Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor
Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor is a 1989 fantasy role-playing game supplement published by Flying Buffalo and Task Force Games.
Contents
[edit]Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor is a campaign setting supplement which is based on the world of Lejentia as outlined in a trio of graphic novels by Steven S. Crompton and H.J. Bennett.[1] It included 150 pages at letter paper size.[2] The adventures, not designed for any particular role-playing system, were meant to be adapted to whatever game system the gamemaster was using.[3][4] The book includes:
- a general description of the world of Lejentia and a world map
- a description of the three main races, and the turbulent history leading up to present circumstances
- a description of the city of Skully's Harbor, with 16 specific places described, and a short scenario attached to each place[3]
Publication history
[edit]In 1989, Task Force Games and Flying Buffalo published Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor as the first in a proposed series of supplements that would describe various areas of the world of Lejentia. The first volume, a 148-page book, was written by H.J. Bennett, with art by Steven S. Crompton, Dirk Deppey , and Patrick Gidaro.[1]
A second book, Lejentia Campaigns Book 2: Fort Bevits, was also published in 1989, but no further books in the series were published. Lejentia Stanza Adventure Pack 1, a book describing how creatures, characters and places from the three Lejentia graphical novels could be adapted for role-playing, was also published in 1989.[5]
The Lejentia game books were based on a 3-issue, independent Elves of Lejentia comic book series that was published in 1987-1989. The comic was also by created and drawn by H.J. Bennett and Steven S. Crompton.
Reception
[edit]Stewart Wieck reviewed the product in a 1990 issue of White Wolf.[2] He took issue with the graphics layout and stated that he "wasn't very impressed with the product. It seemed to be a new way of providing statistics for innumerable NPCs", but added that "it actually provides an interesting setting for adventure".[2] He rated it overall at 4 out of 5 possible points.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 170. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ a b c d Wieck, Stewart (Feb–Mar 1990). "Capsule Reviews: Task Force Games; Lejentia Campaigns Book 1: Skully's Harbor". White Wolf. No. 19. p. 54.
- ^ a b "Lejentia Campaign Book One: Skully's Harbor". Guide du Rôliste Galactique (in French). 2011-07-01. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
- ^ "Lejentia Campaigns: Preview". The Space Gamer (80): 3–35. October–November 1987.
- ^ "Lejentia Stanza Adventure Pack S1 (1989)". RPG Geek. Skotos Tech Inc. Retrieved 2020-08-23.