|
The Armies Of Tékumel
''The Armies of Tékumel'' is a series of miniatures wargame army supplements, written by M. A. R. Barker for the fantasy world of Tékumel, designed to be used with the ''Qadardalikoi'' miniatures rules for ''Empire of the Petal Throne'', and published between 1978 and 1983, with the original five volumes reprinted in 1997 with an additional sixth published in 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 o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction that involves supernatural or Magic (supernatural), magical elements, often including Fictional universe, imaginary places and Legendary creature, creatures. The genre's roots lie in oral traditions, which later became fantasy literature, fantasy literature and drama. From the twentieth century onward, it has expanded into various media, including film, television, graphic novels, manga, animation, and video games. The expression ''fantastic literature'' is often used for this genre by Anglophone literary critics. An archaic spelling for the term is ''phantasy''. Fantasy is generally distinguished from the genres of science fiction and horror fiction, horror by an absence of scientific or macabre themes, although these can occur in fantasy. In popular culture, the fantasy genre predominantly features settings that reflect the actual Earth, but with some sense of otherness. Characteristics Many works of fantasy use magic (paranorma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miniatures Wargame
A miniature wargame is a type of wargame in which military units are represented by miniature physical models on a model battlefield. Miniature wargames are played using model soldiers, vehicles, and artillery on a model battlefield, with the primary appeal being recreational rather than functional. Miniature wargames are played on custom-made battlefields, often with modular terrain, and abstract scaling is used to adapt real-world ranges to the limitations of table space. The use of physical models to represent military units is in contrast to other tabletop wargames that use abstract pieces such as counters or blocks, or computer wargames which use virtual models. The primary benefit of using models is immersion, though in certain wargames the size and shape of the models can have practical consequences on how the match plays out. Models' dimensions and positioning are crucial for measuring distances during gameplay. Issues concerning scale and accuracy compromise realism t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 using magic, large standing armies, and ancient technological devices. In time, Barker created the tabletop role-playing game ''Empire of the Petal Throne'', set in the Tékumel universe, initially self publishing it in 1974. Later, Barker wrote a series of five novels set in Tékumel, beginning with '' The Man of Gold'', first published by DAW Books in 1984. Sources The setting provided a context for Barker's constructed languages which were developed in parallel from the mid-to-late 1940s, long before the mass-market publication of his works as the roleplaying game and book forms. The most developed language created by Barker for his setting is Tsolyáni, which resembles Urdu, Pashto and Nahuatl. Tsolyáni has had grammatical guides ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qadardalikoi
''Qadardalikoi'' is a fantasy miniatures wargame published by Tékumel Games in 1983. Gameplay ''Qadardalikoi'' is a game which involves the Armies of the Five Empires, as well the armies of the other non-human races, and presents tactical and strategic information. The rules are much more detailed than the two earlier Tekumel miniature rules sets: ''Legions of the Petal Throne'' and ''Missum!''. History Originally published by Tékumel Games in 1983, and republished it in 1984. It was later republished by Tita's House of Games in 1998. Reception Frederick Paul Kiesche III reviewed ''Qadardalikoi'' in ''Space Gamer'' No. 71. Kiesche commented that "''Qadardalikoi'' is [...] a mixed blessing to ''Empire of the Petal Throne, EPT'' RPGers. Most of the information pertains to miniatures, and will most likely be useless. However, there is much useful stuff for those who are willing to work a little." See also * ''The Armies of Tékumel'', six army supplements for Tékumel miniatur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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-playing games, along with ''Dungeons & Dragons'', and was the first published RPG game setting. Over the subsequent thirty years, several new games were published based on the Tékumel setting; however, to date, none have met with commercial success. While published as fantasy, the game is sometimes classified as science fantasy or, debatably, as science fiction. History Origin M. A. R. Barker, a professor at the University of Minnesota and a scholar focusing on ancient languages, had been crafting his fantasy world that known as Tékumel for decades, writing out its history, culture and languages on thousands of pages. He assisted the wargaming club at the university as an adviser, where a club-mate and role-playing game player Michael ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Space Gamer
''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the late 1970s through the mid-1980s. The magazine is no longer published, but the rights holders maintain a web presence using its final title ''Space Gamer/Fantasy Gamer''. History ''The Space Gamer'' (''TSG'') started out as a digest quarterly publication of the brand new Metagaming Concepts company in March 1975. Howard M. Thompson, the owner of Metagaming and the first editor of the magazine, stated "The magazine had been planned for after our third or fourth game but circumstances demand we do it now" (after their first game, '' Stellar Conquest''). Initial issues were in a plain-paper digest format. By issue 17, it had grown to a full size bimonthly magazine, printed on slick paper. When Steve Jackson departed Metagaming to found h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''. History Founded in 1980, six years after the creation of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', SJ Games created several role-playing and strategy games with science fiction themes. SJ Games' early titles were microgames initially sold in 4×7 inch Ziploc bags, and later in the similarly sized Pocket Box. Games such as ''Ogre'', '' Car Wars'', '' Illuminati'', and ''G.E.V.'' (an ''Ogre'' spin-off) were popular during SJ Games' early years. Game designers such as Loren Wiseman and Jonathan Leistiko have worked for Steve Jackson Games. Today SJ Games publishes a variety of games, such as card games, board games, strategy games, and in different genres, such as fantasy, science fiction, and gothic horror. It also published the book ''Principia Discordia'', the sacred text of the Discordian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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.R. Barker's fantasy role-playing game ''Empire of the Petal Throne'', set in the land of Tékumel. In his 2014 book ''Designers & Dragons'', Shannon Appelcline noted that after publishing ''Empire of the Petal Throne'', TSR "offered no roleplaying support for Tékumel except in ''Dragon'' magazine, though they did put out one more Tékumel strategy game, the miniatures-based ''Legion of the Petal Throne'' (1977)." ''Legions of the Petal Throne'' is a set of rules designed by Dave Sutherland that can be used for army-sized combat using military figurines. Basic combat rules are given, using a typical wargaming scale of 1:100. A more detailed and complex set of rules, including the use of magic, is also included. Reception In the October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miniature Wargames
A miniature wargame is a type of wargame in which military units are represented by Miniature model (gaming), miniature physical models on a model battlefield. Miniature wargames are played using Toy soldier, model soldiers, vehicles, and artillery on a model battlefield, with the primary appeal being recreational rather than functional. Miniature wargames are played on custom-made battlefields, often with modular terrain, and abstract scaling is used to adapt real-world ranges to the limitations of table space. The use of physical models to represent military units is in contrast to other tabletop wargames that use abstract pieces such as counters or blocks, or computer wargames which use virtual models. The primary benefit of using models is immersion, though in certain wargames the size and shape of the models can have practical consequences on how the match plays out. Models' dimensions and positioning are crucial for measuring distances during gameplay. Issues concerning sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
