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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
