Re: A good year... (was Re: (North) American games...)

Robin Paul wrote:
> 
> >>Now, Space 1889. THERE was a damn fine game for the Anglophile in
all of
> >>us! (Well in me, at any rate).
> >
> >Except for the Britain versus Prussia angle, which was ahistorical.
Germany
> >didn't become Britain's main opponent until just before WWI. At the
end of
> >the 19th century, Britain was more focused on France and Russia
(ironically,
> >the same two countries that became their allies before the Great
War). We've
> >been running a Space 1889 scenario (using GURPS) for about 4 or 5
years now.
> >We've had to fix some of the real politics that was going on at the
time.
> >
> >Other than that, I agree with you. Mind you, my character is William
> >"Wullie" McKay, steam engineer, would-be gunslinger and very Scottish
person.
> >
> >>John "Born in Manchester, 1962" Kovalic
> >
> >Allan "Born in Glasgow, 1962" Goodall
> 
> I assume everyone has read "A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah" and "The
> Difference Engine" for some "different" recent history...
> 
Another one is "The Two Georges" by Harry Turtledove.  

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