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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9769620" data-attributes="member: 86653">That's in my infinitely-long TBR pile. It does sound fantastic. Can't wait to finally read it. For the pirate angle, there's always Pirate Borg. It's a perfect resource for all things pirate, but it's decidedly Golden Age of Piracy and the Caribbean. Still, useful book to have. There's also GURPS Arabian Nights. They always do great resource books regardless of if you're using their system. There's the City of Brass by Frog God. It's not great, but it's good. Has a fair amount of the same cultural insensitivity of TSR's Al-Qadim products. Semi-related is the recent Mr. Rhexx module, Sands of Doom. It's more Egyptian undead and pharaohs than Arabian Nights, but it might be able to add something of value. It's neither xenophobia-free nor culturally accurate. The Asians Represent podcast did an 18-hour critical analysis of Al-Qadim. It's well worth the listen. TSR did not do well with this product line. [MEDIA=youtube]list=PLbQUmmaVBxqpiwt3rjqQYNBerHPGPJUkt[/MEDIA]They also released a book on DriveThru cleaning up the culturally-insensitive mess that was Al-Qadim. <a href="https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/341520/campaign-guide-zakhara-adventures-in-the-land-of-fate-al-qadim-and-forgotten-realms-sourcebook" target="_blank">https://www.dmsguild.com/en/product/341520/campaign-guide-zakhara-adventures-in-the-land-of-fate-al-qadim-and-forgotten-realms-sourcebook</a> There's also the rest of the Al-Qadim line from TSR. There's a lot of great resources, modules, etc in those old books. There are also dozens of Osprey books on any relevant culture and time period. For example, The Armies of Islam 7th-11th Centuries, The Moors 7th-15th Centuries, and so many more. Lots of books on pirates, too. I'd be surprised if they didn't have something that was exactly what you're looking for. Anything on the folklore of the area, of course, especially pre-Islamic beliefs. To add a bit of something different, but semi-related, you could expand your scope across north Africa to Morocco and north to Moorish Spain, often called Al-Andalus. Any of them are great rabbit holes to fall down.</blockquote>

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