By the Sword!

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By the Sword! is a 1982 board game published by The Legionnaire .

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By the Sword! is a game purported to be derived from a poem composed by a Nordic ruler of the later Dark Ages era named Bendigeid, which describes a battle in the form of a wargame and its complete rules. [1]

Reception

Fred Askew reviewed By the Sword! in The Space Gamer No. 58. [1] Askew commented that "If you would like to include large battles in your FRP world and don't mind learning a fairly complex new game system, look at this title. If you are not interested in large battles, or don't want to learn any involved rules, this is not for you. I recommend that anyone interested in fantasy should at least look this game over. It's not perfect, but a great deal of work has gone into it." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Askew, Fred (December 1982). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (58): 43.