Weapons (Turtle Press)
Weapons is a 1981 fantasy role-playing game supplement published by Turtle Press.
Contents
Weapons is a compendium of virtually every edged or impact melee weapon used in any medieval or primitive culture.[1] Weapons is an indexed sourcebook describing hundreds of different melee weapons, each illustrated. Weapons are covered in six sections: Swords, Knives, Hafted Weapons, Spears, Pole Arms, and Miscellaneous.[2]
Publication history
Weapons was written by Matthew Balent and published in 1981 by Turtle Press, and was later revised and included in The Compendium of Weapons, Armour & Castles.[2]
Matthew Balent was one of a few future Palladium Books writers whom Kevin Siembieda met through the Detroit Gaming Center. At the time, Balent was working on a reference book that could be used in fantasy roleplaying games. Balent was a Library Sciences graduate and had the skill and knowledge required to pick through hundreds of books to create a general overview of medieval armor and armaments. The Palladium Book of Weapons & Armor (1981) was the first of several books Balent compiled for Palladium.[3]:156
Reception
Lewis Pulsipher reviewed Weapons in The Space Gamer No. 43.[1] Pulsipher commented that "In my view, there is no need to add weapons to those already in most FRPGs; but if you must, you'll need to look them up in a good source to get some detail. Ten times as much information about a tenth as many weapons, presented more professionally, would have been much more useful. In short, Weapons is virtually useless."[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pulsipher, Lewis (September 1981). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer. Steve Jackson Games (43): 32.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 385. ISBN 0-87975-653-5. Search this book on
- ↑ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6. Search this book on
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