1920s AS&SH

[Falconer]

Okay, kind of a wacky idea, but how about preparing some conversion notes for using AS&SH in place of CoC in a game set in the usual CoC genre (1920s, New England, Middle East, etc.). The idea would be simply to “skin” AS&SH so that the classes fit in with the time frame a little.

For example:

Thief —> Gangster
Assassin —> Hit Man
Bard —> Entertainer
Legerdemainist —> Pickpocket
Scout —> Spy

I’d love to see what you guys come up with!

Just to be clear, I’m not interested in turning AS&SH into a game where the monsters are impossible to kill, spells turn you crazy, etc. Basically just want to play AS&SH as-is with a 1920s look-and-feel.

[Vile Traveller]

Is this with or without the mythos? While I actually like CoC, I've found that I much prefer running and playing either gritty or more pulpy games in that era without the mythos elements. Biggles, Doc Savage, that sort of thing.

[mythos]

Falconer, you've given me the thought of going through my copy of D20 CoC and looking for spells, rituals, and creatures thart I can 'port over to AS&SH.

Vile, I would love it if some company came up with a good pulp version of CoC. One in which I can run someone like Doc Savage, the Spider, or any other of the know pulp heroes.

[scottenkainen]

>Vile, I would love it if some company came up with a good pulp version of CoC. One in which I can run someone like Doc Savage, the Spider, or any other of the know pulp heroes.<

I can't believe I even have to still mention this, but...

Hideouts & Hoodlums. 1920s Call of Cthulu-like gaming? No, not really. But 1930s pulp heroes? Yes, with almost no modification.

~Scott "-enkainen" Casper

[Ghul]

When I was young, before I had ever read REH, one of my first tastes of "pulp" fiction was Doc Savage. In fact, I think I went from Encyclopedia Brown to Doc Savage and Tarzan, but I suppose that is all part of the evolutionary process of reading. I think you could look at Doc Savage as an archetype that represents a straight up fighter.

scottenkainen -- OK, I'm intrigued by this H&H.

[mythos]

Scott, I'll have to look up H&H. Thanks for the information.

Ghul, first Doc Savage novel I read was a re-print of "Man of Bronze." It was a tie in for the movie. Gods, that was a long time ago. Since then I've expanded into the other iconic pulp heroes and love all of them.

[scottenkainen]

At the risk of hijacking this thread longer...I would really like to have a write-up on Doc Savage, with H&H stats, for Supplement IV. I've never read more than four Doc Savage novels, so I'm not qualified to do a write-up from primary sources only. If anyone else was game, contact me.

~Scott "-enkainen" Casper

[Ghul]

Apr 2, 2013 15:31:26 GMT -6 mythos said:

Scott, I'll have to look up H&H. Thanks for the information.

Ghul, first Doc Savage novel I read was a re-print of "Man of Bronze." It was a tie in for the movie. Gods, that was a long time ago. Since then I've expanded into the other iconic pulp heroes and love all of them.

"Man of Bronze" was the first one I read, too!

www.coverbrowser.com/covers/doc-savage-books

Yeah, long time ago for me, too. Over 30 years ago! Egads.

[ckenp]

What about "Weird Adventures" by Trey Causey? From what I understand it's a system neutral setting that might be a big help in this venture. Reviewed here, here and here.