Acabo de terminar el segundo volúmen de esta historia de los juegos de rol (son cuatro):
If there’s one thing that the “old school” revolution has taught us, it’s that history is important to us as gamers. Our roots matter. But how much do we actually know — or remember — of the origins of this hobby of ours?
Enter Designers & Dragons. In this four-volume, decade-by-decade series from Evil Hat, author and game historian Shannon Appelcline will dig deep into the lore of our forty-year-old hobby, uncovering the forgotten facts and hidden stories behind the biggest and most influential names in roleplaying games.
Whether you’re new to RPGs and wonder where they came from, a “grognard” of the most ancient order looking to dust off some treasured nostalgia, or a tried-and-true gamer looking to explore the field of what is and what was, you’ll find something in Designers & Dragons for you!
If you’re already familiar with the single-volume first edition of Designers & Dragons from Mongoose, in this new edition you’ll find updated and expanded material, an improved page and book design oriented on attractive readability, and new information to fill some of the gaps in what came before.
Recomiendo la obra muy mucho, aunque la forma de ordenar la información no creo que sea la mejor (cronológicamente y por editoriales, ubicando cada editorial en los años correspondientes a los de su mayor éxito o actividad).
Por supuesto, Chaosium, Pagan Publishing y otras editoriales que han publicado juegos basados en la obra de Lovecraft son tratadas con más o menos detalle.
Este Shakespeare vs. Cthulhu parece algo con pretensiones más serias (si es que algo serio puede salir de tan extraña mezcla)... aunque creo que eso puede ser malo. Ya veremos.
...qué cosas tienen que ver estos ojos que se ha de comer la tierra...
A ver, no nos pongamos de perfil, que desde Pride and Prejudice and Zombies ya no nos puede sorprender (casi) nada. Ya lo he pedido en tapa blanda (que son 10 euretes).
¿Alguien le ha echado un ojo a esto?
Shakespeare vs. Cthulhu
An anthologie of fine stories inspir’d by the Bard of Stratford and the Lovecraftian Mythos
Imagine if it had been William Shakespeare, England’s greatest playwright, who had discovered the truth about the Great Old Ones and the cosmic entity we know as Cthulhu, rather than the American horror writer H P Lovecraft.
Imagine if Stratford’s favourite son had been the one to learn of the dangers of seeking after forbidden knowledge and of the war waged between the Elder Gods in the Outer Darkness, and had passed on that message, to those with eyes to see it, through his plays and poetry. Welcome to the world of Shakespearean Cthulhu!
To mark the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare, Snowbooks proudly presents fifteen stories of eldritch horror that blend the Bard’s most famous plays with Lovecraft’s most terrifying creations. But before you dip into this curséd tome, be warned – that way madness lies...