Never Played Day Seven: Elfquest

Day seven of unplayed RPGs: Steve Perrin, Sandy Peterson, and Yurek Chodak's Elfquest. Published by Chaosium, Elfquest was set in the world of Wendy and Richard Pini's Elfquest, an independent comic that had been running since the 1970s.



I was not a particular fan of Elfquest as I did not care for the art [1] -but- this was a Chaosium product which meant I could scavenge elements for other BRP games.

Elfquest is set on another world. I think the elves began as castaways on a primitive world. Ah, a quick check of the Wikipedia entry says it's more complicated; starships were involved but so was time travel.

By the present day of the comic, the elves were very low tech, compensated by their access to potentially powerful magic, and had divided into a number of contending tribes. The situation was complicated by the presence of humans, who were not especially fond of elves. The elves returned the sentiment--I think there was an episode where humans appeal to elves for help and the elves sent them on their way to die elsewhere.

1: A customer of mine worked for Nelvana, I think, and she mentioned attempts to animate the Elfquest characters as drawn put them soundly in the Uncanny Valley, which might explain why nothing came of the project.