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The Horn Of Roland
''The Horn of Roland'' is an adventure published by Avalon Hill in 1984 for the multi-genre role-playing game '' Lords of Creation''. Description ''The Horn of Roland'' is designed as an introductory adventure for new players. The player characters start at a modern day science fiction convention where they are investigating a murder. Their investigation uncovers evidence of supernatural events in the world, and increasingly bizarre events happen as the characters follow the murder suspect through the Bermuda Triangle. Components The boxed set holds: * 48-page book with the adventure * five sheets of paper containing player aids, including local maps and a sketch of the murder scene Publication history The multi-genre role-playing game ''Lords of Creation'' published by Avalon Hill in 1984 was designed by Tom Moldvay to allow the gamemaster to create adventures in almost any genre, from fantasy to science fiction to modern espionage. Moldvay also planned to write five advent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cover Of The Horn Of Roland
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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] |
Lords Of Creation (role-playing Game)
''Lords of Creation'' is a multi-genre tabletop role-playing game published by Avalon Hill in 1983. The game and its accompanying adventures were written by Tom Moldvay, who also worked on the games ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ''Star Frontiers''. Description ''Lords of Creation'' is not set in a single genre but is designed to allow players to play their characters through scenarios in settings varying from fantasy to science fiction to modern espionage. Characters gain powers and skills as they progress, including magical abilities and high tech cybernetics. Their progression leads to demigod status – eventually powerful characters become "Lords of Creation", with the ability to create their own pocket universe. Players with a "Lord of Creation" character can then take on the role of gamemaster, refereeing the game in their character's pocket universe. Components The boxed set contains * a 64-page rulebook * a 64-page ''Book of Foes'' containing a bestiary, as well as histor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Player Characters
A player character (also known as a playable character or PC) is a fictional character in a video game or tabletop role-playing game whose actions are controlled by a player rather than the rules of the game. The characters that are not controlled by a player are called non-player characters (NPCs). The actions of non-player characters are typically handled by the game itself in video games, or according to rules followed by a gamemaster refereeing tabletop role-playing games. The player character functions as a fictional, alternate body for the player controlling the character. Video games typically have one player character for each person playing the game. Some games, such as multiplayer online battle arena, hero shooter, and fighting games, offer a group of player characters for the player to choose from, allowing the player to control one of them at a time. Where more than one player character is available, the characters may have distinctive abilities and differing styles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bermuda Triangle
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is an urban legend focused on a loosely defined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean where a number of aircraft and ships are said to have disappeared under mysterious circumstances. The idea of the area as uniquely prone to disappearances arose in the mid-20th century, but most reputable sources dismiss the idea that there is any mystery. Origins The earliest suggestion of unusual disappearances in the Bermuda area appeared in a September 17, 1950, article published in ''The Miami Herald'' (Associated Press) by Edward Van Winkle Jones. Two years later, ''Fate'' magazine published "Sea Mystery at Our Back Door", a short article by George Sand covering the loss of several planes and ships, including the loss of Flight 19, a group of five US Navy Grumman TBM Avenger torpedo bombers on a training mission. Sand's article was the first to lay out the now-familiar triangular area where the losses took plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 with an extremely long and successful career often have anthology or "essential" collections of their boxes of music released as box sets. These often include rare and never-before-released tracks. Some box sets collect previously released boxes of singles or albums by a music artist, and often collect the complete discography of an artist such as Pink Floyd's ''Oh, by the Way'' and ''Discovery'' sets. Sometimes bands release expanded versions of their most successful albums such as Pink Floyd's ''Immersion'' box set versions of their ''The Dark Side of the Moon'' (1973), ''Wish You Were Here'' (1975) and ''The Wall'' (1979) albums. Pink Floyd have also released ''The Early Years 1965–1972'' box set which features mostly unreleased mater ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Moldvay
Thomas Steven Moldvay (Nov. 5, 1948 – March 9, 2007) was an American game designer and author, best known for his work on early materials for the fantasy role-playing game '' Dungeons & Dragons'' (D&D). Career During the 1970s while a student at Kent State University in Ohio, Moldvay was a writer for the science fiction fanzine ''Infinite Dreams''. Moldvay was a ''Dungeons & Dragons'' player brought into TSR by the head of design and development, Lawrence Schick, during a time of substantial growth at TSR. After the publication of the core handbooks for ''Advanced Dungeons & Dragons'', Moldvay wrote a second edition of the '' Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set'' (1980). As an employee of TSR, Moldvay authored or co-authored landmark D&D adventure modules such as '' Castle Amber'', '' Isle of Dread'', the rewrite of '' Palace of the Silver Princess'', and '' Secret of the Slavers Stockade'', all published in 1981. Of these, X1 – ''Isle of Dread'' was one of the most widely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gamemaster
A gamemaster (GM; also known as game master, game manager, game moderator, referee, or storyteller) is a person who acts as an organizer, officiant for regarding rules, arbitrator, and moderator for a multiplayer role-playing game. They are more common in co-operative games in which players work together than in competitive games in which players oppose each other. The act performed by a gamemaster is sometimes referred to as "Gamemastering" or simply "GM-ing". The role of a gamemaster in a traditional table-top role-playing game (pencil-and-paper role-playing game) is to weave the other participants' player-character stories together, control the non-player aspects of the game, create environments in which the players can interact, and solve any player disputes. The basic role of the gamemaster is the same in almost all traditional role-playing games, although differing rule sets make the specific duties of the gamemaster unique to that system. The role of a gamemaster in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Yeti Sanction
''The Yeti Sanction'' is a 1984 role-playing game adventure for '' Lords of Creation'' published by The Avalon Hill Game Company 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' .... Contents ''The Yeti Sanction'' is an adventure in which an espionage unit is sent to rescue government officials that have been kidnapped by the YETI terrorist organization. Publication history ''The Yeti Sanction'' is the second official adventure for ''Lords of Creation'', and is part of a series of adventures. Synopsis The players are made an impromptu task force by the CIA, to investigate the disappearance of the American Secretary of State. The trail eventually leads them to a sanctuary in Nepal. Reception Mike Dean reviewed ''The Yeti Sanction'' for '' Imagine'' magazine, and stated that "the ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Omegakron
''Omegakron'' is the final adventure published by Avalon Hill in 1984 for the multi-genre role-playing game ''Lords of Creation (role-playing game), Lords of Creation''. Description ''Omegakron'' is an adventure in which the Time Adjusters go to Omegakron (the pre-war site of Akron, Ohio) to determine the cause of a time flow shift that resulted in a nuclear war. Components The boxed set holds: * 48-page book with the adventure * five sheets of paper containing player aids * a pad of blank character sheets Publication history The multi-genre role-playing game ''Lords of Creation'' published by Avalon Hill in 1984 was designed by Tom Moldvay to allow the gamemaster to create adventures in almost any genre, from fantasy to science fiction to modern espionage. Moldvay also planned to write five adventures to support the game, but only three were published: ''The Horn of Roland'' (modern day horror), ''The Yeti Sanction'' (modern-day espionage), and finally 1984's ''Omegakron'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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