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Fantasy "Campaign Settings' from Fiction

Started by Cole, November 28, 2010, 08:19:08 PM

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Dirk Remmecke

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December 06, 2010, 07:50:09 AM
Quote from: Akrasia;423543Vance's Lyonesse series is one of my all-time favourite fantasy trilogies.  A game set in it would be very cool.  (Alas, probably too much work for me!)
Quote from: The Butcher;423584Agreed, it might be too much work. But it would be a great license!

The official adaption Lyonesse Jeu de Rôle was published in 1999 by Swiss company Men in Cheese, as a 380+ page softcover.
(But be careful to click on that cover thumbnail - the image might be NSFW, depending on the country or corporate climate you are in.)

The publisher is defunct by now.

The game used a very weird die-step system. But the biggest part of the book was a description of the whole island and small domains and kingdoms.

The b/w interior illustrations might have been inappropriate for the US market as well. They were in a children's book style but showed nudity.
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The Butcher

#46
December 06, 2010, 02:49:30 PM
Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;423590The official adaption Lyonesse Jeu de Rôle was published in 1999 by Swiss company Men in Cheese, as a 380+ page softcover.
(But be careful to click on that cover thumbnail - the image might be NSFW, depending on the country or corporate climate you are in.)

The publisher is defunct by now.

The game used a very weird die-step system. But the biggest part of the book was a description of the whole island and small domains and kingdoms.

The b/w interior illustrations might have been inappropriate for the US market as well. They were in a children's book style but showed nudity.

I had no idea there was an actual Lyonesse RPG! The art looks simply amazing (judging strictly by the cover).

Fascinating stuff. I'd love to pick it up, system notwithstanding, if the gazetteer is indeed as good as it seems. Pity it's European and OOP... oh well, another game to add to the "interesting games I'll never find" list.

Dirk Remmecke

#47
December 08, 2010, 09:48:39 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;423739The art looks simply amazing (judging strictly by the cover).

The interior art is completely different - mix of children book style simplistic art, and cartoonish scenes. But I have to admit that I forgot the handful color plates by the cover artist, showing several faerie creatures.

   

QuoteFascinating stuff. I'd love to pick it up, system notwithstanding, if the gazetteer is indeed as good as it seems.

The gazetteer is 320 pages (I also forgot just how big that part was), detailing each kingdom in about 10-12 pages, complete with a detailed map. There are also chapters on the arts, the law, knighthood, communication, etc, etc. Following the gazetteer is the rules section - 28 pages! A 22 page adventure is also included.
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KenHR

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December 08, 2010, 10:55:26 AM
I ran MERP back in high school for a while.  It wasn't really Tolkien's Middle Earth, however, as I was the only one in our group who really got into the mythos.  It was more a standard fantasy game run in a world whose geography, political boundaries, and names just happened to match those of ME.  It was fun, and it's probably how I'd run it today if I had a chance, canonphiles be damned.

That's about the closest I've come to running a literary world "straight."  Ripped off plenty of stuff for use in my own settings, of course.
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Cole

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December 08, 2010, 08:10:10 PM
Quote from: Dirk Remmecke;424111The interior art is completely different - mix of children book style simplistic art, and cartoonish scenes. But I have to admit that I forgot the handful color plates by the cover artist, showing several faerie creatures.

   



The gazetteer is 320 pages (I also forgot just how big that part was), detailing each kingdom in about 10-12 pages, complete with a detailed map. There are also chapters on the arts, the law, knighthood, communication, etc, etc. Following the gazetteer is the rules section - 28 pages! A 22 page adventure is also included.

This is gold.
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