Pyramid Review
Doomstones: Heart of Chaos (For Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay)
Published by Hogshead Publishing
Written by Robin D. Laws
Illustrated by Ralph Horsley, Ian Cooke & Danny Willis
$18.95
Since taking up the reins of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay, the game's fans have been waiting for Hogshead Publishing to release three books. The first of these is Realms of Sorcery, the expansion of WFRP's magic system, first promised at the time of the game's initial release in 1986 and due out soon. The second is Empire in Chaos, the culmination of the epic The Enemy Within campaign first released as Empire in Flames and currently awaiting revision. The third is the final part of the Doomstones Trilogy. Fans then should rejoice, because Hogshead Publishing have now released that third and final part with Doomstones: Heart of Chaos, and it has been written by Robin Laws no less.
The Doomstones series have had something of a tortuous history. Originally published as scenarios for AD&D, Flame publications reworked them for WFRP as Fire in the Mountains and Blood In Darkness, Death Rock and Dwarf Wars. Under the Hogshead banner these have become Fire and Blood and Wars and Death. A more complete examination and discussion of the series can be found in issue #17 of the unofficial WFRP magazine Warpstone.
[SPOILER ALERT!]
The series takes place in the Yetzin Valley in the region of the Border Princes with the characters learning of four ancient crystals of power created by Dwarven engineers long ago . . .
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Article publication date: August 17, 2001
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