KABAL

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KABAL is a role-playing game published by Kabal Gaming Systems in 1982.

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Description

KABAL is a fantasy system. [1] The game covers character creation, skills, combat, magic, 70 spells, monsters, and treasure. [1] It includes a player's guide (40 pages), a referee guide (48 pages), and magic spells (36 pages). [1] "KABAL" stands for "Knights And Berserkers And Legerdemain." [1]

Publication history

KABAL was designed by Ernest T. Hams, with a cover by Darlene, and published by Kabal Gaming Systems in 1982 as three digest-sized books (48 pages, 36 pages, and 40 pages), and 12 reference sheets. [1]

Darlene Jean Pekul, now known as DARLENE, is an American artist and calligrapher whose artwork appeared in early Dungeons & Dragons works published by TSR. Her best-known piece, the full-colour map of the Flanaess that accompanied the 1980 folio edition of the World of Greyhawk by Gary Gygax, was used as the basis of all subsequent Greyhawk publications and maps until Greyhawk publications were discontinued by Wizards of the Coast in 2008.

Reception

Lawrence Schick called the game a "Lame fantasy system requiring numerous and complex mathematical calculations." [1]

Lawrence Schick is a game designer and writer associated with role-playing games.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 188. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.