Pipes, Pints, and Polyhedrons

Necron 99 wrote: ↑September 4th, 2021, 10:10 am

Ancalagon wrote: ↑September 3rd, 2021, 11:55 pm Columbia Games produces quality work and they've always had solid customer service! I went in on the Melderyn KS, too.

Hellz to the yeah! Right on.

I love that cover for the Melderyn book, it's really evocative for a low/moderate fantasy setting. Matter of fact, the majority of all the artwork I've seen for the Harn products has been fantastic. I think delving into Harn was one of the things that made me look into the later TSR Birthright setting. Having run so many games in the Forgotten Realms, which is typically more high-fantasy, and then finding something that had the appearance of low to moderate fantasy, just felt more appealing.

It's been over a decade since I've looked at the actual HarnMaster system, I recall we had a good time testing it out back in the Valdosta days. I need to throw the PDF on my iPad and spend some time reading over it again, refresh my memory and maybe suggest it for one of our online game sessions to go back through the play, test it out again.

Ancalagon wrote: ↑February 17th, 2022, 8:53 pm I received an email today that the vessel with the Melderyn hardcovers is now at port. It shouldn't be much longer before Columbia Games receives them and ships them to backers. Looking forward to having that one on the shelf with the Kaldor book.

Ancalagon wrote: ↑April 21st, 2021, 10:26 pm The fine folks at Columbia Games made the Lythia continent map pdf available for free. I don't know how long this will last, so go here: https://secure.columbiagames.com/product/4050A-PDF and snag a copy if you don't already own it! And while you're there, take a look at the accompanying Lythia article and/or any of the other Hârn goodness.

A good place to start exploring, if you're curious, is with a kingdom. The island of Hârn has seven human kingdoms and two kingdoms ruled by other species. In alphabetical order, these are:

Azadmere is the home of the Khuzan, the Hârnic dwarves.
Chybisa is viewed as a struggling independent monarchy or a breakaway county of Kaldor.
Evael is located along the southern coast and is the forest home of the reclusive Sinái, the Hârnic elves.
Kaldor is a feudal kingdom with a weak king. Located at the hub of four trade routes, it is a power in the east. It is perhaps the most detailed of all of the kingdoms.
Kanday is a stolid, chivalric kingdom situated in the western part of the island.
Melderyn is the most ancient kingdom, reputedly founded by wizards. It is located in the southeastern part of the island and claims a monopoly on trade with the Lythian continent.
The northern land of Orbaal was once a collection of peaceful princedoms inhabited by the Jarin people (analogues of the British Celts) until it was conquered by the Ivinians (analogous to the Vikings). Now the Jarin are brutally suppressed, but some plot rebellion.
Rethem is widely viewed as the "evil kingdom" but this is because its rulers value might and merit over birth and privilege (or, possibly, because its largest town was the base for a crusade by the church of the death-god Morgath). It is a kingdom born of war and beset by enemies on all sides.
Tharda rose from the ashes of the former Corani Empire (as did Kanday and Rethem) and is the island's only non-monarchist state; its patron-client social structure is superficially similar to that of Republican Rome. Petty corruption and patronage are rife, however, and the Republic is very ambitious in its territorial claims.

In addition to the island of Hârn itself, products have been released covering the nearby regions of Shôrkýnè (a large feudal kingdom with a weak king) and Ivínia (an analogue of Scandinavia complete with fjords, Vikings, and a religion similar to that of the old Norse).

Necron 99 wrote: ↑March 11th, 2022, 7:17 am Not a bad idea, maybe one day. So many games, so many settings, so many adventures, not enough time for them all. But, maybe one day.