[Green Ronin] Looking Ahead at 2004
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Cergorach said:
Back in the 70's, there was an RPG group that created a world and game called Midkemia, and played it (I think) using the old Chainmail or 1st Ed. D&D rules, heavily modified.
In time, Midkemia Press created their own sourcebooks for the world....there were a few. I think one was called the Tower of Jonril or something like that. The sourcebooks were designed to be used with multiple systems, or be system independent.
During the 80's, Raymond Feist, who used to be one of the players in that campaign, wrote the first novel in the series, "Magician: Apprentice". It was based on the world of Midkemia that they'd played in, but something like 400 years in the past of the game campaign....so the novels detail the history of the campaign world.
Over time, they diverged, as the novels were really popular, whereas I don't think the RPG setting flourished....or if it did, it slowly subsided...and that was still back in like 82 or something.
The first series was Magician: Apprentice, then Magician: Master, Silverthorn, and Darkness at Sethanon. After that were two other books called Prince of the Blood and King's Buccaneer, which were both excellent. Then there was a spin-off series called the Empire Trilogy that took place on another planet in the Midkemia universe. Then there was there were the two Sierra computer games, and a new series called the Serpent War Saga. This was followed by a few novels based on the computer games, and a new series called the Conclave of Shadows started a year or two ago, with a book called Talon of the Silver Hawk. Not sure when the next book comes out.
Regardless, there have been rumours that Midkemia Press was looking to rerelease the RPG in a more organized fashion for years. More recently, I remember hearing someone on a message board claim they'd written Midkemia Press about whether an RPG would be released and whether it would be a D&D world. Apparently they were told that "they" were looking at options but weren't sure if D&D was the right system. Whether there's any veracity in this, I'm not sure.
I think that Feist might not be quite as popular as he used to be....but this is partly due to the fact that he hasn't written a new Midkemia series (except the computer game books) in several years, so people are focused on newer authors.
But overall, it's an excellent series of books. An RPG, whether OGL or D20, set in that world would be awesome. I'm disappointed to hear that it won't be Green Ronin producing it, though I'll be interested to see what this new setting is. I'm not as familiar with the literary fantasy settings of the early 80's, as I really only got into fantasy at the end of that decade.
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JoeGKushner
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I can't say I'm 'the guy' who contacted them but I'm one of the people who did. They argued that the D&D system couldn't handle the various types of magic and I pointed out there there already were several licenses ranging from R.A. Salvatore's Demon Wars, Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time, and Call of Cthulhu, not to mention Soverign Stone and Dragonlords of Melnibone, to showcase not only a wide variety of magic systems, but that published authors had their work showcased not only under the 'official' Wizards of the Coast Brand, but the d20 brand in some instances.
Hopefully that lead them to seriously look at it in a d20 perspective as I have 0 interest in a non d20 Medkemia game.
Like I said, I've loved that setting for years and enjoyed reading it. There have actually been several new books, but overseas in England, not here. Something about a Jimmy the Hand for example. Older stories. Ah, good old stuff.
Hopefully that lead them to seriously look at it in a d20 perspective as I have 0 interest in a non d20 Medkemia game.
Like I said, I've loved that setting for years and enjoyed reading it. There have actually been several new books, but overseas in England, not here. Something about a Jimmy the Hand for example. Older stories. Ah, good old stuff.
Sirius_Black
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JoeGKushner said:
The latest novel to the Conclave of Shadows series, King of Foxes was recently released in the UK. This novel follows Talon as he continues his quest for revenge.
Additionally, there was recently a series concluded that was set during the time of the Riftwar. This series, called Legends of the Riftwar, consisted of three novels and concluded with a novel featuring Jimmy tha Hand. Mr. Feist co-authored each novel in this series with a different author. The story's are not connected, but all are very good.
Finally, Mr. Feist's afterword in the Jimmy the Hand novel will be sweet to read for any fan of the boy thief as Mr. Feist comments on returning to a write a beloved character.
jmucchiello
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Technically, he released a book called Magician in 1982. In the late 90s he rewrote Magician as two volumes -- Magician: Apprentice and Magician: Master.Banshee16 said:
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