Few 2.0 rules questions

[spinningdice]

I think books of old guns would do pretty well actually. But then I have a batch of players who have no interest in Modern settings, but Old West, Victoriana, Pirates, WWII and similar settings would interest them much much more.

[Crafty_Alex]

Would you believe that the book I most want to see in the line is a book of really old guns? Not the ancient things like fire pikes, but Gatling guns, Maxims, Nordenfelts, Mondragons, and punt guns (bloody huge shotguns commonly fired from a skiff - they are part of the reason why you don't see Passenger pigeons around any more ).

As it happens, I WOULD believe it, Mr. WWI-era gamer I think some of these will appear in the planned WWII series of Bag Full of Guns (may end up being a massive volume - still making up my mind), as many weapons carried over from the Great War to the Great Patriotic War. I'm thinking that might be next in the BFOG queue after This is My Gun and First Person Shooter, but I'm not sure. Show me if/how these weapons were used in WWII and I'll see what I can do

[Mister Andersen]

What about a BFOG dealing with prototype weapons that never got made/beyond test phase - the G11, the bullpup Lee Enfield, the XM8, stuff like that

[OverNinja]

Prototype BFOG would be nice 

G-11 (and the PDW and SAW versions of it), EM-2 (that's the Enfield bullpup), XM-8 was in the first BFOG.

[NezMaster]

As it happens, I WOULD believe it, Mr. WWI-era gamer I think some of these will appear in the planned WWII series of Bag Full of Guns (may end up being a massive volume - still making up my mind), as many weapons carried over from the Great War to the Great Patriotic War. I'm thinking that might be next in the BFOG queue after This is My Gun and First Person Shooter, but I'm not sure. Show me if/how these weapons were used in WWII and I'll see what I can do

I'm considering running a pulp/wwII game using spycraft. This would greatly benefit from something like this.

[ahzad]

As it happens, I WOULD believe it, Mr. WWI-era gamer I think some of these will appear in the planned WWII series of Bag Full of Guns (may end up being a massive volume - still making up my mind), as many weapons carried over from the Great War to the Great Patriotic War. I'm thinking that might be next in the BFOG queue after This is My Gun and First Person Shooter, but I'm not sure. Show me if/how these weapons were used in WWII and I'll see what I can do

Ooo....that's great!! I really would love to see a nice fat book of older weapons.

[Crafty_Alex]

What about a BFOG dealing with prototype weapons that never got made/beyond test phase - the G11, the bullpup Lee Enfield, the XM8, stuff like that

There's a prototype one in the queue as well. As noted, the XM8 was in This is My Rifle, back when it looked like it would actually come out.

[OverNinja]

There's a prototype one in the queue as well. As noted, the XM8 was in This is My Rifle, back when it looked like it would actually come out.

The XM-8 is back on again. It's selected as one of the carbines in a Congress mandated "dust chamber test" for the next carbine purchase for US Army (some 100,000 units are purchased between 2008-2009; worth some $375m), other contestants are HK416, FN SCAR and M4 (new piston variant - similar to HK416).

[TheAuldGrump]

Would you believe that the book I most want to see in the line is a book of really old guns? Not the ancient things like fire pikes, but Gatling guns, Maxims, Nordenfelts, Mondragons, and punt guns (bloody huge shotguns commonly fired from a skiff - they are part of the reason why you don't see Passenger pigeons around any more ).

As it happens, I WOULD believe it, Mr. WWI-era gamer I think some of these will appear in the planned WWII series of Bag Full of Guns (may end up being a massive volume - still making up my mind), as many weapons carried over from the Great War to the Great Patriotic War. I'm thinking that might be next in the BFOG queue after This is My Gun and First Person Shooter, but I'm not sure. Show me if/how these weapons were used in WWII and I'll see what I can do

Heh, I guess it is not exactly a closely guarded secret, now is it? I do tend to think of 'steampunk' in terms of WWI comes early....

On the subject of WWI firearms, have you ever encountered a Pagan Publishing book on firearms for Call of Cthulhu entitled 'The Weapons Compendium', by John Crowe III? An excellent resource, I wish that I still had my copy. (Gone for ten years or so now.)

The Auld Grump

[Ezram]

I like the profile of the MSG-90.

[Desertpuma]

I would like to see a book on firearms from flintlocks through WWI ... I think it would an awesome addition to BFOG.

[Crafty_Pat]

Crowe's Weapons Compendium is fantabulous, especially the early chapter on firearms laws and development. I highly recommend it (and I'm no gun bunny).

It's funny. I first encountered Crowe's work in early issues of The Unspeakable Oath, before the Weapons Compendium was even announced, and I kept thinking, "Who the hell is this guy who gives firearms to every granny and eight year old in suburbia?" Then the WC came along and everything clicked into place.

[Sletchman]

I would like to see a book on firearms from flintlocks through WWI ... I think it would an awesome addition to BFOG.

Hell yes - I want flintlocks, wheellocks, matchlocks, cannons, - and anything else you think might come up with I steal from one of my favourite settings of all time: 7th Sea.

[Crafty_Pat]

I would like to see a book on firearms from flintlocks through WWI ... I think it would an awesome addition to BFOG.

Hell yes - I want flintlocks, wheellocks, matchlocks, cannons, - and anything else you think might come up with I steal from one of my favourite settings of all time: 7th Sea.

A lot of this you'll see in the Fantasy Craft firearms rules, though a BFOG is also being strongly considered.