In this case, the book offers a range of eras to play in spanning from the final stages of the conquest of Japan in which the settlers that current Japanese culture identifies with subjugated the indigenous Ainu to the period immediately before the establishment of significant trading and diplomatic links with the Portuguese.
This spans around CE, which is fairly similar to the span of time catered to by the core rules, which is immediately useful for crossover games. From here, what we get is essentially a patch — a substitute set of vocations, lifepath tables, rules for religious characters with both Buddhism and Shinto represented , and so on. However, as with the core book, the extent of research on display here is impressive — and thanks to it getting a pass by not one but two cultural editors, it feels like you can rely on it more than many other RPG sourcebooks on similar subject matter.
This makes it a potentially very useful source for anyone running an RPG inspired by this span of Japanese history, though the somewhat dry text and no-frills layout may make it a bit of a slog. She also did the chapter in the original A World of Darkness supplement that added Gaki and spooky cats to Vampire: the Masquerade, which is fun. The version is the same system, bar a tweak or two and, is referred to as version 1.
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Skip to content. Share this: Twitter Facebook. Like this: Like Loading Previous Technocracy Reloaded, Ascension Declined. Next Supplement Supplemental! An excellent overview of the history and current state of the game. Chapter 6: Skills provides information on over different skills. Customers Who Bought this Title also Purchased. Reviews 3. Please log in to add or reply to comments. Hi, can you tell me if the binding on your retail copy is both sewn and glued, or just glued?
I'm interested in purchasing a physical copy if it'll withstand the rigors of years of reading and referencing at the table, and it seems like perfect bound books just do not stand the test of time, unfortunately. Hi Rob, the core rule books are both sewn and glued complete with reading ribbon. I am at Dragonmeet in London on Saturday so you can check for yourself.
Do you get the PDF when you buy the physical like most retailers now? Thought I would ask before I dropped the pretty penny. Check out Last Mile Game Logistics on facebook, they are in Michigan, may prove cheaper for shipping.
I did a quick search around and ultimately had to go with Amazon. I dont do facebook so cant see the Last Mile site unfortunately. Yes there is, its available through retail.
HI we realised after printing that they had been cut inadvertently. I have the print version and the pdf and I notice an odd little squiggle next to many of the "t"s in the book. Is that a deliberate font type? I did some digging and these are called ligatures. They are prevalent throughout the book. They are curious but not quite off-putting. I wonder if this was by design? It was intended to give the feel of print from traditional typesetting where you would get ligatures. To be honest after a few reads I stopped noticing them.
Any idea why this PDF is so sluggish and laggy? Hi Steve, I use google chrome on my pc. Have you tried it in Acrobat Reader or some other dedicated PDF reader to see if it has the same issues. I have not Perhaps i will try it on foxit when i get home from work. Thanks for fast response.
I'll try other readers. Hallo, I wonder if you have rights to previous edition of the game. If you have, will past books be avaible for purchase? Yes we do, however we dont hold the RPG licence for Lord of the Rings which is in the 1st and 2nd ed , hence we dont fancy the likes of Tolkein Estates coming for us.
It serves no commercial sense to make them free when as a business we have a new edition to support and with the potential LOTR IP issues. If we feel early editions had something of worth we will update and include. Hello, i have a dumb question but is the print book availabel and if so, where can i buy it.
Thanks in Advance. The hardcopy was printed traditionally and is available, if you head over to the website. Thank you really mutch, finally i can order this book, looks really interresting. I had to cancel my pre-order. They should put it up as a POD so everybody here in the States can get it in print.
We are shipping to the USA from the UK as we have found a way to do so and we are absorbing the additional courier fees if you head to the website. We have 3 pallets of books in Michigan waiting to be delivered to retail once they are allowed to despatch. Also I believe Alexander W received his order. Hi, I am currently studying PC generation, and I have a question concerning the sample character shown as an example p of the core rulebook I have followed all the steps described on the previous page and I am stucked with the list of vocational skills V listed in the PC summary.
It seems there have been 10 of them as it is clearly mentioned and explained in the process, but 9 of them are Combat Skills, and it is said earlier that the number of primary combat skills available is limited by the PC vocation.
In the case of Aldric, if I guess correctly, his vocation is Guard, so this number is then set at 5 p Please could you tell me where i am wrong? Mea Culpa, well spotted, I got carried away creating a character. You are right he should be restricted. Thanks for your prompt answer! You can choose any background skills ie fathers skills to select as Mastered skills. Are you aware of the facebook group, its rather lively and would welcome this sort of discussion.
Arrives in our warehouse next week. Retail copies on water to US for distribution. Should be in retailers mid to end March. Well I'm in the USA, so it's gonna be a wait then. Was hoping by February at least, as I have it pre-ordered. Thanks for reply. Well if you have pre-ordered you are in luck.
Those are being despatched from our warehouse by courier by end January. How the supplement race will work? Also it seem when you download the character sheet they all in protege mod, how do you get rid of that? Not sure about character sheet will have a look. The dwarves and elves companions are usable with 5th they were originally for 4th so not much work needed to use them. And thanks for looking for the character sheet.
Regarding the Elves and Dwarves Companions, they have high compatibility with 5th Edition. Andrew Marrignton has reviewed both on his blog, addressing the very question of 5th Edition compatibility. Hello again, after having rapidly read throgh the book, i was wondering how mass battle was working, maybe i have skip it but i doesn't seem the book cover it. Ars Bellica is being completed at the moment and is due to be released to Kickstarter Backers in February Possibly earlier.
Ah alright alrigh, so it's in a seperated book? Okay i see, when will it be released to the greater public? Hi Rafael, Ars Bellica will focus in the military side of things. There will be rules on the war chest, raising troops and hiring mercenaries. But this is for further in the future when the Kickstarter commitments are released; we're still very much in the initial planning stages.
I intend for it to have two compatible systems - the light system for people who don't want all the details and the full system for people who do. As well as creating some usable economic models, I intend the book to contain hooks, or at least guidance for using events as inspiration for roleplay. And for the name, The book of Husbandry could be interesting, however, maybe trying as Ars bellica in latin? I'm definitely open to suggestions on a name. Other estate management treaties are Senechausie and the Rules of Robert Grosseteste.
It's pretty obscure, though, and I'm not wedded to it. The reputation for complexity was probably assisted by the first edition making use of photo reduction to fit four pages of text onto each of its physical pages — an extraordinarily dense rule book even today! The rules mechanics are not complicated more on this below but the rulebook is extremely large because the game is so complete.
This single volume is a rules tome and sourcebook in one. Although I backed for a printed copy and look forward to receiving it, based on the sheer size of this game I can see that the PDF is virtually a necessity. Fortunately, all the PDF bells and whistles have been used to best exploit the format — there is a complete electronic table of contents, extensive hyperlinks, and a quick access list of tables amongst other things so that you can quickly navigate the electronic book.
So with that much material, the question asks itself — is this game overly complicated? I will have to update my review once I have played the game for a while. Most importantly though, after reading this PDF, I do want to play this game.
I want to adapt some of my favourite historical novels into a campaign concept for this game. I want to explore Marakush and Anderia, published campaign settings for past editions of the game, and run some of the published adventures for previous editions as well. As mentioned elsewhere, I am also a fan of King Arthur Pendragon!
You can push this to other traditional interpretations of the same mythology too, but the further you move from that style of medieval mythic literature, the less ideally suited is Pendragon. But in Pendragon , players play knights. Which is entirely as Mr. Stafford intended. I use Pendragon as an example deliberately and not just because of my own familiarity with it.
It is a popular medieval fantasy game.
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