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Forgotten Futures

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Forgotten Futures is a tabletop role-playing game and collection of related game material created by Marcus L. Rowland. First released in 1993, it adapts the scientific-romance and speculative fiction of the Victorian and Edwardian periods into settings and scenarios for role-playing. Its source material and presentation give it a steampunk and alternate-history character, while its focus is on exploring period ideas about science, empire, technology, and society through collaborative play.

It is aimed at tabletop groups interested in literary historical settings.

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What is Forgotten Futures?

Forgotten Futures is a tabletop role-playing game and collection of related game material created by Marcus L. Rowland. It adapts scientific-romance and speculative-fiction ideas from the Victorian and Edwardian periods.

When was Forgotten Futures first released?

The game was first released in 1993. Its settings draw on older speculative fiction rather than presenting a standard medieval fantasy campaign world.

What kinds of stories can be played in Forgotten Futures?

Players can create adventures inspired by Victorian and Edwardian scientific romance. That can include exploration, strange inventions, social satire, and speculative technology shaped by the source material.

What makes Forgotten Futures different from a typical fantasy RPG?

Its core inspiration is scientific romance and early speculative fiction, not conventional sword-and-sorcery. The game therefore supports period settings and ideas connected to the Victorian and Edwardian imagination.

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