- Paperback
- Publisher: Issaries (April 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1929052022
- ISBN-13: 978-1929052028
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,654,596 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
lots of good Glorantha info,
By A Customer
This review is from: Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars (Hero Wars Roleplaying) (Paperback)
...This is the rules-free Glorantha sourcebook for Hero Wars, loaded with lots of usefull background for any Glorantha campaign. It's predictably weighted towards Genertela (9+ chapters), whilst Pamaltela, the East Isles and the Oceans get one chapter each, the major elder races also get a chapter each. Plenty of interesting snippets, we learn a bit more about the Kingdom of War and the new info on Kralorela and Teshnos is very welcome. Unfortunately the book isn't indexed, so it's hard to quickly locate information.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Must for all fans of Glorantha and roleplaying in general,
By martin@gemisis.co.uk (England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars (Hero Wars Roleplaying) (Paperback)
Wow! is all I can say. Remember those glory days of Runequest, well they are back to stay in a new guise, Hero Wars!. This book details the rich, complex and exciting world of Glorantha, that living ever expanding creation of Greg Stafford. Contained within its pages are rich and vibrant descriptions of the lands, oceans, and islands of Glorantha, together with extensive texts on major cultures.This is the first of many new books for the world of Glorantha and is a must buy for players and narrators alike as an essential game aid and a jolly good read stand alone, buy it buy it now! then go out and indluge your imagination and buy more Hero Wars! books
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4.7 out of 5 stars (3 customer reviews) 3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
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At last, the setting!,
By Andrew D. Duryea - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars (Hero Wars Roleplaying) (Paperback)
After nearly a decade of roleplaying various games, Glorantha: The Hero Wars has been both the most exciting and confusing experience I've had yet. If you are new to Glorantha, GET THIS BOOK!Character development in Glorantha is critically (some might say cripplingly) tied to cultural background. The basic books give enough background to start a stunted exploration of the world of Glorantha. A few pieces of info about the locality of Dragon's Pass, the local cultures, and that's it aside from some tantalizing glimpses of other cultures mentioned only in passing. The problem arises when you want to leave Dragon's Pass. Who are the God-Learners? Why should you care about the Age of Darkness? What's with these distinctly non-Tolkienesque elves? If you sail off the edge of Glorantha's cube, where do you go? You did know that world of Glorantha is a 1600 year-old cube floating in a much larger body of water, and is orbited by the celestial spheres, right? Most of the Hero Wars books seem to assume that you've been playing in the Glorantha setting already, and don't go too far out of their way to give any details on background. This book goes a LOOOONNNNNNGGG way towards making Glorantha viable for someone new to the setting. A MUST for GMs, and a good aid for players.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best role-playing book in existence?,
By Bruno Knewstubb - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars (Hero Wars Roleplaying) (Paperback)
This book is my favourite role-playing book ever. It contains absolutely no rules, and it contains a plethora of history and myths for Glorantha. It's not designed to give characters some new edge, as so many bacground books do for RPGs; rather it is designed to kick-start brain cells. This is a most excellent book.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An antidote to the poison that is the D20 system,
By J. M. Dawson "Some call me Corby" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Glorantha: Introduction to the Hero Wars (Hero Wars Roleplaying) (Paperback)
This and the other parts of the Hero Wars/HeroQuest line represent one of the few bright spots in gaming these days. Resist the D20! Discover something new.Realize that the system (any system) causes the world to conform to it, and that the D20 system is nearly impossible to conform to sensibly. Save yourself! Save your game! |
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