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Elder Secrets Of Glorantha
''Elder Secrets of Glorantha'' is a 1989 role-playing game supplement for '' RuneQuest'' published by Avalon Hill. Contents ''Elder Secrets of Glorantha'' is a supplement which details the lore of Glorantha regarding topics such as the City of Wonders and the Plateau of statues, and information on Dragonkind and more. Publication history ''Elder Secrets of Glorantha'' was written by Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen, with a cover by Nick Smith and illustrations by Dave Dobyski, and was published by The Avalon Hill Game Co. in 1990 as a boxed set A box set or (its original name) boxed set is a set of items (for example, a compilation of books, musical recordings, films or television programs) traditionally packaged in a box and offered for sale as a single unit. Music Artists and bands ... containing a 124-page book, a 52-page book, and a large color map. Shannon Appelcline commented that once Avalon Hill and Chaosium realized they made a mistake in dropping Glorantha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avalon Hill
Avalon Hill Games Inc. is a game company that publishes wargames and strategic board games. It has also published miniature wargaming rules, role-playing games and sports simulations. It is a subsidiary of Hasbro, and operates under the company's "Hasbro Gaming" division. Avalon Hill introduced many of the concepts of modern recreational wargaming, including the use of a hexagonal grid (a.k.a. hexgrid) overlaid on a flat folding board, zones of control (ZOC), stacking of multiple units at a location, and board games based upon historical events. History The Avalon Game Company Avalon Hill was started in 1952 outside Baltimore in Catonsville, Maryland by Charles S. Roberts under the name of "The Avalon Game Company" for the publication of his game ''Tactics''. It is considered the first of a new type of war game, consisting of a self-contained printed map, pieces, rules and box designed for the mass-market. Other war games published over the prior half-century, which Rober ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nick Smith (artist)
Nick Smith may refer to: Politicians *Nick Smith (British politician) (born 1960), Labour Member of Parliament for Blaenau Gwent *Nick Smith (American politician) (born 1934), American congressman from Michigan * Nick Smith (New Zealand politician) (born 1964), Member of Parliament for Nelson Others * Nick Smith (milliner) (born 1981), British socialite, designer, author, recording artist, actor and philanthropist *Nick Smith (footballer, born 1984), Australian rules football player for Melbourne * Nick Smith (footballer, born 1988), Australian rules football player for the Sydney Swans * Nick Smith (''Home and Away''), character in the Australian television soap opera ''Home and Away'' *Nick Smith (ice hockey) (born 1979), Canadian NHL player with the Florida Panthers * Nick Smith (canoeist) (born 1969), British slalom canoer *Nick Smith Jr. (born 2004), American basketball player *Nicholas J. J. Smith, Australian philosopher See also * Nicholas Smith (other) *Nicky Smith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basic Role-Playing
''Basic Role-Playing'' (''BRP'') is a tabletop role-playing game which originated in the ''RuneQuest'' fantasy role-playing game. Chaosium released the ''BRP'' standalone booklet in 1980 in the boxed set release of the second edition of ''RuneQuest''. Greg Stafford and Lynn Willis are credited as the authors. Chaosium used the percentile skill-based system as the basis for most of their games, including ''Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game), Call of Cthulhu'', ''Stormbringer (role-playing game), Stormbringer'', and ''Elfquest (role-playing game), Elfquest''. History The core rules were originally written by Steve Perrin as part of his game ''RuneQuest''. It was Greg Stafford's idea to simplify the rules (eliminating such things as Strike Ranks and Hit Locations) and issue them in a 16-page booklet called ''Basic Role-Playing''. Over the years several others, including Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, and Steve Henderson (game designer), Steve Henderson, contributed to the system. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Stafford (game Designer)
Francis Gregory Stafford (February 9, 1948 – October 10, 2018) was an American game designer, publisher, and practitioner of shamanism. Stafford is most famous as the creator of the fantasy world of Glorantha, but he was also a prolific games designer. He was designer of '' Pendragon'', he was co-designer of the '' RuneQuest'', '' Ghostbusters'', ''Prince Valiant'' and ''HeroQuest'' role-playing systems, founder of the role-playing game companies Chaosium and Issaries, designer of the ''White Bear and Red Moon'', ''Nomad Gods'', ''King Arthur's Knights'' and '' Elric'' board games, and co-designer of the ''King of Dragon Pass'' computer game. Gaming industry career 1970s: Chaosium Greg Stafford began wargaming with ''U-Boat'' by Avalon Hill, and in 1966 as a freshman at Beloit College he began to create the fantasy world of Glorantha. After rejection from a publisher, Stafford created ''White Bear and Red Moon'' set in Glorantha, and after three different companies wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
