tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323276912086013429.post1774914371548739935..comments2024-03-23T04:06:43.528-04:00Comments on The Retired Adventurer: My Version of the Zak S. QuestionnaireJohn Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17318244888477546773noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323276912086013429.post-12459266199924052142012-01-20T19:13:31.811-05:002012-01-20T19:13:31.811-05:00So pre Code Noir and before they became the world&...So pre Code Noir and before they became the world's most prosperous colony. There is a lot to sink your teeth into with this subject. I find the history fascinating. it also works well in not being another Europe derived backdrop but close enough b/c of the French, English, and Spanish in the area.<br /><br />So this would also be around the time that West African religions were merging w/ Roman Catholicism to form Voodoo and the other slaves religions in the area? There are some interesting things you could play with right there.<br /><br />Not sure if you have heard about this but the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database might help you out a little w/ issues of the slave trade from a more technical aspect. Looking into the price index it's a little later then what you are looking at but it's a good thing to look into if you haven't.<br /><br />http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/database/methodology-20.faces<br />http://www.slavevoyages.org/tast/database/guide.faces<br /><br />Good luck w/ your setting. Following your blog via RSS so I'll be looking forward to hearing what you have to say on the topic.Jason kielbasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953768189103378338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323276912086013429.post-20999194241122305412012-01-20T18:56:56.139-05:002012-01-20T18:56:56.139-05:00Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check them ou...Thanks for the suggestions! I'll check them out.<br /><br />Technically, the period Emern is set in is well before the Haitian revolution (it's early 16th century equivalent). It's actually right at the cusp of the emergence of the African slave trade, about twenty or thirty years after colonisation of the West Indies began. The second adventure the PCs were on dealt pretty directly with it, as they were targeted for murder because a slaver believed they knew that one of his captains had dumped slaves overboard when becalmed. I chose the period mainly for the "Fall of the Aztecs" feel, but the slave trade and the economics of early imperialism have become more and more interesting to me as I've gotten deeper into it.John Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17318244888477546773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-323276912086013429.post-13239314354264685652012-01-20T18:35:28.948-05:002012-01-20T18:35:28.948-05:00Nice to see someone else has an interest in using ...Nice to see someone else has an interest in using pre-revolutionary Haiti as a backdrop for an rpg setting. I have been slowly working on that as a setting myself. I've done a lot of changes but that's where the background lays.<br /><br />http://betweengoodandawful.blogspot.com/<br /><br />May I suggest adding Laurent DuBois Avengers of the New World to the list of Haitian Rev books along with Jeremy Popkins' Facing Racial Revolution: Eyewitness Accounts of the Haitian Insurrection. He also has written You Are All Free: The Haitian Revolution and the Abolition of Slavery but I have yet to get around to reading that as well. Not sure the level of your background reading but I thought I'd throw in some suggestions.Jason kielbasahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13953768189103378338noreply@blogger.com