Doomstones: Dwarf Wars

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Doomstones: Dwarf Wars is a 1990 role-playing adventure for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay published by Games Workshop.

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Plot summary

Doomstones: Dwarf Wars is an adventure in which the player characters search the ruins of a Dwarfhold for the Stone of Water. [1]

Publication history

The Feathered Priests was revised for Warhammer and republished as Dwarf Wars. [2] Doomstones was the second significant adventure campaign published by Games Workshop for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay . [1]

Reception

Anthony Ragan reviewed Doomstones 4: Dwarf Wars in White Wolf #28 (Aug./Sept., 1991), rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that "Dwarf Wars is a good addition to the WFRP line and is worth the GM's time and money." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Ragan, Anthony (August–September 1991). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Magazine . No. 28. p. 44-45.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  2. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 167. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
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