The Book of Sorcery
IllustratorsBob Charrette
WritersDan Bress, Ed Konstant
PublishersLittle Soldier Games
Publication1977
GenresRole-playing

The Book of Sorcery is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Little Soldier Games in 1977.

Contents

The Book of Sorcery is a supplement presenting rules for spell-casting and incantations for use with spells, as well as new artifacts and magic items.[1]

Publication history

Little Soldier Games had been founded in 1975 by Ed Konstant and David Perez. After an abortive attempt at a role-playing game based on J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings and an Arthurian role-playing game called Knights of the Round Table, Konstant and Perez decided to supply third-party supplements for the new role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. After publishing The Book of Monsters and The Book of Demons in 1976, they released The Book of Sorcery in 1977. It was a digest-sized 44-page book, written by Dan Bress and Ed Konstant. The illustrations and cover art were done by Bob Charrette.[2]: 130 

In 1978, Phoenix Games bought Little Soldier Games, and signed over the rights to the Little Soldier back-catalogue to Gamescience after Gamescience paid the printing costs for Phoenix's first two products.[2]: 294  Gamescience later included The Book of Sorcery in the 1990 compilation The Fantasy Gamer's Compendium.[1]

Reception

Lew Pulsipher reviewed The Book of Sorcery for White Dwarf #5, and stated that "Book of Sorcery is much too short for [the price]."[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 159. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  2. 1 2 Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '70s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-075-5.
  3. ↑ Pulsipher, Lew (February–March 1978). "Open Box". White Dwarf. Games Workshop (5): 12.
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