Halloween 2014: The Essential Regency/Gothic

 

I really wanted to produce some awesome Halloween content this year, but writing for Savage Insider, running a new The King is Dead campaign, promoting Steamscapes: Asia, and drinking my way through Texas Wine Month have kind of gotten in the way.  In lieu of new material, I present the following annotated list from the Wine and Savages archives.  Note that this is not a list of all of the Regency/Gothic posts, only the ones worth re-reading.

Regency/Gothic

One of my earliest projects on this blog was an attempt to write a supplement covering regency romances in the vein of Jane Austen, Georgette Heyer, and innumerable paperback authors.  I tried to Savage it up a bit by combining the Regency setting with the Gothic novels popular during the period. 

Regency/Gothic 1: What is Regency Romance?*

An introduction to the project and its themes.

Regency/Gothic 1d: Pride and Prejudice Character Stats

My all-time most popular post (probably because of the pictures).  Contains Savage Worlds stats for Elizabeth Bennet, Fitzwilliam Darcy, and George Wickham.

Regency/Gothic Bestiary 1: Regency Ladies

NPC archetype stats for a variety of women.

Regency/Gothic Bestiary 2: Regency Gentlemen

NPC archetype stats for a variety of men.

Regency/Gothic 2: What is Gothic Horror?

Getting into the actual “Gothic” aspect of Regency/Gothic, this is my attempt to define the Gothic.

Regency/Gothic: The Power of Persuasion & The Power of Persuasion 2

Some discussion of the use of the Persuasion skill in a campaign concentrating on social conflict.

Regency/Gothic 1e: Romance vs Romanticism

One of Robin’s rare contributions to the blog; a definition of Romanticism in the Byron/Keats/Shelley sense vs. the modern definition of romance.

Regency/Gothic: Lord Byron

Savage Worlds stats for George Gordon, Lord Byron.
 
Thornshire
A micro-setting for Regency/Gothic.  Put Pride and Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, and Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell in a blender with a bunch of random tables from Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque, and voila!

Regency/Gothic: Thornshire
An introduction to the setting, laying out geography, several of the haunted families of Thornshire, and influences.

Regency/Gothic: Thornshire - The Brightmores, Regency/Gothic: Thornshire -- The Griffiths, Regency/Gothic: Thornshire -- The Colbrans, and Regency/Gothic: Thornshire -- The Fishers

Detailing more of the haunted families of the shire.

Regency/Gothic: Thornshire -- The Thirteen Families

Not actually about the families of Thornshire, but instead a secret cabal of white magicians who hold back the darkness.