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Swords & Glory, Volume 1: Tékumel Source Book is a 1983 fantasy tabletop role-playing game, and published by Gamescience set in M. A. R. Barker's science fantasy world of Tékumel. It was republished by Different Worlds in 1987.
Adventures on Tekumel Part One is an adventure in which a lifepath provides a method of character creation. [1] Adventures on Tekumel, Part 2, Vol 1 is an adventure in which a series of solo adventures presents the world of Tékumel.
Tékumel is a fantasy world created by American linguist and writer M. A. R. Barker over the course of several decades from around 1940. [1] In this imaginary world , huge, tradition-bound empires with medieval levels of technology vie for control using magic, large standing armies, and ancient technological devices.
cover of Miniatures from MAR Barker's World of Tékumel. EPT Miniatures is one many miniatures series produced for Tekumel wargaming, for use with the three rules sets available; Legions of the Petal Throne (1975), Missúm! [2] (1978), and Qadardalikoi, 1983.
In the early years of the 21st century, the Canadian publisher Guardians of Order gained the license to Tekumel, and announced that they would be producing a new version of the setting called Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne. However, in late 2004, Guardians of the Order ran into severe financial problems that threatened the project.
In 1975, TSR published M.A.R. Barker's fantasy role-playing game Empire of the Petal Throne, set in the land of Tékumel. In his 2014 book Designers & Dragons, Shannon Appelcline noted that after publishing Empire of the Petal Throne, TSR "offered no roleplaying support for Tékumel except in Dragon magazine, though they did put out one more Tékumel strategy game, the miniatures-based Legion ...
Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (born Phillip Barker; November 3, 1929 – March 16, 2012) was an American linguist who was professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies and created one of the first roleplaying games, Empire of the Petal Throne. He wrote several fantasy/science fantasy novels based in his associated world setting of Tékumel.
The regions of Ghinor (#11), the Isles of the Blest (#12), the Ebony Coast (#13), and Ament Tundra (#14) [3] are shown in full detail on the judge's maps and are roughly sketched out on the players' maps. The booklet describes and gives the location of many of the villages, castles, islands, ruins, relics, and monsters.