[UA] City Swap

[Gaston Phillips]

A lot of people on this list seem to be ferners,and lots of people are
offering UA writeups of foreign cities.  Which is interesting, 'cause I
think UA is a particularly American game system.  In that it's rules and
setting are interwoven, and the setting seems to need American
hyper-realism.  Do those of you from Europe run games set in Europe?

What is the OU like over there?  I'm imagining that, for instance, Cliomancy
must be radically different - lest people gain charges just by taking a
morning stroll.  Are people still thaumaturgical?  Cryptomancy comes from
Europe, right?  Have people developed other 'Eurocentric' schools?

I dunno - someone on the list described America as being "Naively
Postmodern."  Great turn of phrase, but that also, I think, means that UA
would be really different if run in Europe.  I mean... okay.  You know in
True Romance when Elvis appears to Christian Slater?  That's a UA moment,
right there.  But how would that translate?  Johnny Halliday appearing to a
French kid?

A substitution of the clean and efficient high speed rail system for the
lure of the open highway?

Any thoughts?

gaston


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