how do I make a setting out of this?>natives are paleolithic / neolithic, maybe early bronze age at best>colonizers with advanced tech appear, establish a foothold for a few decades and trade with natives a little>natives who engage in trade quicky curbstomp everyone else (imagine what genghis khan could do with toyota hiluxes and bolt-action rifles)>the colonists fuck off for one reason or another>equipment obtained from colonists becomes increasingly rare and valuable, and those who can repair it or make crude knockoffs are highly sought-after>the colonists' bases are still protected by minefields, electrified fences, automated sentry turrets, etc. defeating these defenses is extremely difficult (but not impossible) and the equipment inside may be far more advanced / powerful than anything the former colonists have ever traded
>>98487415Low-tech Roadside Picnic. The characters are explorers who are part of the unadvanced peoples, and the goal of the RPG is to go into areas left behind by the people who left the stuff behind in pursuit of lost technology or fame.
>>98487415Anon, if you wanted to talk about the impact of slavery on the African continent you didn't have to make it the question so obtuse. In all seriousness, I would recommend looking into cargo cults, the reshaping of various regions in Africa due to the slave trade, Roadside Picnic, and Mad Max. I would guess you would have some people trying to replicate what their level of understanding of the tech was to replicate it or bring back the colonizers as a religion, warlords that would send in groups regularly(maybe even as a ritual for coming of age or to join) the just roll everyone else, and tribes that become incredibly reclusive with maybe a few pieces of lost tech they only break out in the most dire of circumstances. Maybe special gear finders that have special knowledge of the area like some safe areas in the minefields and which turrets still work. Are there any settings about OOPARTS that are decent? I can't think of any myself.
>>98487415Degenesis with lore adjustments.
why would the abandoned bases not be surrounded on all sides by established powers seeking to ensure that only they get the shit inside (or at least deny it to any enemies)?
>>98487427afaik the tech in roadside picnic isn't nearly as integrated into larger society>>98487532thanks for the rec
>>98487415That's basically what the European colonization of Africa was
>>98487415You could look into techno-barbarian stories. If the term is not familiar, it describes low-tech civilisations using higher tech they should have access to and is mostly used in science fiction stories even if the base civilisation level is higher than what you are looking for.
>>98487415Techno-barbarian stuff is great, there's a few settings and RPGs designed to work with it - it's also coherent/shares a ton of tropes and techniques with a lot of post-apoc stuff, so many RPGs for playing in a post-apocalyptic world work for technobarbarian (Gamma World, for example, can't say I've played it though)
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>>98487415Are you planning to transport the island of Nantucket thousands of years back in time?
>>98489714no
>>98489714GODDAMN GIANT SPACE BATS!
