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Friday, June 29, 2007

Karl Schroeder: Show me your Virga RPG maps!

Fans of Karl Schroeder's "Virga" novels are creating RPGs based on his world. Karl's tickled pink by this and is encouraging readers to share their creations publicly (he's also promising that he's not interested in suing or threatening people for misappropriating his copyrights on this score, figuring, correctly, that none of this stuff costs him anything, that it cements his relationship with his readers, and sells more books).

I reviewed the first Virga book, Sun of Suns, last December. It was one of the best books of 2006, and my favorite Karl Schroeder book to date, a rollicking, swashbuckling space-opera that managed to mash up the singularity, steampunk, and high-seas adventure in one glorious ride. Better still, the paperback is out soon, in time for lazy August reading, and book two will follow shortly afterward.

I know you're out there. People have been telling me for a while that they were planning or executing RPG scenarios or campaigns set in my world of Virga. Well, I'm consumed with curiosity and want to know what your versions of Virga look like. So if you've been running a Virga campaign tell me all about it! If you've got maps, post 'em! Let's see how big we can grow this world.

Link (via Futurismic)

posted by Cory Doctorow at 10:09:31 AM permalink | Other blogs' comments

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