ISBN13: 9780966892628
• ISBN10: 0966892623
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Example of Play	p. 2
Game Requirements	p. 5
Game Terms	p. 5
About Forgotten Futures: E-text	p. 6
About Forgotten Futures: Print Publication	p. 7
Characters and Rules	p. 8
Character Points	p. 10
Equipment and Notes, Weapons, etc.	p. 12
Sample Character Record	p. 14
Characteristics	p. 15
Using Characteristics	p. 16
Attacking Vs. Defending Characteristic, Skill, or Difficulty Number	p. 16
Improving the Odds	p. 18
Common Characteristic Rolls	p. 19
Skills	p. 19
Using Skills	p. 20
Temporary Skills	p. 21
Projects	p. 21
Improving Skills	p. 24
Adding Skills	p. 25
Free Skills	p. 26
Skill List	p. 27
Wounds	p. 30
Combat	p. 33
Combat Rounds	p. 33
Resolving Attacks	p. 34
Damage	p. 36
Armour	p. 38
Weapons	p. 38
Non-Combat Injuries	p. 42
Children and Dogs	p. 44
Children as Adventurers	p. 44
Dogs As Adventurers	p. 45
Animal, Vegetable, Mineral	p. 48
Animals	p. 48
Vegetable	p. 49
Almost Everything Else	p. 49
Prehistoric Monsters	p. 50
Prehistoric Monster Models	p. 54
Pear and Loathing in Maple White Land	p. 55
Role Playing	p. 56
Running Adventures	p. 58
Setting the Scene	p. 58
Plot	p. 60
Non-Player Characters	p. 63
Props	p. 69
Historical Background and Timeline	p. 72
Scientific Romances	p. 72
Victorian England 1860-1901	p. 72
Edwardian England 1901-1910	p. 77
After Edward, Before the Blitz: England 1910-1939	p. 80
Timeline 1890-1939	p. 83
Governments	p. 85
Prices	p. 86
Scientific Equipment	p. 88
Spiritualism	p. 92
Mediums and Psychic Phenomena	p. 93
False Mediums	p. 95
Mediums and the Law	p. 97
The Afterlife	p. 98
Gaming Notes	p. 99
Psychic Adventures	p. 101
Weird Science	p. 103
Alternative Science	p. 103
The Ether	p. 103
The Flat Earth	p. 104
Symme's Hole and the Hollow Earth	p. 105
Counter-Earth	p. 106
The World-Ice Theory	p. 107
The Cool Sun	p. 108
Panspermia	p. 108
Mystery Airships	p. 108
Atlantis and Mu	p. 109
Omphalos	p. 110
Phrenology and Physiognomy	p. 111
Lamarckism and Weismannism	p. 112
Piltdown Man	p. 112
Focal Sepsis	p. 113
N-Rays	p. 113
Animal Magnetism and Mesmerism	p. 114
Sources	p. 115
Adventures in Science	p. 115
Taking the Tunnel	p. 117
Background Information	p. 117
Referee's Information	p. 117
The Channel Tunnel	p. 118
The Royal Train	p. 119
The French Plan	p. 121
Arrival in Dover	p. 123
Rewards	p. 125
Alternative Adventures	p. 125
Sources	p. 125
Units, Dates, and Currency	p. 126
Some Other Game Systems	p. 127
About the Author	p. 129
Sources	p. 130
Forgotten Futures Rules Summary	p. 135
Index	p. 150
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