Wizards (Mayfair Games)


Wizards is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Mayfair Games in 1983.

Contents

Wizards consists of six adventure scenarios intended for mid-level player characters, each one focusing on a powerful wizard from myth or fiction: Gilgamesh, Merlin, Circe, Morgan LeFay, Shadowjack, S. Carolinus, Aahz and Skeeve, and Lythande. The book features introductions written by Abbey, Zelazny, Dickson, Asprin, and Bradley.

Publication history

Wizards was edited by Bill Fawcett, with a cover by Tim White, and was published by Mayfair Games in 1983 as a 112-page book.
After the publication of Dwarves, the fourth Role Aids supplement, Shannon Appelcline noted that Mayfair Games "published additional AD&D Role Aids supplements quickly and in volume. The line featured many adventures as well as an increasing number of source books, including race- and class-related books" such as Dark Folk, Wizards and Elves, and that "Each product proudly proclaimed its use with AD&D, though the disclaimer was soon moved to the back cover".

Reception

Robert Dale reviewed Wizards for White Dwarf #57, giving the book a rating of 6 out of 10 overall. After giving poor ratings to Elves, Dwarves, and Dark Folk, he commented that "Fortunately for my blood pressure, Wizards is a much better book. It suffers from the same appalling presentation, but succeeds almost in spite of itself." He comments how "I have not come across a more effective translation of literature into FRP, and I actually enjoyed reading some of the scenarios which, generally speaking, captured the atmosphere of the novels they drew from. The stories are well thought-out, and the book therefore lacks unity Wizards succeeds on its own terms, to some extent, despite the presentation, but it is of limited value otherwise."