Books Received, May 16 — May 22

Books Received, May 16 — May 22

Never Played Day Three

Day Three of Unplayed RPGs: Chaosium's Stormbringer! This was a licensed product based on Michael Moorcock's Elric of Melniboné secondary world fantasy series. The game engine used modified Basic Roleplaying mechanics; in particular, magic worked very differently in Stormbringer than in Runequest. Characters could come from a wide variety of backgrounds; power-gamers preferred certain back-grounds over others because there was no pretense of game balance between them.

Meeting Elric and his soul-eating demon sword was not recommended. In fact, although it was best not to think about it, all PCs who did not somehow flee their home plane were ultimately doomed thanks to the well-meaning, mopey albino protagonist of the series.

There have been many editions of Stormbringer, and the related RPG Elric!

My period-appropriate avatar for today's show.

Does it say 1965?