Maskwitches Of Forgotten Doggerland is exactly the sort of setting I love, just 'cause it's different. Oh, and because it looks a bit desperate and bleak, it's steeped in dreamlike deep myth, and it's about the infinite variety and weirdness of humankind. (Though personally I'd forget all about the 1970s stuff, that Stranger Things/Paper Girls shtick getting a bit threadbare* by now, and just play it all out in the Mesolithic.)
Bonus points because it evokes Jack Vance's story "The Miracle Workers", which you should hunt down and read if you can but if not here's an audio version. I also liked Jon Hodgson's recap on Twitter of some surprising historical facts:
Ack! I just read a really good thread about historical wargames and overcoming players’ natural but incorrect assumptions about historical fact. I learned so much researching Maskwitches of Forgotten Doggerland! Three (it might be five) facts that were new to me: 🧵
— Jon Hodgson (@JonnyHodgsonArt) September 22, 2022
*I know they're set in the '80s. But it's the same thing.
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