Briarwood Castle

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Briarwood Castle is a 1989 role-playing game supplement published by Mayfair Games.

Contents

Contents

Briarwood Castle is a supplement in which castle plans and details of the inhabitants are provided. [1]

Publication history

Briarwood Castle was written by Jeff R. Leason and Thomas R. Cook, with a cover by Robert Gould, and illustrations by Jerry O'Malley, and was published by Mayfair Games in 1989 as a boxed set with a 40-page booklet and a 24-page booklet, and two maps. [2]

Reception

Ian Marsh reviewed Briarwood Castle for Games International magazine, and gave it 2 stars out of 5, and stated that "Briarwood Castle will probably be used once in a campaign and then forgotten [...] But for referees who are in need of a castle to fill out a bit of their campaign world it will at least save the time it takes to design their own castle." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Marsh, Ian (December 1989). "Rolegames". Games International (11): 43.
  2. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 283. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.