Elric!
| Designers | Lynn Willis Richard Watts Mark Morrison Jimmie W. Pursell Jr. Sam Shirley Joshua Shaw |
|---|---|
| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1993 |
| Genres | Fantasy |
Elric! is a roleplaying game published by Chaosium in 1993.
Description[edit]
Elric! (1993) was designed by Lynn Willis, Richard Watts, Mark Morrison, Jimmie W. Pursell Jr., Sam Shirley, and Joshua Shaw; book; cover art by Brunner (same as 2nd edition of Stormbringer). The purpose of the "!" was to distinguish the role-playing game from the Elric board game published by Chaosium in 1978[1] and subsequently by Hobby Japan in 1981[citation needed] and Avalon Hill in 1984.[2]
Translations[edit]
- Japanese edition (1993), soft-cover, published by Hobby Japan, cover art by Yasushi Nirasawa
- French edition (1994), hardback, published by Oriflam, cover art by Hubert de Lartigue
- Spanish edition (October 1997), soft-cover, published by Joc Internacional as Elric, without any exclamation mark, cover art by Frank Brunner (ISBN 84-7831-154-8)[3]
System[edit]
Elric! was a substantial reworking of the Stormbringer game, and version 5 is a new layout of the Elric! rules, with additional material from several older game supplements that are no longer in print.
Publication history[edit]
Shannon Appelcline noted that Chaosium started working on major new role-playing systems at the same time it was entering the fiction field, and for the first time in nearly a decade: "The first was Elric! (1993), a totally new BRP vision of the Young Kingdoms, meant to replace the venerable Stormbringer. Richard Watts and Lynn Willis — the latter fresh from a major overhaul of the Call of Cthulhu rules — were the new game's creators. The new system was cleaner and more balanced. It also downplayed demons and increased the role of common magic — perhaps making it more accessible, particularly in Middle America."[4]: 273
Appelcline explained that Chaosium took a substantial loss on Mythos, and "Chaosium responded by shutting down several of its lines, this time Pendragon, Elric!, Nephilim, and Mythos itself."[4]: 274 Appelcline added that "Chaosium also participated in the d20 explosion, though in a fairly minimum way. While re-releasing the Elric! rules as Stormbringer fifth edition (2001), they also published a d20 version of the game called Dragon Lords of Melniboné (2001)."[4]: 276
Reviews[edit]
- White Wolf #39 (1994)
References[edit]
- ^ "Elric" boardgame as described in "Boardgame geek.com", a board games specialized website. Boardgamegeek.com.
- ^ "Elric" boardgame as described in "Boardgame geek.com", c. the image gallery. Boardgamegeek.com.
- ^ Psnrol.com. Psnrol.com (9 August 2013).
- ^ a b c Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '70s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-075-5.