Trifletraxor Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Worlds which don't require rights: a) Three Kingdoms {Chinese classic} Ramayana {Indian} Any other suggestions in the same direction? Developed worlds that don't require rights I mean? SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiGhost Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Chtuluesque horror, vampire Horror, Monster hunting horror. Vikings: Horror,Horror,Horror,Horror,Horror lovelleee Horror... Old lady: I dont like Horror Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Journey to the West Are the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells in the Public Domain now? Captain Nemo and MArtian Invasions never go out of style. Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Anything fantasy like? Is there any old fantasy series that's suitable? SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRose Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Could also do a Gullivers Travel source book np or how about Baron Munchausen? Anyone know what your ride cannonball skill starts at? And as for the West how about a fantasy wild west with the Likes of Paul Bunyan, Mike Fink and Pecos Bill are around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atgxtg Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Fantasy. King Arthur, Robin Hood, Roland. Pretty much all of earth legnedary and mythical heroes and setting (Atlantis?) are fair game. But most works by 20th century authors is under copywrite. Quote Chaos stalks my world, but she's a big girl and can take of herself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zane Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Journey to the West Are the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells in the Public Domain now? Captain Nemo and MArtian Invasions never go out of style. Jules Verne's works are definitely public domain, as he died in 1905, and his last work looks to have been published in 1910. It looks like the majority of H.G. Wells works are public domain, though a lot aren't. Still it looks like the best known H.G. Wells works are all public domain. Captain Nemo and the Martian Invasion are both in "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen Vol. 2", so who knows issues there could be with including both in the same book. Where things get really tricky are with settings such as those based on "Edgar Rice Burroughs" works. While many of his works are in the public domain, you can bet you'll have ERB's family lawyers and the Di$ney lawyers on you so fast it will make your head spin if you do something based on them. I believe this is do to Trademarks rather than copywrites. One interesting approach to the issue of Campaign Settings / Worlds with copywrites and Trademarks, is this. Pick a genre, find a group of like minded people, and hash something out, and put it under a "Creative Commons" type license. Of course then you just might have someone like Di$ney come along and be able to freely make a movie that makes them tons of money without having to pay any royalties. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatBear Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Many people over the years have wanted to do ERB's Barsoom roleplaying. ERB Inc. are not interested nowadays unless their cut runs into 6 figures. Even though Burroughs books are all in the public domain now, ERB Inc. hold trademarks on the names of the significant characters i.e. Tarzan®, John Carter of Mars®, etc. For an example of what you can get away with see MARS from Adamant Entertainment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
p_clapham Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Quite a bit of Mars critters... both H.G. Wells and Edgar Rice Burroughs versions are in two CoC books. The Creature Compendium and that huge book of Monsters that just came out. Also included was the delightfull chap from "Who Goes There?" aka "The Thing". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seneschal Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 The Wind in the Willows -- anthropomorphic animals co-exist (not always comfortably) alongside humans and normal animals in Edwardian England. Beware the hostile denizens of the Wild Wood, which has grown over a ruined Roman city. And the Great God Pan is still active. So you have early 20th Century technology and fantasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simlasa Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 I've been re-reading some old (late 1800s) fantasy lately... the stuff by George MacDonald... Lilith & Phantastes... has my brain going... cobbling together a relatively adult fairy-world out of those, and MacDonald's other, stories. But then, I've been wanting to do a fairy-tale/folklore game for a long while now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trifletraxor Posted January 31, 2008 Author Share Posted January 31, 2008 I've been re-reading some old (late 1800s) fantasy lately... the stuff by George MacDonald... Lilith & Phantastes... has my brain going... cobbling together a relatively adult fairy-world out of those, and MacDonald's other, stories. But then, I've been wanting to do a fairy-tale/folklore game for a long while now... Tell us some more about it, I'm guessing it's some sort of fantasy earth, but what flavour is the setting? (silly question, I know...) SGL. Quote Ef plest master, this mighty fine grub! 116/420. High Priest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Paul Posted January 31, 2008 Share Posted January 31, 2008 Journey to the West Are the works of Jules Verne and H.G. Wells in the Public Domain now? Captain Nemo and MArtian Invasions never go out of style. One way to find out is to peruse the Project Gutenberg list. It scans and makes e-books in vanilla text of works in the public domain. if it is in Gutenberg it is copyright free in the US. it looks like much of Edgar Rice Burrough's stuff is there. Quote __________________ Joseph Paul "Nothing partys like a rental" explains the enduring popularity of prostitution.:eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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