Barsaive Campaign Set

Barsaive Campaign Set is a supplement published by FASA in 1993 for the fantasy role-playing game Earthdawn.

Publication

Barsaive Campaign Set, the first major supplement for Earthdawn,[1] was designed by Christopher Kubasik, with contributions from Rob Cruz, Tom Dowd, Sam Lewis, Mike Mulvihill, Diane Piron-Gelman and Louis Prosperi.

Contents

This supplement details the fictional land of Barsaive. It comes as a boxed set that contains[2]

  • an Explorer's Guide
  • a Gamemaster's Book
  • a poster map
  • cardstock sheets containing 36 new monster and treasure cards
  • a cardboard sextant

Content about the land of Barsaive includes geography; its people, societies and social norms; laws; secret societies; notable personalities; and politics.[1]

Reception

In the May 1994 edition of Dragon (Issue #205), Rick Swan admitted that he hadn't been enamored of Earthdawn when he first reviewed it three issues previously, calling it "a warmed-over version of the AD&D game." But Swan found that the Barsaive supplement successfully moved "the Earthdawn game away from light fantasy and toward [a] sophisticated setting-based approach." Swan concluded, "With the Runequest game on the ropes, the Earthdawn game may be poised to take its place, especially if [FASA] continues with supplements as strong as this."[1]

In the May 1994 edition of Pyramid (Issue #7), Scott Haring gave the game a thumbs up, saying, "This is an excellent game supplement, reasonably priced. For people who play Earthdawn more than once a year or so, it's an absolute must-have. For everybody else, it's just a must-have."[3]

Reviews
gollark: 3 dragons to go till I reach gold!
gollark: ?
gollark: You mean, *any* eggs or *specific* eggs?
gollark: ~~yes~~
gollark: One of those is from my incredibly messy æon!

References
  1. Swan, Rick (May 1994). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon. TSR, Inc. (205): 101.
  2. "Barsaive". RPG.net. Skotos Tech Inc. Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  3. Haring, Scott (May 1994). "Barsaive". Pyramid. Steve Jackson Games (8). Retrieved 2019-11-29.
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