tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post1546250784948153972..comments2024-03-27T21:18:33.034+00:00Comments on Fabled Lands: Lasciate ogne speranzaDave Morrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-49419913858658899092019-07-12T19:56:51.071+01:002019-07-12T19:56:51.071+01:00I'm not familiar with Savage Worlds so thanks ...I'm not familiar with Savage Worlds so thanks for the link to the review, which I'll read with interest.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-70412955678784967442019-07-12T18:32:44.249+01:002019-07-12T18:32:44.249+01:00Of course, he wrote most of them in English (excep...Of course, he wrote most of them in English (except "Kata Kumbas", which is a reboot of a system once popular in Italy). <br />His most known work is "Beasts & Barbarians" (Savage Worlds) which I consider the best for Sword & Sorcery. <br />You can read my opinions here (indeed, I bought almost everything of it, but some were indeed Italian translations [which were strangely cheaper...] I found elsewhere, and I purchased the latest edition of the setting directly from the Publisher): <br />https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product_reviews.php?products_id=220171&customers_id=886920mundialecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204293820750293401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-18240115081556525522019-07-12T15:07:44.990+01:002019-07-12T15:07:44.990+01:00I'm not sure if any of those RPGs have been tr...I'm not sure if any of those RPGs have been translated into English. Any recommendations?Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-14980539545572602632019-07-12T07:17:22.131+01:002019-07-12T07:17:22.131+01:00(of course, U.Pignatelli writes gamebooks and RpGs...(of course, U.Pignatelli writes gamebooks and RpGs...)mundialecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204293820750293401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-28580140739346730262019-07-11T10:10:01.407+01:002019-07-11T10:10:01.407+01:00I'm not familiar with his work, but I do know ...I'm not familiar with his work, but I do know Umberto Eco and (of course) Italo Calvino, who inspired our last Legend game -- look for it on the blog this Christmas.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-63434484765171953332019-07-10T18:59:45.714+01:002019-07-10T18:59:45.714+01:00Ok, it's from Dante.
Concerning Italian write...Ok, it's from Dante. <br />Concerning Italian writers, I must say I read more often Umberto Pignatelli, whether in English or Italian....mundialecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204293820750293401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-45611167535666295952019-07-10T18:10:25.328+01:002019-07-10T18:10:25.328+01:00It is often quoted as "ogne". If I spell...It is often quoted as "ogne". If I spell out some 14th century English I think we can see the problem:<br /><br />"A yeman hadde he and servantz namo<br />At that tyme, for hym liste ride soo;<br />And he was clad in cote and hood of grene.<br />A sheef of pecok arwes, bright and kene<br />Under his belt he bar ful thriftily,<br />(Wel koude he dresse his takel yemanly:<br />Hise arwes drouped noght with fetheres lowe)<br />And in his hand he baar a myghty bowe.<br />A not heed hadde he, with a broun visage,<br />Of woodecraft wel koude he al the usage.<br />Upon his arm he baar a gay bracer,<br />And by his syde a swerd and a bokeler,<br />And on that oother syde a gay daggere<br />Harneised wel and sharpe as point of spere.<br />A Cristopher on his brest of silver sheene.<br />An horn he bar, the bawdryk was of grene;<br />A forster was he, soothly, as I gesse."Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2141372262111342844.post-83910871609631964772019-07-10T07:41:30.233+01:002019-07-10T07:41:30.233+01:00Not "ogni" ?Not "ogni" ? mundialecterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10204293820750293401noreply@blogger.com