A little while back I mentioned the Citadel Miniatures box of demonic critters based on the "Dealing With Demons" articles I wrote for White Dwarf, and the tactical battle game I wrote to go in that box. (Purely as a charitable gesture to help out Citadel's struggling finances, you understand; I certainly never saw anything as exotic as a royalty statement.) I assumed that scenario was lost in the mists of time.
But nothing's forgotten, as any Robin of Sherwood fan knows, and so I shouldn't have been surprised when Lee Barklam got in touch to tell me he'd found "The Best Laid Plans" scenario out there on the internet. Steve Casey, the author of the blog where it was posted, described it as "well-written, gripping, and smattered with dark humour." Which seems a far kinder comment that it deserved in my memory, but then I hadn't seen it in thirty years.
Lee has converted the scenario to Dragon Warriors rules (thanks, Lee!) and you can find it among other Legend scenarios on the Cobwebbed Forest site here, or follow the direct download link to get the PDF here.
I've always thought of "Robin of Sherwood" as Dragon Warriors: the LARP. A great mid- 80s marketing opportunity would have been for a Clannad album to accompany each DW book on one of those shiny new 'compact discs' ;)
ReplyDeleteI'm sure that many DW groups that got started in the '80s use Clannad's "Legend" as part of their gaming background music.
DeleteHave you run into this yet?
ReplyDeletehttps://systemmasterypodcast.com/2018/08/28/tekumel-empire-of-the-petal-throne-system-mastery-129/
I did listen to the first few minutes. So many podcasts, so little time.
DeleteIt appears that Theresa May has played her real-life "Can You Brexit?" rather poorly...
ReplyDeleteYep. She really should have played the book.
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