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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Gamer Porn & The Unboxing of Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyberborea rpg

 Solid box and super fast shipment along with solid communication from North Wind Adventures!
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 I sent for the Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyberborea rpg  recently and I've been in communication with the author for more then a week via email and this is what I got for my money! 
 This box was packed with a fantastic old school game in the 'Conan' and pulp tradition with more then a few nods towards 70's, 80's, and 90's action, horror, and sci fi movies. There is even a 'Gleave' in the players hand book! 


 This thing was packed right and those rulebooks are dense and dripping with old school forbidden knowledge and hobby lore! The author put more then a few extra's in for me and I'll be reviewing those soon on this blog. I'm moving this game right here because of the mature content and it does live up to it in the sense that its very old school complete with moody black and white art! 

So far as I can see this sucker lives up to the hype on the website! 
According to the introduction on their website : 
ASTONISHING SWORDSMEN & SORCERERS of HYPERBOREA™ is sword-and-sorcery role-playing at its pinnacle. Play an Amazon fighter, Atlantean magician, Esquimaux shaman, Hyperborean warlock, Ixian necromancer, Keltic barbarian, Kimmerian cataphract, Pictish thief, Viking berserker, or one of many other possibilities.

I love box sets and this one's content's are really nice! 
Product Format: 8 x 10 x 2.5-inch boxed set that includes a 252-page, 7 x 8.5-inch, spiral-bound Players’ Manual; 236-page, 7 x 8.5-inch, spiral-bound Referee’s Manual; a 22 x 28-inch poster map of Hyperborea, 6 character sheets, and 6 polyhedral dice.

5 comments:

  1. I am inordinately fond of this game. I wish I played it more.

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    1. It looks like a great game! I can't wait to try it out!

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  2. I'm actually going to be taking a look at the components of this game over the next day or so. Starting with the players hand book. This looks incredibly nice and there's a bit of an Osric vibe to the game which considering the author's pedigree isn't surprising at all.

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  3. Awesome! My package arrived today! It looks Amazing!!

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  4. I'm sorry Bill but work has been keeping me buried for the last day or so. I've had to put off looking into the Players Hand book for ASSH and instead dive into the deep end! I'm really hoping that you enjoy the game as much as I have. I have some incredibly interesting ideas lurking in the back of my head for my players! This was partially inspired by some of the posts you made a couple of months ago! More coming up! Thanks for the really awesome comments gentlemen!
    Cheers!

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