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| Illustrators | Bob Charrette |
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| Writers | Dan Bress, Ed Konstant |
| Publishers | Little Soldier Games |
| Publication | 1977 |
| Genres | Role-playing |
The Book of Sorcery is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Little Soldier Games in 1977.
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| Illustrators | Bob Charrette |
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| Writers | Dan Bress, Ed Konstant |
| Publishers | Little Soldier Games |
| Publication | 1977 |
| Genres | Role-playing |
The Book of Sorcery is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Little Soldier Games in 1977.
The Book of Sorcery is a supplement presenting rules for spell-casting and incantations for use with spells, as well as new artifacts and magic items. [1]
Little Soldier Games was founded in 1975 by Ed Konstant and David Perez. After an abortive attempt at a role-playing game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and an Arthurian role-playing game called Knights of the Round Table , Konstant and Perez decided to supply third-party supplements for the new role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons . After publishing The Book of Monsters and The Book of Demons in 1976, they released The Book of Sorcery in 1977. It was a digest-sized 44-page book, written by Dan Bress and Ed Konstant. The illustrations and cover art were done by Bob Charrette. [2] : 130
In 1978, Phoenix Games bought Little Soldier Games, and signed over the rights to the Little Soldier back-catalogue to Gamescience after Gamescience paid the printing costs for Phoenix's first two products. [2] : 294 Gamescience later included The Book of Sorcery in the 1990 compilation The Fantasy Gamer's Compendium. [1]
Lew Pulsipher reviewed The Book of Sorcery for White Dwarf #5, and stated that "Book of Sorcery is much too short for [the price]." [3]
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