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Bombaatu said:Getting back to the OP's question (tho The Auld Grump's campaign sounds great!Anonymous said:What settings are people thinking of using for their Steampunk games?), the game I'm currently working up is based on the Doc Sidhe books by Aaron Allston. The tech is a little more advanced that in the OGL Steampunk book - circa 1930's Worlds Fair stuff - but the magic system meshes almost perfectly.
Heh! Beat me to it. Yes, they are a good fit, though set in an alternate 1930s. The first book can be downloaded for free at Baen.com and is in the Free Library section of their website. Baen Books are the most adroit users of the internet in the publishing business, thinking that by giving away online versions they can annoy people into buying the print version rather than squinting at the CRT... What can I say? They're right in my case at least...
Another good fit is the series of post Napoleonic fantasy novels by Patricia Wrede and Caroline Stevermer:. Mairelon the Magician, The Magician's Ward, Sorcery & Cecialia or the Enchanted Chocolate Pot: Being the Correspondence of Two Young Ladies of Quality Regarding Various Magical Scandals in London and the Country (One of the longest titles I have seen in a while...), and its sequel The Grand Tour. Though no steam technology it is a glimpse at institutionalized magic.
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*EDIT* Oh, and Doc Sidhe's author Aaron Alston is a gamer...