Sword Bearer

[malchya]

Anyone remember this one? Originally by Heritage then re released by FGU. I ran it a couple of times and heavily re-wrote it for use in a Horseclans setting. I actually really liked the combat and magic systems. I didn't care for the social status rules so much, though, and found the Experience system quite clumsy. But I dusted my copy off a couple of days ago due to a sudden urge to revisit Horseclans....

[The Fiendish Dr. Samsara]

A game with some really nifty pieces of design (flavourful as hell magic; everything is a playable PC) with some pretty clunky design IMO. I keep thinking you could rewrite it for BRP pretty easily, but never quite had the energy to tackle it.

[Mike]

What was clunky about it?

This remains one of the best game designs (IMHO of course).

[coffee]

I picked up a copy of this at a convention a while ago.

It strikes me as post-AD&D overcomplicated, although maybe I should give it another look. (It was such a small box I was hoping it was something I could get and then run right away at that convention -- but it was not to be.)

[giantbat]

I purchased it off ebay this year. Looking for resources on the web, I discovered one of the highest profile Sword Bearer fans is also local. We could get a Sword Bearer Renaissance going around these parts.

[arcadayn]

I have owned this game for quite some time, but never got to play it. I remember the very favorable review in Dragon being very influential in my purchase (very much a trend back in those days ).

Edit: I had to go back and figure out that the review is in issue #71

[The Fiendish Dr. Samsara]

Oct 5, 2010 6:12:49 GMT -6 Mike said:

What was clunky about it?

This remains one of the best game designs (IMHO of course).

You know, I haven't looked at it in years, but i recall that when I did, I kept thinking that it woudl be much simpler to hew more towards BRP. There were a lot of calculations as I recall.