D&D General Official Elric of Melniboné TTRPG coming from Goodman Games

Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné is getting an official tabletop roleplaying game courtesy of Goodman Games. The game will be powered both by the D&D 5E game engine, as well as Goodman's in-house Dungeon Crawl Classics.

A whole line of products is planned, under the banner The Classic Era of Elric, and will be crowdfunded in 2027.

Elric of Melniboné is a classic sword and sorcery character dating back to the 1960s, featuring in a series of stories by Michael Moorcock. The titular character, a summoner, is physically weak and maintains his health using special herbs until he acquires Stormbringer, a magical sword which grnats him physical prowess, but which must feed on the souls of living beings.

 

[Gradine]

Which is weird, because Michael Shaara (not his brother Jeff, who wrote the sequels), was not a fan of the Lost Cause, and wrote the book to crack some of the myths perpetuated by Lost Cause advocates, including Jubal Early (for example, the book lays the blame for Pickett's Charge firmly at the feet of Lee and states that it was avoidable; Longstreet is shown both as the voice of strategic wisdom and also as being anti-slavery, which ties in with him being a supporter of Reconstruction after the war; the other major perspective character is Col. Chamberlain, who was an abolitionist; etc.

He also gave us some European tourists to help explain why Europe never intervened on behalf of the Confederacy, which was really the only chance they ever actually had.

Also, much like Obi-Wan Kenobi, he was really into having the high ground.

(Jeff is his son, not his brother, btw)

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Disagree.... just as an example... there are a whole contingent of Buffy/Angel fans that hated the weird storyline he wrote for Cordelia Chase... left a ton of fans with a bad taste in their mouths.

Well, that was apparently an on-screen manifestation of how he was treating Charisma Carpenter off-camera and why the later revelations about him made a lot of people realize the signs had been there, pretty openly, for a while.

 

[Imaro]

Well, that was apparently an on-screen manifestation of how he was treating Charisma Carpenter off-camera and why the later revelations about him made a lot of people realize the signs had been there, pretty openly, for a while.

Doesn't change the fact it was pure garbage storywise...

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Doesn't change the fact it was pure garbage storywise...

The creator of Dollhouse punishing a female character for no longer being a size 3 because she got pregnant is so on the nose, it's embarassing.

 

[Gradine]

The creator of Dollhouse punishing a female character for no longer being a size 3 because she got pregnant is so on the nose, it's embarassing.

You can only pull out the "I made Buffy" card so many times, Joss

 

[MacDhomnuill]

… Some people are making a bit too much out of Goodman's "Confederate Dinosaur" game, sure…

Heres a sample of what Joe Goodman was writing and publishing in 2001:
“Although technology is a driving force in the year 2202, the powerful accomplishments of heroic individuals are still important. The Confederacy, in particular, is renowned for its daring, dashing young heroes, and many of them routinely perform incredible feats.”

“The Confederate States of America fights for America as an ideal of liberty, not a geographic place. Led by dashing heroes (not politicians or bureaucrats), the Confederate member states shun the crass, “everything is for sale” attitude of the commercial and industrial Union. Instead, they prefer an aristocratic, paternalistic, agrarian lifestyle. Individualism and self-rule, liberty and independence, free will and hands-off governments are the marks of rebel lands.”
All the fluff in the book is like this.

You all want to support goodman you should know what they are about.

 

[Stormonu]

Heres a sample of what Joe Goodman was writing and publishing in 2001:
“Although technology is a driving force in the year 2202, the powerful accomplishments of heroic individuals are still important. The Confederacy, in particular, is renowned for its daring, dashing young heroes, and many of them routinely perform incredible feats.”

“The Confederate States of America fights for America as an ideal of liberty, not a geographic place. Led by dashing heroes (not politicians or bureaucrats), the Confederate member states shun the crass, “everything is for sale” attitude of the commercial and industrial Union. Instead, they prefer an aristocratic, paternalistic, agrarian lifestyle. Individualism and self-rule, liberty and independence, free will and hands-off governments are the marks of rebel lands.”
All the fluff in the book is like this.

You all want to support goodman you should know what they are about.

Bolded part sounds a lot like what the schools down here in Mississippi were pushing as the reason for the Civil War back when I was in school in the 80's. (Yeah, I'm a California transplant living in Mississippi. Culture shock when I moved was brutal - sometimes it still gets me)

Isn't Goodman based in Texas?

 

[Gradine]

Mongoose is my favorite publisher now; in the 00's they were pushing out crappy, poorly made supplements full of line drawings of nude, impossibly busty women.

The difference is Mongoose makes quality products now (including the quite excellent Shield Maidens!) and Goodman gave money to a nazi immediately after telling everyone he definitely wasn't going to do that.

As amusing as this jaunt down the memory hole of "wow people got real weird and kinda dumb about the Confederacy in the Bush years" was it's not exactly relevant.

 

[Metroido]

Isn't Goodman based in Texas?

No, Goodman is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, i.e. the most liberal place on the planet. Chew on that.

Where'd you get Texas from? Did you just make it up? He doesn't even have any kind of Southern accent.

 

[GuyBoy]

No, Goodman is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, CA, i.e. the most liberal place on the planet. Chew on that.

Where'd you get Texas from? Did you just make it up? He doesn't even have any kind of Southern accent.

The most liberal place on the planet?
Granted, San Francisco is pretty liberal socially, but looking outside USA might be worth considering? Brighton, UK,
Hebden Bridge, UK
St Pauli, Germany
Amsterdam