- In HeroQuest-RPG_at_yahoogroups.com, "Roderick and Ellen Robertson"
<rjremr_at_s...> wrote:
>Nothing especially earthshattering, just a couple sources of ideas
>for gaming...
>
>The Gangs of New York, Herbert Asbury, 1928. (The book that the movie
>was *very* loosely based on). The descriptions of the gangs
>(especially the earlier ones) reads like a group of hero bands, with
>their named heros with their individual schticks (Gallus Mag's habit
>of biting off ears; the legendary Mose's size and incredible
>strength; The Plug Uglies' cotton-stuffed hats; etc).
I quite agree...
Specifically I quite agree in
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HeroQuest-RPG/message/16382
and subbsequent messages (although on review, I see that only 2 of rhe
three examples made it through - Wonder if I still have a copy of the
other one anywhere...)