why are many creators so afraid of making a setting with napoleonic wars era technology?
>>97285005Despite the Napoleonic fanboys' delusional talk, it's not a popular period among normies and hobbyists-lite. The warfare of that era becomes too complex for your average DnD-tier nerd to understand, the period is not hitting you with the "individual heroes and deeds" vibes like the medieval period for example. The easy answer therefore is, it wouldn't sell because your average fantasy consumer is a fantasy consumer and you don't need a genius to create a story of sword-swinging murder-hobos adventuring.
>>97285050what about tabletop games?
>>97285288The Napoleonic wars have been one of the main staples of wargaming since back when there were still living Napoleonic war veterans around.
>>97285005It's aesthetically boring
>>97285369but they are realistic games, not fantasy
>>97285005I just think the era doesn't interest most people.>Pre gunpowder>Japanese Samurai famed for their swordsmenship, the Viking at Stamford Bridge, a couple hundred knights running over an army of thousands, the knights of the round table, Robin Hood, the Song of Roland, the Paladins of CharlemagneLots of room for individual heroism and prowess.>Modern and scifi>Call of Duty and Battlefield, Audie Murphy, Alvin York, Otto Skorzeny, Commandos, Navy Seals, SAS, Spetsnaz, etc.Lots of room for individual heroism and prowess.>Early modern period>Just stand in a line and shoot each other, maybe just snipe a random officer and escape because anyone hunting you down is marching as a block of 800 men in a single paceVery little to no room for individual heroism and prowess.Beyond that I've never seen fantasy aspects in the early modern period that were very interesting, generally it's just Forgotten Realms with less armor and more muskets or just the 18th and 19th centuries but with elves and orcs who lean even harder into their bland gimmicks. At least the 16th and 17th centuries still have a large focus on melee combat and have warrior kings as a prominent concept in cases like Gustavus Adolphus, Archduke Ferdinand at Nordlingen, Henry VIII, Francis I, and James IV two of the listed even dying in battle with Francis getting captured.
None of you fuckers have seen or read Sharpe. It's nothing but heroics and adventure
>>97285689master and commander too. don't forget that american revolution also borders that period, not to mention war of 1812
>>97285689It's also one example and not very good. It's certainly not enough to make an entire genre out of especially when it includes none of the fantasy elements OP wants.
>>97285697don't tell me that human troops fighting against wood elfs armed with bows and arrows wouldn't be cool. it would be just like 'nam
>>97285005Did linear combat still persist when new weapons like the revolver was made?
>>97285696>american revolution also borders that period, not to mention war of 1812Where the fighting was primarily linear warfare with a handful of guys who killed like one person of note and nothing else?
>>97285707yes
>>97285005I can think of a couple of examples, like Powder Mage or the Shadow Campaign book series, Powder Mage even has a TTRPG supplement in Savage Worlds.
>>97285716That was the end of Line Warfare.
>>97285050>the period is not hitting you with the "individual heroes and deeds" vibes like the medieval period for exampleRetard take, the Napoleonic wars are defined by individual heroics and deeds and there are more fanous lion hearted heros in just France alone than basically the entire medieval era >>9728542440kg is down the hall, piggy
>>97285792no, it wasn't
>>97285424retard
>>97285673>>Early modern period>Just stand in a line and shoot each other, maybe just snipe a random officer and escape because anyone hunting you down is marching as a block of 800 men in a single pace>Very little to no room for individual heroism and prowess.I think this post actually summarizes very succinctly why the Napoleonic era is not popular in fantasy, and that is that the average fantasy consoomer is not very well educated or historically literate and their understanding/conceptualization of the period is downright retarded
>>97285005>setting>setting>setting>what about the setting?Have you ever played a single traditional game in your life? Be honest.
>>97286103yes actually. i played few games of age of sigmar and warhammer fantasy 2nd ed
>>97285673Marshal Ney's deeds while personally leading the rear guard during the retreat from Russia are singlehandedly more heroic and legendary than all those retarded pop culture examples you gave
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