''Legends of Anglerre'' is a role-playing game published by

Cubicle 7 Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd is an Irish games company that creates and publishes tabletop games. Best known for its ''Doctor Who'' and ''Lord of the Rings'' games, Cubicle 7 offers titles covering a range of licensed and self-developed properties ...

in 2010.

Description

''Legends of Anglerre'' is a ''

Fate Destiny, sometimes referred to as fate (from Latin ''fatum'' "decree, prediction, destiny, fate"), is a predetermined course of events. It may be conceived as a predetermined future, whether in general or of an individual. Fate Although often ...

'' system game. Legends was a sequel to the 2008 Starblazer Adventures RPG, and like the earlier game drew on material from the Starblazer comic series. Where the first game focussed on the science fiction elements that appeared in the series, Legends drew on the various Fantasy Issues - especially the titular Anglerre series (Starblazer issues 200, 224, 231, 250 and 271) originally written by

Mike Chinn Mike Chinn is a horror, fantasy, science fiction and comics writer from Birmingham, England. Chinn has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award for Best Collection and Best Short Story. He created the Anglerre fantasy series and Robot Kid ...

- to present generic Fantasy rules for Fate, along with two detailed settings: Anglerre, and The Hither Kingdoms. Legends of Anglerre was written by Sarah Newton and Chris Birch, with

, David Donachie, Doug Laedtke, Tom Miskey, Mike Olson, and Marc Reyes.

Publication history

''Legends of Anglerre'' was published by

in 2010. In March 2014, Cubicle 7 announced they would no longer publish or support the game as their licensing agreement had come to an end. No second edition of the core rulebook was printed since its initial 2010 offering and all PDF material was removed from its online store. With the ending of the license agreement ownership of The Hither Kingdoms setting reverted to Mindjammer Press.

Supplements

The ''Legends of Anglerre Companion'' was released in 2012. It was written by Chris Birch, Chris Dalgety, David Donachie, Sarah Newton, Mike Olson and Marc Reyes. It supplied additional rules for Cities, Families and Islands as adventure elements, and included rules for cities in the Anglerre setting and Islands in the Hither Kingdoms setting, as well as two sample adventures (''The Sirens of Simris'' and ''Dreams on Dragon Island'').

Reception

Reviews

*'' Black Gate'' #15 (Spring 2011)

References

{{reflist British role-playing games Cubicle 7 games Fantasy role-playing games Role-playing games based on comics Role-playing games introduced in 2010