Demons of the Burning Night

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Demons of the Burning Night is a 1989 role-playing game supplement for Rolemaster published by Iron Crown Enterprises.

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Demons of the Burning Night is a supplement in which the setting is the demon city Tarak Nev. [1]

Publication history

Demons of the Burning Night was written by Matthew Power, with a cover by Tony Roberts, and illustrations by Jennell Jaquays [lower-alpha 1] , and was published by Iron Crown Enterprises in 1989 as a 72-page book. [2]

Reception

Oliver Johnson reviewed four supplements for RoleMaster set in Shadow World at the same time, in the August 1989 issue (#8) of Games International magazine: Journey to the Magic Isle , Demons of the Burning Night, Quellbourne: Land of the Silver Mist , and Tales of the Loremasters . Collectively, he concluded "too much of it is of the ‘seen it and done it all before’ variety" and that "Creatures and settings here are the worst side of amorphic[] all mush[ sic ] together into an unpalatable stew". To Demons specifically he awarded 2 1/2 stars out of 5, stating that "All in all rather disappointing. Too much of the adventuring involves ability rolls rather than genuine role-playing and clues that the gamers can figure out for themselves. Friendly non player characters are clichéd and creatures are a dull rag bag." [1]

Notes

  1. ↑ Credited as Paul Jaquays.

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References

  1. 1 2 Johnson, Oliver (August 1989). "Roll Call". Games International (8): 43.
  2. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 203-204. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
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