[Mercedes-Lackey] ~Blue Rose~ RPG, and Velgarth

[sneadj at mindspring.com]

On 7 Dec 2004 at 18:36, Khuriya Sable wrote:

> Hello, all.
> 
> Just curious ... has anyone out there on-list heard of the ~Blue Rose~ rpg 
> being wored on by Green Ronin?  Iirc, it is due out in January (finally 
> ...!), and is designed for just the manner of things one finds in the 
> Velgarth books, among others.  "Romantic fantasy", as they call it.
> 
> I have been playing D&D and d20 for longer than I care to admit, and I find 
> that it looks interesting, at the least ...
> 
> The main website is here:  http://bluerose.greenronin.com/

My opinion is likely rather biased, since I'm the game's creator 
and romantic fantasy is the term I coined (for lack of any other 
commonly accepted terminology) to designate works like the 
many wonderful books set in Velgarth.

I'm quite pleased with how Blue Rose turned out and I can 
definitely say that Mercedes Lackey was one of my inspirations 
for creating the world of Aldea.  I hope that other fans of 
Mercedes Lackey's works enjoy playing this game as much as 
I enjoyed writing it.   

Here is the list of inspirational reading that I sent to the authors 
who I selected to write the core rulebook: 

Elizabeth A. Lynn's Chronicles of Tornor: 
The Watchtower 
[XX] The Dancers of Arun 
The Northern Girl 

Diane Duane's "Tales of the Five" series: 
[X] The Door into Fire 
The Door into Shadow 
The Door into Sunset 

Mercedes Lackey: 
[XX] Arrows of the Queen 
Arrows Flight 
Arrows Fall 

Winds of Fate: 
Winds of Change 
Winds of Fury 

[X] Owlflight 
OwlSight 
Owlknight 

Kristen Britain: 
[X] The Green Rider 
First Rider's Call 

Tamora Pierce: 
[XX] Wild Magic 
Wolf-Speaker 
Emperor Mage 
Realms of the Gods 

Robin McKinley: 
The Blue Sword 
[XX] The Hero and the Crown 

[X] = Recommended 
[XX] *Highly* recommended  

-John Snead sneadj at mindspring.com  
 (I'm heron61 on livejournal)


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