The next step in my Gygax 75# challenge is choosing a time within Australia's past to base my campaign on. Australia has a rich cultural history that unfortunately seems overlooked by TTRPG companies (Sandy Petersen's Call of Cthulu module Terror Australis being one of the only major publications to date.)
The continent has deep veins that are ready to be mined. The first recorded traditions of the indigenous people spans as far back as 65,000 years ago (most of which are among the longest surviving traditions in human history). From the rainforests found within the northen tips, brutal dry deserts within the centre and the sub antartic islands and coast of the south, Australia truly is a perfect place to base a campaign world within.
I think we have a perfect time in history with the first fleet arriving in 1788 to establish a penal colony at Botany bay. We have an uncharted continent with tens of thousands of years of history, two rival factions (being the English settlers and the convicts), a far off distant governing body overlooking the operation, mercantile groups linked with said governing body, the native indigenous people and members of the christian faith.
All of these elements mixed in with an alien landscape give us a platform pregnant with ideas and inspiration.
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