Hope & Glory – Players Book (GDR)

This is not your grandfather's steampunk. The Western World was wiped out, the capitals of Europe buried under a thick layer of ice. In the aftermath of the Catastrophe, a brand-new civilization was born in the marriage between Victorian pragmatism and Indian imagination. Now, after one century of isolation, the Anglo-Indian Raj marches forward towards a future of peace and progress. It's a new age of exploration and discovery.     You can be a Soldier of the Raj or a Tai-pan, a sky-pirate or a psychic or a consulting detective, an inventor or a spy, a man of science or a woman of action, a civilized neanderthal or a savage human. Explore a world changed by a glaciation and salvage its treasures. Hunt the fierce Sabretooth Tiger and the dread Sumatran Monkey-Rat. Face the agents of the Czar and their hordes of Neanderthal Cossacks. Travel to the Astral Plane and meets its ethereal denizens. Invent a better future, and fight the enemies of progress. Discover the secrets of the Nine Unknown Masters of the World.     This is Hope & Glory, a steampulp adventure of scientific romance, intrigue, and discovery, in a brave new world. In this book you'll find: More than twenty new Edges and Hindrances! The Psychic World: a new dangerous dimension and new dangerous powers! The secrets of the Kalaripayattu, the Indian martial arts! Extensive rules for clockwork inventions, prosthetic and automatons, including your friendly helpful majordomo! A large list of steampunk gear Hope & Glory style, including the (in)famous Goventosa monowheel!