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I rob banks because that’s where the money is -Willie Sutton

Golden Age of Steam Posted on May 11, 2022 by Paul FieldsMay 11, 2022
Old West Bank Stage

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 →

Posted in Map Tiles, Matt Francella, Starfinder, Steampunk, Virtual Tabletop, Western

Wild West Steampunk in Starfinder, Steamfinder?

Golden Age of Steam Posted on May 3, 2022 by Paul FieldsMay 11, 2022

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 →

Posted in Starfinder, Steampunk, Victorian, Western

You break it, you bought it. -Old man Wiggins

Golden Age of Steam Posted on April 26, 2022 by Paul FieldsApril 26, 2022
General Store Shopkeeper

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 →

Posted in Jacob Blackmon, Starfinder, Steampunk, Victorian, Western

First comes smiles, then lies. Last is gunfire.-Roland Deschain, of Gilead

Golden Age of Steam Posted on April 21, 2022 by Paul FieldsApril 21, 2022
Gunslinger

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 →

Posted in Jacob Blackmon, Starfinder, Steampunk, Victorian, Western

Steampunk Movies and Media

Golden Age of Steam Posted on April 13, 2022 by Paul FieldsApril 17, 2022

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 →

Posted in Media, Steampunk, Victorian, Western

Big Game Hunter, steal his look

Golden Age of Steam Posted on April 13, 2022 by Paul FieldsApril 27, 2022
Game Hunter

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 Big Game Hunter, looking at the picture, he’s wearing … Continue reading →

Posted in Brian Brinlee, Starfinder, Steampunk, Victorian, Western

Townsfolk and other NPCs

Golden Age of Steam Posted on April 10, 2022 by Paul FieldsApril 12, 2022
Saloon Gal

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 first NPC is our Saloon Gal, historically they weren’t prostitutes, they talked to … Continue reading →

Posted in Jacob Blackmon, Starfinder, Steampunk, Western

Wild West and Victorian Era Money Matters

Golden Age of Steam Posted on February 8, 2022 by Paul FieldsFebruary 8, 2022

While writing the Golden Age of Steam I found a lot of references that enabled me to create the equipment sections of the book and try to price things characters would need. You may already know about the Sear Roebuck … Continue reading →

Posted in Steampunk, Victorian, Western

Timeline of the 1800s

Golden Age of Steam Posted on August 20, 2021 by Paul FieldsApril 10, 2022

1709 – Hot air balloon demonstrated1745 – Ewald Georg von Kleist and Pieter van Musschenbroek of Leiden invent the Leyden Jar (capacitor)1766 – Henry Cavendish discovers Hydrogen1775 – Watt improves steam engines by adding a condenser using half the coal … Continue reading →

Posted in Steampunk, Victorian, Western

Chemists and Apothecaries in the 1800s

Golden Age of Steam Posted on July 19, 2021 by Paul FieldsJuly 19, 2021

In the olden days, there were a lot of types of medicine and I’ve started to categorize them as: Made From, Made For, and Trade Name. Bear Grease and Snake Oil were originally made from the fats of the two … Continue reading →

Posted in D&D 5e, Pathfinder 2e, Starfinder, Steampunk, Virtual Tabletop, Western

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