I have a nice breakdown of occupations for people over 10 years old reported in the census. Industry 1870 1880 1890 Agriculture 53% 49.4% 42.6% Forestry and Fishing 0.5% 0.6% 0.8% Extraction of Minerals 1.4% 1.7% 1.9% Manufacturing and mechanical … Continue reading →
I’m making this page primarily as a resource for myself, but if others find it useful, that is so much the better. Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps @ Library of Congress LINK Library of Congress Digitized Newspaper Collection LINK University of … Continue reading →
In a briefly relevant title that will be forgotten in the fullness of time, I’m trying to decide what pieces and parts my Wild West book really needs. We’re going to start with a comparison of some previous wild west … Continue reading →
So as we accumulate more Wild West town map assets, I wonder about how people are going to put them together and make up their own towns. In the past, we had towns built around farming, water sources, river traffic, … Continue reading →
Matt recently gave us a map of the Old West Bank, banks and bank robberies were an important part of the wild west. I wanted to spend a few minutes today summarizing the challenges associated with robbing any bank in … Continue reading →
So the Golden Age of Steam is a love letter to Steampunk, Westerns, Sherlock Holmes, Jules Verne, and to a lesser extent HG Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Bram Stoker, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and many similar influences. As we … Continue reading →
A while ago I had Keith Curtis make us a new map of a canyon with steep walls and high karst pillars, the map was supposed to be inspired by the park in China that inspired Avatar. Keith produced three … Continue reading →
This week I’m still working on making the Starfinder NPC stat block as small as possible for as book of NPCs and Pawns that I’m working on. Per recommendations from Jeremy Todd Corff I have removed the Multiattack, Size, Reach … Continue reading →
This week I’m working on making the Starfinder NPC stat block as small as possible for as book of NPCs and Pawns that I’m working on. The next NPC is our Gunslinger, looking at the picture, he’s wearing a red … Continue reading →
This is an ongoing attempt at cataloging inspirations, please let me know if you have additions. The Island at the Top of the World (1974) the airship is gorgeous, it hits a lot of the steampunk tropes we all know … Continue reading →
