Romanesque world setting?

[Silveras]

I don't think it is out yet, I went on their forums and it looks like it is on a prolonged hiatus.

I think I will get the non D20 one as adapting the rules is usually not hard. It is good fluff I am interested in. Reading the review of the original I did like how they tied the gods to certain skills. It would definitely help players remember the ties the people have to the gods. It may be the hardest thing to convert, but I think I am game and if not, that's what ENWorld is for

You may also want to have a look at the AD&D 2nd Edition Historical series. There were books on both classical Greece and Rome. They were availaible as PDFs from SVGames last I heard.

 

[Nellisir]

Thanks Nellisir! Great news!!

I can't see any announcement about it at Green Ronin, but there is a thread on their messageboards about it with some titbits:

http://www.greenronin.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=5966

Apparantly it will be out in about June.

From the February issue of Game Trade Magazine:
"Mythic Vistas: Eternal Rome
Ready your shields and raise your pilums! Take your d20 games to new heights of adventure with the might and majesty of Eternal Rome! Covering all major periods, from Rome's founding to the final barbarian incursions, Eternal Rome gives you everything you need to explore this fantastic era, complete with new prestige classes, monsters, and an introductory adventure. Scheduled to ship in March 2005. (CAUT: 4)
OSS GRR1410........$23.95"

My ONLY complaint about GRR is that their releases haven't lined up with what was announced in GTM, so June is probably a better bet than March or April. Otherwise, I'm looking forward to this.

Also in this issue of GMT:
The Advanced Gamemaster's Guide is scheduled to ship in March; the Advanced Race Codex in April; Blue Rose RPG: World of Aldea in March; Mythic Vistasamnation Decade in April ("...darkly satirical future inspired by 1970's sci-fi cinema, the heros struggle to overthrow the corporate bosses who dome over AmeriCo's cities and fogged the masses with sex, drugs, and disco."); and Mutants & Masterminds: Lockdown in April.

Cheers
Nell.

 

[scourger]

I think it would be worthwhile to check out The Glory of Rome Campaign Sourcebook for AD&D. You can get a pdf copy of it for $4.95 at rpgnow:

http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=946&

I got the related product, Age of Heroes, for a Greek-themed game that I pondered last year. (Sadly, I never got around to running it and it doesn't look likely at this point). It was really good for setting information, including which classes & spells would be most appropriate for a historical game. It even had a cool introductory adventure. I would think Glory of Rome would have the same utility.

The Green Ronin book will probably be good once it gets to print. I have Skull & Bones from that line, and it is a good read (the setting info was great for my now-defunct pirate D&D game, but I didn't use any of the alternate rules). Eternal Rome looks like it will be a bit lighter on the alternate rules, which is a good thing in my opinion.

What would really sell to me would be a combination campaign setting & adventure module like Necromancer's Mesopotamia. Maybe a mini-campaign pitting the Romans (fighters & clerics) against the Gauls (barbarians & druids). Bards & rogues on both sides; but monks, paladins, rangers, sorcerers & wizards are right out (just don't feel right to me). It really shouldn't take too much refinement of the 3.5 rules for a game with plenty of theme. I find less is more when it comes to new rules. What I really need is the adventures. A neat presentation would be to stat out forces for both sides and then let the players choose whether to play Romans expanding the Empire or Gauls (or Goths or Visigoths or whatever) sacking the city--or both spearated by the passage of time.

Anyway, those are just some ideas in case you (or some publisher) is interested. Good luck with your game.

 

[zalgar07]

http://aquela.com/roleplaying/SPQR/index.html

It's incomplete, but it's free and James Wyatt (one of my favorite designers).

 

[KnowTheToe]

Thanks, you can't beat $4.95.

 

[SWBaxter]

Weyrth, the setting provided in The Riddle of Steel, is basically post-Roman Eurasia with the serial numbers filed off. The Xanarian Empire fills the Roman role, now no longer a world-spanning empire but still important because it's the seat of the religion prevalent throughout the north-western part of the continent. The world is the usual FRPG mish-mash drawing inspiration from late antiquity all the way through to the early Renaissance, but the approach to magic, religion, and nonhumans is all pretty well done, IMHO. I don't believe it's available separately, it takes up about half of the TROS rulebook.

Harn also has a couple of Roman-type nations. One on the island of Harn itself, the Thardic Republic, is basically a small version of Rome from the transition period from Republic to Empire. There's also a larger nation on the mainland which fills the role of former-world-spanning-empire-now-in-decline, but I don't know if it's ever been detailed.

 

[Pramas]

"Imperial Rome", part of Green Ronin's Mythic Vistas line, is coming out in a few months.

Here's the info for Eternal Rome. It is currently scheduled for a June release.

Eternal Rome
A Mythic Vistas Campaign Setting for the d20 System
Written by Graeme Davis
Cover by David Leri
128 pages, perfect bound
MSRP: $23.95
GRR1410
ISBN: 1-932442-42-1

Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori
Mythic Vistas, the line that brought you Testament and the Trojan War, now completes its ancient world trifecta with the definitive guide to the glory of Rome! Covering all major periods from Rome’s founding to the final barbarian incursions, Eternal Rome gives you everything you need to explore this fantastic era. Chock full of historical and mythic details, this sourcebook gives you a detailed atmosphere and environment for historical games, all the while providing the necessary tools to bring Roman culture into existing d20 games. Inside, you’ll find rules for adapting existing classes to the setting, classical prestige classes and monsters, and even an introductory adventure by Testament’s Scott Bennie to launch your new Eternal Rome campaign. Indeed, it is sweet and fitting to die for one’s country. So, ready your shields and raise your pilums! Take your d20 games to new heights of adventure with the might and majesty of Eternal Rome!

 

[Testament]

Its been said before, and I'll say it again.

Paradigm Concepts' Arcanis: The World of Shattered Empires.

I'm sorry, but settings just don't come better than this.

 

[Brennin Magalus]

Should you get over your modesty and feel like starting a thread about it, I'm there.

Fusangite:

I started a thread here.

 

[KnowTheToe]

Thanks everybody for the information. For now I bought three piecesm Morningstar, Roma Imperious, and the AD&D supplement. I would love to get the original FVLMINATA, but can't find it anywhere. And, I will get the Green Ronin one and the FVLMINATA D20 if that ever comes out.

Thanks again for your help