1920s Campaign Resources
My god our grandparents could be assholes. Expect to find these in your lodge?
http://www.retronaut.com/2013/12/demoul ... itiations/
http://www.retronaut.com/2013/12/demoul ... itiations/
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OK so it is a little before the 1920's but still a very nice slice of London from 1914
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25551751
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-25551751
postmodern jukebox is a project by scott bradlee and other musicians to restyle modern pop songs as jazz, motown, doo wop, etc.
most of their work so far falls into the 40's and 50's, but they have a few which might serve as the background for a 1920's speakeasy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aNCBzax8Ec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGDQd0xJU9g
but maybe not this one, unless your players aren't really paying attention...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iabyEebfCc
1920's broadway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDl9SDd1FJY
some 1930's jazz...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVXziMFEqX0
most of their work so far falls into the 40's and 50's, but they have a few which might serve as the background for a 1920's speakeasy...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aNCBzax8Ec
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGDQd0xJU9g
but maybe not this one, unless your players aren't really paying attention...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iabyEebfCc
1920's broadway...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDl9SDd1FJY
some 1930's jazz...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVXziMFEqX0
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and there's no today
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Two 1920's Sears and Roebuck catalogs, the first is for for sheds, garages, photographic studios, hunting cabins and the like... The other for houses.
1. Ready Made Buildings (1920 Sears Catalog)
2. Honor bilt modern homes. (1921 Sears Catalog)
1. Ready Made Buildings (1920 Sears Catalog)
2. Honor bilt modern homes. (1921 Sears Catalog)
"If you do good, you'll live forever, if you do bad, you'll die hearing a single note for I am the one true sound...", Fragment found in a cult hideout.
noise generators...
http://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php
useful when you just want some background noise for your game, less distracting than a soundtrack.
the railroad noise generator is great for horror on the orient express, fr'ex.
http://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php
useful when you just want some background noise for your game, less distracting than a soundtrack.
the railroad noise generator is great for horror on the orient express, fr'ex.
say it three times, girl
there's no tomorrow
and there's no today
say it three times
i'm not far away
i survived the Post GenCon Random Bizarre BS episode
there's no tomorrow
and there's no today
say it three times
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That one was cool! Added it to my bookmarks.hastur wrote:noise generators...
http://mynoise.net/noiseMachines.php
useful when you just want some background noise for your game, less distracting than a soundtrack.
the railroad noise generator is great for horror on the orient express, fr'ex.
In the morning, mist comes up from the sea by the cliffs beyond Kingsport. White and feathery it comes from the deep to its brothers the clouds, full of dreams of dank pastures and caves of leviathan.
-"The Strange High House in the Mist" by HPL
-"The Strange High House in the Mist" by HPL
Website that has been taking the recipies from the pre-1930s cookbooks on Project Gutenberg and sorting them by category. If the Keeper can cook, he could try serving one of these to the players...
http://www.vintagerecipes.net/Eggs Rossini
Ingredients
6 eggs
4 chicken livers
12 nice mushrooms
1/2 cupful of stock
1/2 teaspoonful of salt
1 dash of pepper
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Oh, this is excellent! Chicken livers and eggs? Now that is a serious breakfast.
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For anyone looking for building plans, this part of the Internet Archive which is covering pre 1964 building plans a great place to start, sadly it does not appear to be possible to set a cut off by year. The two 1920's Sears & Roebuck catalogs I posted earlier in the thread are part of this collection.
Internet Archive: Building Technology Heritage Library
https://archive.org/details/buildingtec ... agelibrary
However if anyone would like to know what a Canadian jail circa 1913 might look like, here is the link:
Canada Wire and Iron Goods Company: Jail Cells & Prison Work (1913)
https://archive.org/details/JailCellsAndPrisonWork
Internet Archive: Building Technology Heritage Library
https://archive.org/details/buildingtec ... agelibrary
However if anyone would like to know what a Canadian jail circa 1913 might look like, here is the link:
Canada Wire and Iron Goods Company: Jail Cells & Prison Work (1913)
https://archive.org/details/JailCellsAndPrisonWork
"If you do good, you'll live forever, if you do bad, you'll die hearing a single note for I am the one true sound...", Fragment found in a cult hideout.