Swords & Sorcerers


Swords & Sorcerers is a 1978 role-playing game supplement published by Fantasy Games Unlimited for Chivalry & Sorcery.

Contents

Swords & Sorcerers is a supplement containing historical and religious information with and game mechanics for Vikings, Mongols, and Celts.

Publication history

Shannon Appelcline noted that "From 1977-1979 C&S was supplemented by more than half-a-dozen books. The game innately appealed only to a very sophisticated group of the most serious roleplayers but amongst these players several of the supplements were quite well-received, including Bireme & Galley - which contained naval combat rules - and Swords & Sorcerers - which contained rules for the Norse, Picts, Gaels, Britons and Mongols."

Reception

Ronald Pehr reviewed Swords & Sorcerers in The Space Gamer No. 45. Pehr commented that "Anyone who plays Chivalry & Sorcery, or anyone who just wants to see what fantasy role-playing is all about, wants to buy Swords & Sorcerers."
Paul Cockburn reviewed Swords & Sorcerers for Imagine magazine, and stated that "With this book, useful information is presented in such a way that the GM quickly introduce elements of these societies into the campaign. C&S is rightly praised as a game that encourages role-playing, as opposed to 'adventuring' or random combat, and this manual will provide considerable extra enjoyment to its adherents."