[UA] Gaslight UA

[Greg Stolze]

Okay, so I took a break from my emailing to visit the excremeditation
chamber, and I realized that doing "UA by Gaslight" might make a really fun
individual campaign, but it would probably be a market disaster.  Here's
why.

People can only take so much new information.

Most people are ignorant of Victorian history -- I know I am.  Sure, we
know a little about Jack the Ripper, but a Victorianish player is going to
have that little worry in the back of her head "What if I'm being
anachronistic?"

Now, that can be overcome.  Gamers like to learn things, generally.
Particularly setting stuff.

But asking someone to absorb the Victorian details of a setting alongside
the UA elements -- no, sorry, overload.  Gaslight UA would appeal most to
people who are already playing UA.  It would be too much to swallow for new
players to whom UA is totally alien and Victorianism is fairly alien.

That's why -- from a sales perspective -- a Victorian vampire game is much
more feasible.  (This is NOT a request for more WoDissing, please.)  People
know what vampires are and are, in fact, used to imagining vampires in a
gaslight setting.

-G.

"Lust and vengeance never tasted so sweet and non-threatening."
        -Polly Esther



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