Stupor Mundi?
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RosenMcStern
Mongoose
I cannot give you a review, unfortunately, as I am the author. You can download the free scenario "The Hounds of Adranos" from our web site or from DriveThru/YourGamesNow/Arima and get your own ideas from it.
There is also a review written by captrooper at http://basicroleplaying.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=53
The next supplement planned for release by Alephtar Games will be "Stupor Mundi: Crusaders of the Amber Coast", again for RuneQuest, and again set in the world of Frederick von Hohenstaufen and Hermann von Salza, but this time featuring the Teutonic Knights versus the Baltic pagans (and more). Is this enough support for you?
There is also a review written by captrooper at http://basicroleplaying.com/reviews/showproduct.php?product=53
The next supplement planned for release by Alephtar Games will be "Stupor Mundi: Crusaders of the Amber Coast", again for RuneQuest, and again set in the world of Frederick von Hohenstaufen and Hermann von Salza, but this time featuring the Teutonic Knights versus the Baltic pagans (and more). Is this enough support for you?
From reviewing the preview download for both Stupor Mundi and Rome, I'm rather impressed/pleased with what I've seen of both works and am planning on purchasing both.
I haven't examined at the adventure you described yet, I'll have to do that soon.
And where support for a game line is concerned, more is always better!
I haven't examined at the adventure you described yet, I'll have to do that soon.
And where support for a game line is concerned, more is always better!
I thought I'd done a review of Stupor Mundi but I can't find one. I'll have to correct that ASAP.
In a nutshell, Stupor Mundi is a sourcebook for a medieval European game, set arounf the time of the Stupor Mundi, Holy Roman Emperor. It is written for RQM but would work for BRP as well. It is very detailed but has a lot of gaming information as well. There is enough background without being very technical. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in medieval Europe.
Rome, which I've just flicked through, is a very different beast indeed. It is written for BRP but has so few stats and rules that it would equally well apply to RQM. However, it is chockablock full of background material, covering Roman culture, history, professions and religions. The rulesy bits are scattered through the book but are few and far between. I liked the way it covered the Roman Legions and enemies of Rome, sketching out typical Legionaries and adversaries. It is very rules-light and GMs might need to do a bit of work in order to actually run an Ancient Rome campaign. Would I recommend it? Probably, yes. It is incredibly detailed but doesn't offer as much GM support as, say, Stupor Mundi. However, I have never seen anything with as much detail as Rome.
If you have to buy one, I'd say buy Stupor Mundi as it is more of a complete games supplement. But, if you can afford it, and Rome is quite expensive, then buy both. You certainly won't be disappointed with either.
In a nutshell, Stupor Mundi is a sourcebook for a medieval European game, set arounf the time of the Stupor Mundi, Holy Roman Emperor. It is written for RQM but would work for BRP as well. It is very detailed but has a lot of gaming information as well. There is enough background without being very technical. I'd recommend it to anyone interested in medieval Europe.
Rome, which I've just flicked through, is a very different beast indeed. It is written for BRP but has so few stats and rules that it would equally well apply to RQM. However, it is chockablock full of background material, covering Roman culture, history, professions and religions. The rulesy bits are scattered through the book but are few and far between. I liked the way it covered the Roman Legions and enemies of Rome, sketching out typical Legionaries and adversaries. It is very rules-light and GMs might need to do a bit of work in order to actually run an Ancient Rome campaign. Would I recommend it? Probably, yes. It is incredibly detailed but doesn't offer as much GM support as, say, Stupor Mundi. However, I have never seen anything with as much detail as Rome.
If you have to buy one, I'd say buy Stupor Mundi as it is more of a complete games supplement. But, if you can afford it, and Rome is quite expensive, then buy both. You certainly won't be disappointed with either.
captrooper
Mongoose
I did a very short review, but don't know where that is now - I know you could get to it from http://basicroleplaying.com/ but that was a while ago. In essence it is RQ in medieval Europe (just as Soltakss says). I'm in an online game with the author and have a printed (by Lulu) version of it. I like it - there are a few differences to standard MRQ, but nothing major.
