The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game

The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game is a role-playing game published by Pelgrane Press in 2001.

Description

The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game is an adaptation of Jack Vance's Dying Earth novel series. The game situates players in Vance's world populated by desperately extravagant people.

Publication history

Pelgrane Press signed a contract with Robin Laws on November 1, 1999, and revealed on January 20, 2000 that Laws would be the core author of their upcoming roleplaying game based on the Jack Vance stories in the Dying Earth setting.[1]:383 Laws was the senior designer for The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game, and a sourcebook for the setting titled White-Walled Kaiin.[2] Phil Masters also contributed articles to The Excellent Prismatic Spray, a magazine supporting The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game by Pelgrane Press.[1]:384

Reception

Shannon Appelcline comments: "The Dying Earth Roleplaying game is an RPG that does a superb job of capturing the feel of Jack Vance's foundational fantasy books. If you've always wanted to engage in amoral behavior under a wavering sun, this is your opportunity."[3]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. ↑ Ryan, Michael G. (January 2002). "Profiles: Robin D. Laws". Dragon (Renton, Washington: Wizards of the Coast) (#291): 18.
  3. ↑ http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/9/9675.phtml