Hawkmoon (role-playing game)

Hawkmoon is a Science fantasy tabletop role-playing game, designed by Kerie Campbell-Robson and published by Chaosium in 1986. Campbell-Robson's adaptation of Michael Moorcock's The History of the Runestaff novels, was published when she was twenty, and one of the first women lead designers in the industry.[1]

Hawkmoon
Hawkmoon (boxed set)
published by Chaosium in 1986.
Illustration by Frank Brunner.
Designer(s)Kerie Campbell-Robson
Publisher(s)Chaosium
Publication date1986
Genre(s)Science fantasy
System(s)Basic Role-Playing

Description

Hawkmoon is a science-fantasy game based on Michael Moorcock's The History of the Runestaff novels; linked with the Stormbringer game in the "Eternal Champion" series.[2] The rules are a variation of the standard Chaosium skill-based system from Basic Role-Playing.[2] The "Players Book" (52 pages) describes Europe in the "Tragic Millennium," an age in which a loathsome magico-technic empire gradually brings the world under its control; the book also covers character creation, skills, weapons, and combat.[2] The "Science Book" (16 pages) covers the history of the Tragic Millennium, plus technological items and mutations.[2] The "Gamemaster Book" (48 pages) explains how to run the game and also includes monsters and NPCs, treasures, statistics for the main characters from the novels, sample character record sheets, and two introductory miniscenarios.[2]

Publication history
  • Hawkmoon was designed by Kerie Campbell-Robson with a cover by Frank Brunner, and was published in 1986 by Chaosium as a boxed set including a 52-page book, a 48-page book, a 16-page book, a map, a pamphlet, and dice.[2]

The Hawkmoon game became popular in France, where it was translated into French for the first time in 1988, and a third French edition was published in 2009.[3]

Reception

Peter Green reviewed Hawkmoon for White Dwarf #86, and stated that "There are a few problems with it, but fans of Michael Moorcock will be more than pleased to defend the Kamarg, or to battle in Londra to overthrow the Dark Empire for all time, or at least until other 'alternate realities' affect the outcome."[4]

Reviews

References
  1. Hardy, Lynne. "Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #7: Chaosium interviews Kerie Campbell". Chaosium Inc. Chaosium Inc. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  2. Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. pp. 274–275. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
  3. The Hawkmoon role-playing game as described in Le Grog, a French role-playing game specialized website
  4. Green, Peter (February 1987). "Open Box". White Dwarf. Games Workshop (Issue 86): 2–3.
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