Re: [HoE] hello

[The Baron Samedi <baron11@netmcr.com>]

At 10:34 AM 10/3/99 , you wrote:
>Hello. I'm new to the list. Some of you know me from the Deadlands list. I'm
>prolly near the youngest member on the list (age 14). I run a wicked pissah
>(Massachusetts word for "awesome") game of HOE at school (www.sudval.org).
>I'll send some details soon. I'm always full of ideas for Deadlands. The only
>major heretical thing I've been considering thus far (I bet I'm gonna catch
>more flak than a Stuppa Bomber raiding London for this one) is a Deadlands-
>The 60's. I know I wasn't alive for that period (or the 70s or half of the
>80s), but my dad was. If anyone has any advice (other than not to do it under
>pain of death), it'll be welcome. I'll be sending stuff on my campaign soon.
>
>Peter "too many parentheses" Berard
>The Jolly Gringo


Not sure about the 60s or 70s, but I can say I am working on a 1920s Deadlands.
Supplement-wise, look at Brianburners, Cyborgs, and Junkman Cometh.  This 
should give you an idea of what was going on, as these 3 books are packed 
with historical info.  Also, remember Annabelle Lee Devlin's 1963 contribution.

the 1960s, IIRC, was after the WW II period, and before the 1990s (duh, now 
there is some insight!) so it is a VERY quiet period 
supernatural-wise.  The raging Abominations have faded post world war II, 
and the cult era has not yet risen.  It is probably as close to real 
history as you can get in Deadlands, or so it seems from the HoE 
supplements I have read.  according to Cyborgs, the weird west-ish era 
closed with the second world war, and things were quiet till the cults 
showed up near the millennium.  Of course, this does not mean there was no 
magic, or nothing to do...

TBS
The Fastest Zombie in the West, er Wastes