Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor

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Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor is a 1989 fantasy role-playing game supplement published by Flying Buffalo and Task Force Games.

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Contents

Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor is a campaign setting supplement which is based on the world of Lejentia as outlined in a trio of graphic novels by Steven S. Crompton and H.J. Bennett. [1] It included 150 pages at letter paper size. [2] The adventures, not designed for any particular role-playing system, were meant to be adapted to whatever game system the gamemaster was using. [3] [4] The book includes:

Publication history

In 1989, Task Force Games and Flying Buffalo published Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor as the first in a proposed series of supplements that would describe various areas of the world of Lejentia. The first volume, a 148-page book, was written by H.J. Bennett, with art by Steven S. Crompton, Dirk Deppey , and Patrick Gidaro. [1]

A second book, Lejentia Campaigns Book 2: Fort Bevits, was also published in 1989, but no further books in the series were published. Lejentia Stanza Adventure Pack 1, a book describing how creatures, characters and places from the three Lejentia graphical novels could be adapted for role-playing, was also published in 1989. [5]

The Lejentia game books were based on a 3-issue, independent Elves of Lejentia comic book series that was published in 1987-1989. The comic was also by created and drawn by H.J. Bennett and Steven S. Crompton.

Reception

Stewart Wieck reviewed the product in a 1990 issue of White Wolf . [2] He took issue with the graphics layout and stated that he "wasn't very impressed with the product. It seemed to be a new way of providing statistics for innumerable NPCs", but added that "it actually provides an interesting setting for adventure". [2] He rated it overall at 4 out of 5 possible points. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 170. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Wieck, Stewart (Feb–Mar 1990). "Capsule Reviews: Task Force Games; Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor". White Wolf. No. 19. p. 54.
  3. 1 2 "Lejentia Campaign Book One: Skully's Harbor". Guide du Rôliste Galactique (in French). 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  4. "Lejentia Campaigns: Preview". The Space Gamer (80): 3–35. October–November 1987.
  5. "Lejentia Stanza Adventure Pack S1 (1989)". RPG Geek. Skotos Tech Inc. Retrieved 2020-08-23.