Rules for Ruling Domains: Which is the best set?

[irdeggman]

I don't suppose my old thread comparing all those systems got archived ?

I had done a comparative discussion of each of the systems in those books.


What I have always found to be missing from these books, though, is the non-landed power bases. The religious, mercantile, and arcane guilds/organizations that wield power without necessarily having to rule land as well are not present. Fields of Blood comes closest, but even there, these are not independent political entities as much as they are simply additional resources WITHIN the domain of a ruler.

Did you include the BRCS (Birthright 3.0 update) in the comparison? I would have loved to read a comparison including it.

It does have a strong level of power base for the non-land based rulership (as did the original Birthright game).

 

[diaglo]

and don't forget
"the liege ...who can muster the power of that same land in a spiritual bond that legitimises his rule."

can you say Regency? how about direct Ripoff!

there was a computer game called Blood & Magic released for the Forgetton Realms which used a similar idea.

they called it mana though. yet another ripoff of already used words/phrases.

 

[Cergorach]

they called it mana though. yet another ripoff of already used words/phrases.

Ohh!!! Just like elves, dwarves, dragons, etc.

If it works, why not reuse it?

 

[diaglo]

If it works, why not reuse it?

if it works why try and repackage it?

OD&D(1974) is the only true game. All the other editions are just poor imitations of the real thing.

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Now I know what I was thinking of when I made the comment on possible plagerism (without confirmation or reading the material) when refering to Fields of Blood. It was actually Bloodlines based on the product description.



The direct comparisism to the orginial Birthright setting is pretty much unmistakeable.

Ancient bloodlines that give the power to rule.

War Cards

6 races (Birthright had 5 human races and one that was extinct).

I could make a guess as to why the publishing date was shifted

I gather they just decided it needed more work than they had time for right then. (Mongoose is a bit short staffed sometimes...)

The Auld Grump - even on the boards there were people calling it Bloodright.

 

[Silveras]

Did you include the BRCS (Birthright 3.0 update) in the comparison? I would have loved to read a comparison including it.

It does have a strong level of power base for the non-land based rulership (as did the original Birthright game).

No, actually, I used the 2nd Edition BirthRight rules as my baseline for comparison (and they came out the most complete overall in my discussion, as I recall).