Thursday, February 18, 2010
Vargold: The Wolf-Time
An old Internet acquaintance of mine, Rob Barrett, has started up "a blog for barbaric gaming" dedicated to his just-started Barbarians of Lemuria campaign and related thoughts. Barbarians of Lemuria is an RPG I've had my eye on for a while, but I've never gotten round to looking at it closely. Perhaps Rob's new venture will give me reason to do so.
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this looks very promising!
ReplyDeleteI've got a post on Vargold thanking you for this plug, James, but I also wanted to express my gratitude here. Gracias!
ReplyDeleteWord Verification: "nanater" (sounds like some sort of monstrous anteater to me).
I think you would find that a perusal of BoL would well repay your time. It would certainly be my go to game of the moment for S&S gaming. I look forward to reading this new blog!
ReplyDeleteSimon did a really top-notch job with BoL. I spent years pimping it, in its first, free edition. Then, he cleaned it up and started charging money and suddenly it became quite popular.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lesson there, methinks.
I really like this game (the original free version, as it a little above my price range). Its has few stats (well 16, but nothing too complex), and it lists broadly skilled archetypes (heroic careers) instead of a long list of individual skills. The skills listed under each Career are examples, not the exception. Combat is quick and simple. Spells are open-ended, and the rules are highly customizable. And it counts chainmail bikinis as an appropriate form of protection, and that is cool! ;)
ReplyDeleteIf you like an easy point-based chargen, and fairly static stats, then this is your game.