''The Armies of Tékumel'' is a series of
miniatures wargame
Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming in which military units are represented by miniature physical models on a model battlefield. The use of physical models to represent military units is in contrast to other tabletop wargames that use ...
army supplements, written by
M. A. R. Barker
Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (born Phillip Barker, November 3, 1929 – March 16, 2012) was an American linguist who was professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies and created one of the first roleplaying games, ''Empire of the Petal Throne' ...
for the fantasy world of
Tékumel
''Tékumel'' is a fantasy world created by American linguist and writer M. A. R. Barker over the course of several decades from around 1940. In this imaginary world, huge, tradition-bound empires with medieval levels of technology vie for control u ...
, designed to be used with the ''
Empire of the Petal Throne
''Empire of the Petal Throne'' is a fantasy role-playing game designed by M. A. R. Barker, based on his Tékumel fictional universe. It was self-published in 1974, then published by TSR, Inc. in 1975. It was one of the first tabletop role-play ...
'' miniatures rules ''
Qadardalikoi'', and published between 1978 and 1998.
History
The six volumes are:
* ''The Armies of Tékumel'', Volume I: Tsolyánu, M. A. R. Barker, published 1978, 1981, 1997.
* ''The Armies of Tékumel'', Volume II: Yan Kor and Allies, M. A. R. Barker, 1981, 1997.
* ''The Armies of Tékumel'', Volume III: Mu'ugalavyá, M. A. R. Barker, 1983, 1997.
* ''The Armies of Tékumel'', Volume IV: Salarvya, M. A. R. Barker, 1983, 1997.
* ''The Armies of Tékumel'', Volume V: Livyanu and Tsolei, M. A. R. Barker, 1983, 1997.
* ''The Armies of Tékumel'', Volume VI: Shenyu, M. A. R. Barker & Robert Brynildson, 1998.
Reception
Frederick Paul Kiesche III reviewed ''The Armies of Tékumel'' in ''
Space Gamer
Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consider ...
'' No. 71.
Kiesche commented that "This can be a useful item if you're willing to dig out the information for RPG scenarios. Otherwise, you can probably skip it and your campaign will be just as exciting. Definitely a 'look before buying' item."
See also
* ''
Legions of the Petal Throne
''Legions of the Petal Throne'' is a set of combat rules for large-scale wargaming published by TSR in 1977. The rules' setting is based on TSR's role-playing game ''Empire of the Petal Throne''.
Publication history
In 1975, TSR published M.A ...
'', a 1975 Tékumel miniatures wargame
* ''
Qadardalikoi'', a 1983 Tékumel miniatures wargame
References
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Miniature wargames
Tékumel