#suppressedtransmissions — Public Fediverse posts
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What things cost in the Roman Empire https://www.constantinethegreatcoins.com/edict/
And a discussion of Roman farming in the comments, and why Chicken costs more then beef: https://www.metafilter.com/194676/Income-and-Expenses-in-Rome-c-301-AD
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Time for a #suppressedtransmissions post: https://www.vice.com/en/article/ep4zvw/scientists-have-discovered-vast-mysterious-structures-deep-inside-the-earth
Not a specific plot hook, but you could easily use this post as a supporting document in a Call of Cthulhu game
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Guess I should introduce myself.
Hi, I'm Canageek. This is my roleplaying account, my main one is @[email protected]
I like more traditional RPGs like #D&D, #GURPS and #CallOfCthulhu, but will try other things.
I often post pictures of dragons to #DragonPosting , since dragons are cool, I also post things that can serve as game inspiration to #suppressedtransmissions
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/bradford-washburn-camera-cache-1.6633661?cmp=rss
What is on these cameras would be a great adventure hook #suppressedtransmissions
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I've had this open in my browser for years, and am finally admitting I'm not going to read it; But if YOU need some incredibly detailed descriptions of occult locations in London in any time period, this can probably help you: https://www.exutopia.com/an-occult-psychogeography-of-hawksmoors-london-churches/
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So they actually found orchalium ingots (turns out it is a bronze-zinc alloy), but you know, in your game it could still have magical powers and is suddenly avalible in the modern world again. Heist game to steal it? Suddenly your opponents got to it t first and have magical armour and weapons you don't?
(YES, this tab has been open in my browser for a LONG time)
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Hey everyone, I used to moderate a group of RPG Inspiration posts that @juergen_hubert ran. That is where the #suppressedtransmissions hashtag you see me use sometimes comes from.
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"Egyptologists translate the oldest-known mummification manual
The embalming manual is just part of a 3,500-year-old Egyptian medical text."
I really don't think this one needs a description on why it could be useful in a game XD
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This seems like it would be helpful to a DM: Insurance maps of New York in the 1920s: https://www.loc.gov/item/sanborn06115_003/ Maps of what type of buildings are in each neighbourhood, loctions of fire stations and similar, and then indexes of warehouses and more detailed views of neighbourhoods.
Check out the similar items list at the bottom; They have them for other cities and years it looks like.
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A few stories of women taking on male personas so that they could travel the world in an age when women were not allowed on sailing ships, perfect for historical RPGs:
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You know, I've never even *run* a prehistory game, but honestly, I keep finding cool stuff for them. Like, bows are arrows were around outside of Africa way earlier then we thought.
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https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a29417939/unidentified-submarine-objects/
Everyone has heard of unidentified flying objects, what about unidentified SWIMMING objects? Anyone remember the old game X-COM Terror From the Deep? This would all make an excellent 90s style conspiracy game
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Every game needs a sewer level, right? Why not make yours accurate looking?
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https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/twelve-fascinating-finds-revealed-2019-180973837/
Also known as twelve exellent combination plothooks/flavour for your game posts!
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What escaped from the reservoir they opened earlier this year....
(This one is from my local paper)
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/maps-to-get-lost-in
Have some useful maps, for either inspiration or for use as props
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Sports are a pretty big part of our society, and were even bigger in some other historical societies (say, Byzantium) but you rarely see them in roleplaying games, either modern or historical.
3,400-year-old Mesoamerican ball court sheds light on origins of the game
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/10/neanderthal-glue-was-a-bigger-deal-than-we-thought/
I low key love the idea of a prehistory game, and having neanderthals as technical powerhouses would be sure to surprise players
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This strikes me as a REALLY useful resource for DMs, both to inspire plots and as a cool type of map to show your players. https://www.metafilter.com/184917/Panoramic-maps-at-the-Library-of-Congress
(Note, there are more links in the comments which is why I didn't link directly to the LOC page)
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/australia-ice-age-fauna
Giant fauna for your historical games! I got your giant fauna right here!
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/megalithic-tomb-central-france
Not much to go on here, but since it is the first megalithic site found in that part of France, someone can probably play off that.
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/coroners-england-treasure-rules
This would be a cool complication in a modern game. Having to go steal a cursed artifact from a coroner, getting summoned mid adventure to testify about some artifact, etc.
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/i-4-dead-zone
This stretch of highway is said to be haunted by ghosts of settlers whose graves were paved over.
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https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/spanish-drought-reveals-submerged-megalithic-tomb/
Spanish drought reveals submerged megalithic tomb
A "Spanish Stonehenge" is one of many vanished sites beneath Spain's reservoirs. -
https://awoo.space/@Leucrotta/102958460591466438
They sounds like one heck of an RPG plot #suppressedtransmissions
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/maps-of-16th-century-mexico
Usually when you see a map in an RPG it is a very modern map. Which is good, as they let you describe things to the player. However, when showing things to players, you could bring in maps from other traditions here, to help them get a sense for the place and culture.
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When running pre-history games the standard sabre toothed tigers and wool mammoths may feel a bit old hat. How about a BIRD THE SIZE OF A POLAR BEAR?
(Actually the third largest known bird, but the first one to live in Europe)
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https://www.metafilter.com/182400/The-US-Navys-UFO-Patents
Probably part of a disinformation campaign, but they still make great props. Or they could be real in your game world. Or your players could THINK they are real at the start, but they are actually fake, and your players get swept up in a huge espionage plot when they discover they are fake.
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https://twitter.com/sandypsj/status/1148632456070946816
The safe to end all safes has been unearthed near a synagogue in Chicago. What does it contain, and is it related to the alligator?
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This is inspiring me to modify the GURPS magic system to get a bonus from having an artefact that represents the effect you want to cause. The rarer the artefact, the more it helps the spell. That said, I'm not entirely sure what a cube used by some very bad people in a failed attempt to build a nuclear reactor would be good for, doubly so if the failure point of the project was mismanagement. Possibly a malicious bureaucracy curse?