| Sundance | 07 Aug 2015 7:44 p.m. PST |
Not sure I'm on the right board. My daughter has developed an interest in steampunk. Any games or books to turn her on to? Minis aren't up her alley unless they're prepaints, but if there's anything else out there she might enjoy, please let me know. Thanks! |
 Saber6   | 07 Aug 2015 8:05 p.m. PST |
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| Meiczyslaw | 07 Aug 2015 8:15 p.m. PST |
If she's an RPG-er, DeadLands is the classic. It's available in its original form as a PDF, and as a setting for Savage Worlds. On the same topic, AEG re-released DoomTown (the DeadLands card game) recently as well, as a boxed set with expansions (as opposed to a CCG). |
| Rich Bliss | 07 Aug 2015 8:19 p.m. PST |
Check out the Space 1889 series of novels. There is a girl protagonist. All of them are available on Untreed Reads. I'd recommend A Prince of Mars to start link |
| Chris Palmer | 08 Aug 2015 3:46 a.m. PST |
Lady Sabre & the Pirates of the Ineffable Aether is another good webcomic: ineffableaether.com I'd also recommend the movie "The Wild Wild West" with Will Smith. Not an academy award winner, but certainly steampunk. The original "Wild Wild West" TV show, and "Brisco County, Jr" are two TV shows that had some steampunk elements. If she's crafty, there are a number of Steampunk how-to jewelry making books. The book "Leviathan" by Scott Westerfeld is a good book for teens she might enjoy. If she's into anime, try "Steamboy" |
| TNE2300 | 08 Aug 2015 9:59 a.m. PST |
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| tsofian | 08 Aug 2015 3:30 p.m. PST |
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| tkdguy | 08 Aug 2015 7:06 p.m. PST |
Victoriana is a Steampunk/fanstasy rpg produced by Cubicle 7. Airship Pirates may still be around. Out-of-print but worth looking for is Castle Falkenstein. A couple of novels set in that world were published, as was a GURPS version of the game. |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 08 Aug 2015 9:03 p.m. PST |
Studio Ghibli did "Laputa", which has trains, treasure hunts, air pirates, strong female characters, and improbable flying machines. imdb.com/title/tt0092067 |
| Coelacanth | 09 Aug 2015 5:43 a.m. PST |
Second vote for Laputa (available in the U.S. as Castle in the Sky). I also recommend Howl's Moving Castle and Kiki's Delivery Service from the same director. Ron |
| Sundance | 09 Aug 2015 8:30 a.m. PST |
Hey, thanks for all the suggestions. I turned her on to the Girl Genius and Lady Sabre websites, which she was really excited about. I'll have to watch out for the books and movies. She not really an RPGer, though that might change in the future. If there are Steampunk card or board games, she'd get into those. |
| boy wundyr x | 10 Aug 2015 8:21 a.m. PST |
There's a series of books by Kenneth Oppel, starting with "Airborn" that's in the grades 6-10 or so reading range – "Taking place in a future where airships and blimps travel across the Atlanticus and the Pacificus Oceans, cabin boy Matt Cruse, on board the Aurora, battles pirates and prehistoric cloudcats, accompanied by spirited heiress Kate DeVries." There's also the Larklight trilogy by Philip Reeves. Finally, there's the original "scientific romances" of Verne too, which can get retro-conned as steampunk. Including the mostly overlooked "The Steam House" (about a steam-powered elephant in India) and its sequel, "Tigers and Traitors" (sometimes the two are lumped together in an edition). |
| chironex | 11 Aug 2015 4:38 a.m. PST |
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Terror of the Skies. May soon be joined by a new game, Escape the Cage. |
| Feet up now | 13 Aug 2015 3:12 a.m. PST |
Briefly played two steampunkish games Malifaux and wolsung with my daughter who is 14 now.both are great, Malifaux is more horror and wolsung more VSF.
I know you said miniatures are not a go go at the moment but these two games have some of the best steampunk ones out there. The resource material are them are superb too with Malifaux being more numerous at the minute.
She has played a few games of wrath of kings with me recently as the Teknes and Shael Han which has surprised me ( perhaps she is after something?), Teknes are a comical steampunk.
Her favourite however is anime Chibi games of super dungeon explore.the others new me hinting but sometimes see gets the sodapop games out.
Whatever happens enjoy any quality gaming moments with the offspring as they will probably be assimilated by quick fix tech entertainment soon. |
| TheBeast | 13 Aug 2015 10:53 a.m. PST |
Minis aren't up her alley unless they're prepaints,… Curious, as my daughter liked 'artsy' stuff, but never developed the interest in fig painting HER daughter is starting to show… However, almost any miniatures game is fine with whatever is available. If she can find anything steampunk-ish, anime dolls, Bioshock Heroclix, used 40K Kroot, whatever, don't let her worry about 'official' miniatures. Heck, play unpainted if you want, just don't say so here. The shock and dismay… ;->= Doug |
| Craig Cartmell | 15 Aug 2015 3:24 a.m. PST |
In her Majesty's Name is one we have found that children and young people can get into very quickly.
The rules were deliberately written to be fast to pick up and at various shows we have had young teenagers playing without aid in under 15 minutes.
One other thing that might attract her to IHMN is that in many companies we have created strong female leaders or specialists. Many people look on the late Victorian period as being dominated by men but you only have to scratch the surface of history to find a wealth of intelligent, strong and commanding women.
Whichever game she choose to play it is great to see so many more young women getting into gaming. At Salute at least a third of those who stopped by our humble little game table were women, and they were by far the most knowledgeable regarding the Daisho period. |
