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Swords & Sorcerers is a 1978 role-playing game supplement published by Fantasy Games Unlimited for Chivalry & Sorcery.

Contents

Swords & Sorcerers is a supplement containing historical and religious information with and game mechanics for Vikings, Mongols, and Celts.

Publication history

Shannon Appelcline noted that "From 1977-1979 C&S was supplemented by more than half-a-dozen books. The game innately appealed only to a very sophisticated group of the most serious roleplayers but amongst these players several of the supplements were quite well-received, including Bireme & Galley (1978) - which contained naval combat rules - and Swords & Sorcerers (1978) - which contained rules for the Norse, Picts, Gaels, Britons and Mongols."

Reception

Ronald Pehr reviewed Swords & Sorcerers in The Space Gamer No. 45. Pehr commented that "Anyone who plays Chivalry & Sorcery, or anyone who just wants to see what fantasy role-playing is all about, wants to buy Swords & Sorcerers."

Paul Cockburn reviewed Swords & Sorcerers for Imagine magazine, and stated that "With this book, useful information is presented in such a way that the GM quickly introduce elements of these societies into the campaign. C&S is rightly praised as a game that encourages role-playing, as opposed to 'adventuring' (as Daredevils) or random combat (as Merc), and this manual will provide considerable extra enjoyment to its adherents."

References

1. ^ Pehr, Ronald (November 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (45). Steve Jackson Games: 31.
2. Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
3. Cockburn, Paul (December 1983). "Game Reviews". Imagine (review) (9). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 42.

• Chivalry & Sorcery supplements
• Fantasy role-playing game supplements
• Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1978