Part 2 of my review is up.

I was hoping to wrap it up at this point, but there's just so much material to cover.

In the end, I hope that the full review will be useful and informative.

Quote from: Necrozius;855928Part 2 of my review is up.

I was hoping to wrap it up at this point, but there's just so much material to cover.

In the end, I hope that the full review will be useful and informative.

Great review so far!

A few comments for you:  
1. my own group in both my Albion campaigns were of mixed social class and it worked very well, so your hunch about this is right.
2. One of your examples talked about a "wizard's college in London". If you're using the setting as-is, there is NO Collegium in London. As of the start of the campaign there are only two Collegiums of magic in Albion: the one in Oxford and the one in Cambridge.

3. The random name generators are based on historical research of the most common male and female names in England, in Scotland and in Wales.

4. You guessed the source of the demonology system correctly: it is directly based on the methods of the Goetia.

5. The locations of the Lance of Mithras are based on historical locations of the pieces of the "spear of longinus" at this time.

Heraldry: All the blazons are derived from existing noble families' blazons as best I could; but then I took serious liberties with them (after all, this is fantasy alternate gaming history, not real history). I also thought of one day create a page of new blazons so GM may use them at leisure for their own created NPC nobles. However, I cannot do this right now (I am currently overwhelmed with real-life problems to fix...)

Quote from: RPGPundit;855981Great review so far!

A few comments for you:  
1. my own group in both my Albion campaigns were of mixed social class and it worked very well, so your hunch about this is right.
2. One of your examples talked about a "wizard's college in London". If you're using the setting as-is, there is NO Collegium in London. As of the start of the campaign there are only two Collegiums of magic in Albion: the one in Oxford and the one in Cambridge.

3. The random name generators are based on historical research of the most common male and female names in England, in Scotland and in Wales.

4. You guessed the source of the demonology system correctly: it is directly based on the methods of the Goetia.

5. The locations of the Lance of Mithras are based on historical locations of the pieces of the "spear of longinus" at this time.

Thanks! Fascinating stuff, truly. So many subjects that I'm interested in packed into one resource.

I'll make a correction about the Magister college.

Quote from: Turanil;856053Heraldry: All the blazons are derived from existing noble families' blazons as best I could; but then I took serious liberties with them (after all, this is fantasy alternate gaming history, not real history). I also thought of one day create a page of new blazons so GM may use them at leisure for their own created NPC nobles. However, I cannot do this right now (I am currently overwhelmed with real-life problems to fix...)

Very cool, I understand. I also liked the subtle modifications to some of the artwork (replacing crucifixes on shields with suns). Nice touch!


Here's the last part of the revew: http://nemoslounge.com/?p=3488

As promised, I'll be compiling all of these into a single review and posting it here on the RPGsite, DrivethruRPG and RPG.net.

All-in-all, great work, guys. Dark Albion is something to be proud of.

Thanks for the review! I already posted about it on my blog.