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'''Sauriana''' is an upcoming indie tabletop wargame by Fossilpunk Foundry that asks a very simple question: "What if [[Cattlepunk]], but [[Dinosaur|Dinosaurs]]?"

...No, it's not a [[furry]] game. Taking inspiration from the massive fossils & dinosaurs craze that swept British and American society in the 1800s, which led to two of the world's greatest paleontologists fighting a literal war to claim fossils, Sauriana runs with that craze and adds a heaping helping of [[steampunk]] to it.

The story? Well, we'll quote that right from their website:
::''In 1888, the fabric of space and time was torn apart - The Interstice, a gap in the universe - rippled in the air over what was once Richmond, Surrey. Scientists soon discovered that this bizarre temporal anomaly could act as a sort of “fountain of youth” -  prehistoric fossils could be deposited into its swirling vortex, and through much engineering and experimentation, it was found that a human being’s life could be rejuvenated and extended by years or even decades when bathed in the energies released.''
::''The Great Dinosaur Rush was born- Paleontology became the new world power, fossil beds became the new gold mines. People from all corners of the world flocked in annual pilgrimage to the Interstice, sacrificing their hard-won fossils to gain the smallest sip of immortality promised by the wondrous phenomenon.''
::''A new economy was born out of the ashes of the antediluvian age...and with it, new conflicts arose...''

If this sounds kooky to you, remember that settings like [[Deadlands]], [[Mordheim]] and [[Malifaux]] exist.

There are four factions in Sauriana; the '''Othniellians''' are "Darwinian Cowboys of Science", a mad cult who seek to fuse human and dinosaur together to become something greater; the '''Cope Collective''' are rifle-toting gentleman scholars backed by "automatons" built of fossils and machinery; the '''Explorer's Club''' are adventurers and explorers backed by trained prehistoric beasts and tribal thugs, and the '''World's Fair''' are a ragtag band of mercenaries who can be taken either as their own warband or as backup in other factions.

==External Links==
* https://fossilpunkfoundry.com/pages/sauriana - The homepage

[[Category:Wargames]]