Comments on: Greater Harad (1990) https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/04/greater-harad-1990/ The Art & History of Tabletop RPGs Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:46:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Stu Horvath https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/04/greater-harad-1990/#comment-44831 Sat, 05 Apr 2025 13:46:55 +0000 https://www.vintagerpg.com/?p=57006#comment-44831 In reply to Knowah.

I’m too far out from the last point I read any Shadow World books, so I can’t be super specific, but when I read the earlier LoreMaster books, I was struck by how MERP-y they felt, in that they were obviously Tolkien-influenced but warped by Terry Amthor’s genre splicing and general weirdness, which is even more pronounced when LoreMaster becomes Shadow World proper. Since then, I’ve viewed most of the MERP world building in non-Tolkien lands to be a kind of half-step or dry-run for Shadow World material. Maybe most clearly in Court of Ardor. Its a vibes thing, mostly.

]]> By: Knowah https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/04/greater-harad-1990/#comment-44749 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 18:01:48 +0000 https://www.vintagerpg.com/?p=57006#comment-44749 Could you elaborate on how this influenced Shadow World?

]]> By: Stu Horvath https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/04/greater-harad-1990/#comment-44748 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:48:07 +0000 https://www.vintagerpg.com/?p=57006#comment-44748 In reply to Scott Frank.

Ardor is coming up later in the year! Love that bootleg Amber RPG!

]]> By: Scott Frank https://www.vintagerpg.com/2025/04/greater-harad-1990/#comment-44743 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 17:23:31 +0000 https://www.vintagerpg.com/?p=57006#comment-44743 “It’s so preposterous that I find it hard to dislike” also pretty much sums up my feelings about the other classic “expanded universe” MERP setting, The Court or Ardor, with it’s weird tarot card thing and completely un-Middle-Earth like content.

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