''The Black Company Campaign Setting'' is a d20 system
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction involving Magic (supernatural), magical elements, typically set in a fictional universe and sometimes inspired by mythology and folklore. Its roots are in oral traditions, which then became fantasy ...
Role-playing game
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based on the
Black Company
The Black Company or the Black Troops () was a unit of Franconian farmers and knights that fought on the side of the peasants during the Peasants' Revolt in the 1520s, during the Protestant Reformation in Germany.
Name
The original German nam ...
book series by
Glen Cook
Glen Charles Cook (born July 9, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, known for ''The Black Company'' and ''Garrett P.I.'' fantasy series.
Biography
Cook was born in New York City.Green Ronin Publishing
Green Ronin Publishing is an American company based in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 2000 by Chris Pramas and Nicole Lindroos, they have published several role-playing game–related products. They won several awards for their games includin ...
moved in the direction of licensing, including ''The Black Company'' (2004) which was based on ''
The Black Company
''The Black Company'' is a series of dark fantasy books written by American author Glen Cook. The series combines elements of epic fantasy as it follows an elite mercenary unit, the Black Company, through roughly forty years of its approximate ...
'' novel series by
Glen Cook
Glen Charles Cook (born July 9, 1944) is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction, known for ''The Black Company'' and ''Garrett P.I.'' fantasy series.
Biography
Cook was born in New York City. Green Ronin published the ''Black Company'' hardcover as one of several highly expensive books despite the company's financial problems at the time.
Reception
''Black Company'' won the Silver
ENnie Award
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for "Best Campaign Setting or Setting Supplement" in 2005.
Scott Taylor for '' Black Gate'' said "Green Ronin publishing did a D20 RPG on the Black Company in 2004 with an outstanding Wayne Reynolds cover. This particular game ..does a fantastic job of capturing the rather unique universe of Cook's Company. A retooled magic system and some of the best RPG based war rules are included within, but again, the cover draws you to the book."https://www.blackgate.com/2011/06/29/art-of-the-genre-the-black-company/
References
* Green Ronin's ''Mythic Vistas: The Black Company Campaign Setting'' (Green Ronin Publishing, 2004, )