Casus Belli No. 13, February 1983, 48 pages, 12 francs.
News Front also advertising the first issue of Runes, the famous fanzine Toulouse, and on this occasion, I will also give an overview below. There is even a small page on the big brother UK White Dwarf No. 35-38, the American Dragon No. 68-69 and the new magazine TSR UK Imagine (which is not considered as poor). Casus also makes the calls for a role play science fiction on the radio live on France-Inter in February 1983 with listeners who have called to interpret the characters exploring the interstellar ship . The outputs include role play Gangbusters, Behind Enemy Lines, Star Trek (FASA version), The Morrow Project, the very dark The Official Superhero Adventure Game (the pompous title completely misleading), The Fantasy Trip, Heroes of Olympus, and already the writer begins to wonder if the original genres begins to collapse.
is the first page " Inspirations" with "Annabella and Dr. Casus Belli" featuring comics ( of Elfquest Pini Weird World Doug Moench, Hex Wood of the Mists bud, Quest for Bird of Time Le Tendre & Loisel), Robert Howard, widgets SM Norman Gor ...
pages Wargames back again Barbarian Kings SPI (the Diplomacy fantastic Costikyan, already reviewed in CB No. 9) in the continent Castafon Hypastia on the planet (you can see a large map there). The factions include the Kings who can commit human Magicians, Necromancers, Illusionists, Elves, Dwarves, Orcs, Whale, balloonist and Frogs of War. The world has had to borrow directly from the game Team International Zargo's Lords and off-set of Casus SangDragon (1994) reveal that the past is Zargos the same world that it proposes to have all the universe Casus Belli of , of alarian to Laelith (idea absurd, but I find great course).
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner tonight: The Ravor is a raccoon thief.
From Art Equestrian by Bruce Heard gives rules on riders and tournaments for AD & D, with an Order of the Squires, which seems to be a sort of medium between "competence" (as several character classes can be enter) and a character class.
Day by Day of decidedly prolific Bruce Heard Formula One calendar fictional D & D with 12 months (Fire nascent Findefroid, Lestes Seeds, White Sheep Cuivrechamps, Harvest Gold, Rich Sun, Sweet Life, Mortefeuille, Dark Wood Grise Light, Snowdrop), and seven-day week (Selenia, Day of the Gods, Aquaria, Terranias, Aquilonia, Celestia, Solaria). This calendar later became one of the City of Laelith .
alarian Journey into a module is not AD & D but a change with a "countryside setting " A country fantasy intrigue with a few ideas but no feature. The introduction justifies the need to move to a world campaign, not primarily for reasons of "narrative" but for reasons of "fun", to avoid inconsistent GrosBill who invents arbitrarily their past. Alarian a medieval country is relatively simple and low-fantasy, directed by King Khalidan in the capital Talbeth Hav-. The country is threatened to the north by the invasions conventional humanoid barbarians Czar and triceratops fur (which are described in the module AD & D Moon wave " Casus Belli No. 20) and south by the neighboring kingdom of Rhagarron (led by Dolgener II, cousin of King Khalidan). But inside, the country is experiencing both thieves fighting against the excesses of corrupt police Khalidan proselytizing and worship of Noirsceau , evil, evil religion led by Osztarnaüs Raven (like the Skull in Laelith). The population is human, but there is a elven kingdom to the east, with an enclave in the port of Alaëhn . Alarian not as marked as Laelith, partly because Casus did in fact never really developed. As mentioned above, alarian is supposed to be east of the Archipelago Malienda and west of Laelith according Casus Special Edition No. 11 (April 1994).
An advertisement for the Games in Descartes back cover of this issue provides an overview of logos of the company. I pass on the logo at the beginning (sort of hex numbers 1-3). The portrait of the philosopher fails player first rather then be a disaster.
Coincidentally, Asmodeus, the company Croc , which owns the brand, is currently seeking a new logo our knight-musketeer-surveyor cogitate favorite.
* As promised, overflight Runes No. 1, January 1983, 40 pages, 15 francs.
This first issue introduces the " There is no fool job" devoted to character classes of AD & D with summary tables on two pages. This No. 1 Thief, No. 2 Clerc, the No. 3 Fighter, No. 4 Magus, No. 5 Butcher (parody of new classes), No. 6 Assassin, No. 7, the Druid, the Paladin No. 8, No. 9 Ranger (and the last issue No. 10 took one of the first). Runes often fussy in the commentary of obscure details of AD & D, which was not always translated (there are 3 pages just on the interpretation of rules Initiative). The issue even has a quiz on the rules. One of the editors
also a proposal to use AD & D to simulate superheroes (Spider-Man has a Force 20 and the fate Spiderweb ). An extension of the original idea has recently led to the game retro Hideout & Hoodlums , which incorporates a variation of OD & D.
module suffers from having the number of cards less attractive than in Casus . Another article on the Wizards gradually give advice to players who interpret specific knowledge about the functioning of Magic in terms of the fictional world (including magic items) and not only in terms of game rules for keep a sort of mystery to the Magic.
This first issue also introduced Traveller (game curiously ignored by the team Casus ) and there will be some interesting script ideas to the latest numbers. But apart from numerous references to RuneQuest in subsequent issues, remain fairly Runes D & D-centric.
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