Toadmaster
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I've nearly added Vaesen to several FL kickstarters but for reasons I haven't so far. I see Free League will be having a Black Friday sale (actually on Black Friday, how quaint) and thinking about picking it up.
It seems quite a few of you have mentioned buying it, but I'm not seeing much discussion of it.
Pretty sure it uses a variant of FLs Year Zero house system, but I'm mostly interested in the vibe of the setting and tone of the game play.
Is it dark and hopeless like Call of Cthulhu where PCs are just barely holding back doom, until the die or go insane, grim, but heroic like a lot of vampire hunting fiction or something lighter, maybe even whimsical considering it involves the fae?
The description just says 19th Century, but that is pretty vague. The first half of the 1800s is only marginally different from the Renaissance while late 1800s you have pretty much an early 20th century feel. Also lots of "19th century" games feel the need to go steampunk even if not marketed as such.
From the description I could easily see this feeling very traditional fantasy like, or more CoC by Gaslight with an accent.
It seems quite a few of you have mentioned buying it, but I'm not seeing much discussion of it.
Pretty sure it uses a variant of FLs Year Zero house system, but I'm mostly interested in the vibe of the setting and tone of the game play.
Is it dark and hopeless like Call of Cthulhu where PCs are just barely holding back doom, until the die or go insane, grim, but heroic like a lot of vampire hunting fiction or something lighter, maybe even whimsical considering it involves the fae?
The description just says 19th Century, but that is pretty vague. The first half of the 1800s is only marginally different from the Renaissance while late 1800s you have pretty much an early 20th century feel. Also lots of "19th century" games feel the need to go steampunk even if not marketed as such.
From the description I could easily see this feeling very traditional fantasy like, or more CoC by Gaslight with an accent.