Barsaive Campaign Set is a supplement published by FASA in 1993 for the fantasy role-playing game Earthdawn .
Barsaive Campaign Set is a supplement published by FASA in 1993 for the fantasy role-playing game Earthdawn .
Barsaive Campaign Set, the first major supplement for Earthdawn, [1] was designed by Christopher Kubasik, with contributions from Rob Cruz, Tom Dowd, Sam Lewis, Mike Mulvihill, Diane Piron-Gelman and Louis Prosperi.
This supplement details the fictional land of Barsaive. It comes as a boxed set that includes [2]
Content about the land of Barsaive includes geography; its people, societies and social norms; laws; secret societies; notable personalities; and politics. [1]
In the May 1994 edition of Dragon (Issue #205), Rick Swan admitted that he hadn't been enamored of Earthdawn when he first reviewed it three issues previously, calling it "a warmed-over version of the AD&D game." But Swan found that the Barsaive supplement successfully moved "the Earthdawn game away from light fantasy and toward [a] sophisticated setting-based approach." Swan concluded, "With the Runequest game on the ropes, the Earthdawn game may be poised to take its place, especially if [FASA] continues with supplements as strong as this." [1]
In the May 1994 edition of Pyramid (Issue #7), Scott Haring gave the game a thumbs up, saying, "This is an excellent game supplement, reasonably priced. For people who play Earthdawn more than once a year or so, it's an absolute must-have. For everybody else, it's just a must-have." [3]
Kevin Montanaro reviewed Barsaive Campaign Set in White Wolf #47 (Sept., 1994), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Barsaive is an excellent campaign supplement; the map is well designed, the text is plentiful and the information is invaluable." [4]