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<blockquote data-quote="Wombat" data-source="post: 1567813" data-attributes="member: 8447">Hmmm, Scott, that seems a really intriguing notion.&nbsp; I shall definitely have to look into it.I like David Chart's two books (Medieval Players Manual and For Love &amp; War); then again, I am an Ars Magica nut and have loved what he has done as a line editor for that game.&nbsp; If you are going for a Middle-Ages-as-the-nobility-believed-it-to-be feel, these supplements are your best bet.&nbsp; Legends of Excalibur is interesting.&nbsp; I am still going through all of it, but it has a generally Mallorian feel to it.&nbsp; In other words, if you like High and Late Medieval Arthurian literature, this is a fairly safe bet for playing a similar game.&nbsp; I find a few of the choices odd (do you really need a Bard AND a Fool AND a Minstrel AND a Skald class?) and the Spectral Knights (I think &quot;Spectrum&quot; might have been a better term, since the author is referring to colour, not ghosts) are a bit strange (from my readings of Arthurian literature not all Blue Knights serve the Lady of the Lake, for example, and Purple Knights seems to be stretching the colour palatte available at the time), but the general rules on magic and the like will work well towards a game based on the romances; the whole notion of Nobility replacing Alignments is inspired.As for Relics &amp; Rituals: Excalibur ... well...&nbsp; I have no notion what it is really trying to recreated, but it doesn't appear to be any verions of the Arthurian legends I have ever run across, be it Celtic, Medieval, or modern.&nbsp; Instead it appears to be a number of types of fey acting out certain limited aspects of the legends.&nbsp; I find this book very strange.&nbsp; Despite the title, I don't find it Arthurian or even Medieval; instead it has more a feeling of the Count Brass and Chronicles of Corum cycles from Michael Moorcock -- slightly Celtic, definitely fey, muddled bits of various lores smooshed together.&nbsp; It could be good for that, but don't pick it up thinking you are getting something Medieval in the slightest.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wombat, post: 1567813, member: 8447"] Hmmm, Scott, that seems a [I]really [/I] intriguing notion. I shall definitely have to look into it. I like David Chart's two books ([I]Medieval Players Manual [/I] and [I]For Love & War[/I]); then again, I am an [I]Ars Magica [/I] nut and have loved what he has done as a line editor for that game. If you are going for a Middle-Ages-as-the-nobility-believed-it-to-be feel, these supplements are your best bet. [I]Legends of Excalibur [/I] is interesting. I am still going through all of it, but it has a generally Mallorian feel to it. In other words, if you like High and Late Medieval Arthurian literature, this is a fairly safe bet for playing a similar game. I find a few of the choices odd (do you really need a Bard AND a Fool AND a Minstrel AND a Skald class?) and the Spectral Knights (I think "Spectrum" might have been a better term, since the author is referring to colour, not ghosts) are a bit strange (from my readings of Arthurian literature not all Blue Knights serve the Lady of the Lake, for example, and Purple Knights seems to be stretching the colour palatte available at the time), but the general rules on magic and the like will work well towards a game based on the romances; the whole notion of Nobility replacing Alignments is inspired. As for [I]Relics & Rituals: Excalibur [/I] ... well... I have no notion what it is really trying to recreated, but it doesn't appear to be any verions of the Arthurian legends I have ever run across, be it Celtic, Medieval, or modern. Instead it appears to be a number of types of fey acting out certain limited aspects of the legends. I find this book very strange. Despite the title, I don't find it Arthurian or even Medieval; instead it has more a feeling of the [I]Count Brass [/I] and [I]Chronicles of Corum [/I] cycles from Michael Moorcock -- slightly Celtic, definitely fey, muddled bits of various lores smooshed together. It could be good for that, but don't pick it up thinking you are getting something Medieval in the slightest. [/QUOTE]

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