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[COMPLETE] Looking back at the leatherette series: PHBR, DMGR, HR and more!
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<blockquote data-quote="Stormonu" data-source="post: 8284470" data-attributes="member: 52734"><p>Being pre-internet, these HR books made great “jump-off” points for researching elements the game was drawn from. I think they were less designed as for running pure games set in fantasy Europe than they were meant for readers to extract information to insert into their own games, or provide some background on where certain fantasy elements were derived from.</p><p></p><p>I do wish the Charlemange Paladins had gone into more detail and kit options for knights, as it was Charlemange who had a huge influence on the establishment of knights to defend his sprawling empire.</p><p></p><p>Although, thinking back on these, I wonder why they never matched the books to the cultures from Legend & Lore (Babylonian, Celtic, Chinese, Japanese, India, KING ARTHUR), before expanding into the other time periods. The one that seems most out-of-tune with D&D‘s tropes is A Mighty Fortress (and seems mainly to have been chosen for its guns - due to the questionable inclusion of the arquebus in core 2E).</p><p></p><p>‘Also, I find the “discount King Arthur“ comment hilarious- that’s like referring to the Lord of the Rings as a discount World of Warcraft <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Stormonu, post: 8284470, member: 52734"] Being pre-internet, these HR books made great “jump-off” points for researching elements the game was drawn from. I think they were less designed as for running pure games set in fantasy Europe than they were meant for readers to extract information to insert into their own games, or provide some background on where certain fantasy elements were derived from. I do wish the Charlemange Paladins had gone into more detail and kit options for knights, as it was Charlemange who had a huge influence on the establishment of knights to defend his sprawling empire. Although, thinking back on these, I wonder why they never matched the books to the cultures from Legend & Lore (Babylonian, Celtic, Chinese, Japanese, India, KING ARTHUR), before expanding into the other time periods. The one that seems most out-of-tune with D&D‘s tropes is A Mighty Fortress (and seems mainly to have been chosen for its guns - due to the questionable inclusion of the arquebus in core 2E). ‘Also, I find the “discount King Arthur“ comment hilarious- that’s like referring to the Lord of the Rings as a discount World of Warcraft :). [/QUOTE]
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