Barsaive Campaign Set

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Barsaive Campaign Set is a supplement published by FASA in 1993 for the fantasy role-playing game Earthdawn .

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Publication

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.

Contents

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]

Reception

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]

Reviews

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References

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  2. "Barsaive". RPG.net. Skotos Tech Inc. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. Haring, Scott (May 1994). "Barsaive". Pyramid (8). Steve Jackson Games. Retrieved 2019-11-29.
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