But of all the games I tried out only one really grabbed me this year.
Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea.
Today we played a very Howard inspired "rescue the princess before the Old God is awakened" sort of deal. It was fun and I borrowed a lot from Spellcraft & Swordplay and Call of Cthulhu for this one.
We had an Atlantean warlock, a Keltic Bard, Kimmerian fighter and a "Norse" Cleric. It was a lot of fun.
For my money it is the best of the "Dark Fantasy" games on the market right now.
I hope I get to play it more in 2014.
If you don't yet have this game then you are really, really missing out on some fun.
2 comments:
Indeed a nice game :)
I finally managed to pick up the boxed set and pdf a week or so back. So far I'm really impressed. The classes and mechanics seem to fit that sweet spot somewhere between AD&D 1st ed. and B/X D&D, but the Hyperborean gazetteer in the back of the referee's book is what really makes it stand out; fits in perfectly with my "Age of Atlantis" inspired home-brew setting.
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