Ooh, Castle Falkenstein is on Bundle of Holding.

I personally don’t need it…

…because I was lucky enough to track down a complete physical set of the game line in the 1990s. A combination of ample discretionary cash and ready access to NYC’s gaming stores allowed me to devote resources to find some of the more esoteric stuff, which Castle Falkenstein certainly is. Castle Falkenstein is… it is the distillation of all that is romantic and fun about steampunk. It is a 19th century world where historical and fictional figures meet all the time and have adventures together, set in a backdrop of magic, zeppelins, and dramatic reveals. And, oh, yes: the game uses playing cards, because while ladies and gentlemen might readily amuse themselves by pretending to be cowboys or mages for an evening, they will most certainly not use dice to do it.

I love the Castle Falkenstein setting dearly. And, not to brag (I totally mean to brag) I also have a playtester’s credit for the GURPS edition of it. So while I don’t need these PDFs, there are worse ways to burn through twenty bucks than to get the complete game line…

4 thoughts on “Ooh, Castle Falkenstein is on Bundle of Holding.”

  1. Is it just me? But PDFs don’t do much for me as a game reference. Much prefer physical copies of books. Have a bunch of PDFs that I swore I would print out that are still sitting on my computer. I don’t mind reading on the kindle for ideas but during the game I want the books available to reference quickly.

    1. I actually have a similar quirk, but I buy more games than I play. Which is a practice that I suspect is more common than people might like to admit. 🙂

      1. yep, my collection of boardgames that are still in shrink will attest that problem as well

    2. I prefer books to PDFs, both for just reading and for playing. However, there’s a finite amount of space I can devote to books in my apartment, and long before I hit that limit I’ll hit the “Looks Insane” point. Also, the PDFs are usually cheaper, although usually only by a small amount, to the point that I’d prefer to pay the few extra books for physical copies.

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