Within the Tyrant's Demesne

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Within the Tyrant's Demesne is a 1983 role-playing game supplement for Thieves' Guild published by Gamelords. Its principal author was future science fiction writer Walter H. Hunt, along with Richard Meyer and Robert Traynor.

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Within the Tyrant's Demesne is an adventure in a society under the reign of an evil count. [1] It was originally intended for the Land Beyond the Mountains line using The Fantasy Trip system under license from Metagaming, but was retooled for independent release when Metagaming folded in 1983. [2]

Publication history

Within the Tyrant's Demesne was written by Walter Hunt and Richard Meyer, with Kerry Lloyd and Robert Traynor, and was published by Gamelords in 1983 as a 48-page book. [3]

Reception

Chris Hunter reviewed Within the Tyrant's Demesne for Imagine magazine, and stated that " The complexity of who is helping/ fighting whom and why, means that if the module is to be used in anything like the intended detail a large wall chart of what's going on is essential. My only criticism is that the whole thing could have been laid out a little more clearly." [4]

Rick Swan reviewed Within the Tyrant's Demesne in Space Gamer No. 73. [1] Swan commented that "The setting is heavily political and may be too dry for some, but clever touches abound - I especially liked the 'Weepons' shop operated by an enterprising insect (who's all business)." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Swan, Rick (Mar–Apr 1985). "Adventuring in the World of Thieves' Guild". Space Gamer . Steve Jackson Games (73): 21.
  2. ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN   978-1-907702-58-7.
  3. ↑ Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 222. ISBN   0-87975-653-5.
  4. ↑ Hunter, Chris (February 1985). "Notices". Imagine (review). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. (23): 42–43.
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