From the introduction: Clockwork Pace is a RPG where players take on the role of a character inspired by the Victorian age of steam where everything is but black and white. The wonders of science and technology are in their creative beginnings and are in your hands to toy with. Clockwork is a highly fashionable technology which plays into the industrialists' obsession with time and efficiency. Electricity sees its sparks from time to time and in a primitive state.