''Cults of Prax'' is a
tabletop role-playing game
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supplement for ''
RuneQuest
''RuneQuest'' (commonly abbreviated as RQ) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game originally designed by Steve Perrin, Ray Turney, Steve Henderson (game designer), Steve Henderson, and Warren James, and set in Greg Stafford's mythical world of ...
''. Originally published by
Chaosium
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in 1979, it was republished in 2016 in PDF format as part of Chaosium's RuneQuest: Classic Edition Kickstarter.
Contents
''Cults of Prax'' describes 15 cults and the gods they worship.
Reception
Steve Jackson reviewed ''Cults of Prax'' in ''
The Space Gamer
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'' No. 27.
Jackson commented that "Gods don't have to be ''effective'' to be ''important''. Belief is the thing, and the interactions of social groups and differing beliefs in ''Cults of Prax'' is good fantasy reading even if you don't game at all."
reviewed ''Cults of Prax'' for ''
Different Worlds
''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987.
Scope
''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', ''Ru ...
'' magazine and stated that "I view the addition of social interaction mechanisms and a delineated cosmology to be integral to a complete fantasy campaign. ''Cult of Prax'' is the only published sourcebook of this type that gives these factors anywhere near their proper weight. I applaud both authors and the editors for their fine product."
O.C. Macdonald reviewed ''Cults of Prax'' for ''
White Dwarf
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'' #23, giving it an overall rating of 10 out of 10, and stated that "For those who are interested in ''RuneQuest'', I cannot rate this book too highly, it makes an excellent, imaginative and highly playable FRP system into a masterpieces that richly deserves a place at the forefront of the hobby."
In a retrospective review of ''Cults of Prax'' in ''
Black Gate'', Michael O'Brien said "Written by gaming legends Steve Perrin, co-author of the RuneQuest RPG rules, and the late Greg Stafford, creator of the fantasy setting Glorantha, ''Cults of Praxs ground-breaking presentation of gods and how they interact with the world through those who worship them still makes it one of the most influential and important works ever released for the RuneQuest RPG, and indeed for tabletop roleplaying games in general."
References
External links
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Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1979
RuneQuest 2nd edition supplements
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