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USW1004 In Wintertop’s Shadow (2002)


Unspoken Word 3

Life and Adventure among the Blood-Thirsty Tarsh Exiles.

The Tarsh Exiles are a hard and ruthless people living in a hard and unforgiving land. Dare you enter the lands even the Lunar Empire has failed to conquer, in Wintertop’s Shadow? Contains full background for play in the exile lands, including 2 scenarios.


Details

  • By lan Cooper
  • Additional Material by Mark Galeotti
  • Original Cult of Maran by Greg Stafford and Roderick Robertson, with assistance by Jeff Kyer.
  • Original Cult of Asella and Torkal by Simon Bray.
  • Mitchuinn Moonhater based on material by Martin Laurie and Wesley Quadros
  • Elements drawn from Tarsh War by Dan Barker, Nick Brooke. and Chris Gidlow.
  • Playtesters and Advice: Benedict Adamson. Mark Adri-Soejoko. Charles Corrigan. James Hawkins. John Hughes. Bruce Ferrie.
  • Editors: Mark Galeotti & Simon Bray
  • Artists: Jimmy Almen, Simon Bray (runestones, front cover, back cover graphics). Sarah Evans, Darran Sims, Markku Silvennoinen, Wesley Quadros (map).
  • USW1004
  • ISBN 1-904241-03-4

Contents

  • Listen to the Drums!
  • Chapter 1 – In Exile
    • The Drum Histories
    • Life By The Axe
  • Chapter 2 – Wintertop
    • The Wintertop Region
    • Map
    • Gazetteer
    • The Exiles
  • Chapter 3 – We are the Exiles
    • Keywords
    • Hunting & Fishing
    • Gods & Heroes of the Exiles
    • The Cult of Maran
    • Asella & Torkal
    • Heroes & Ancestor Cults
    • Words from Exile
    • Maran’s Rites
  • Chapter 4 – Adventures in Exile
    • The Yearly Cycle
    • The Tars Gor
    • The Moonhaters
    • King for a Day
    • The Whole Spring Dancers
    • The Old School
  • Appendix: Exile Clan Generation

Related Pages

  • Lunar Empire Map (2001)
  • Magnus Liber Rerum (2004)
  • PW3: Paper Wars: Dragon Pass at War (2003)
  • The Four Scrolls of Revelation (2002)
  • TUW1004 Wintertop Fair: The Men Who Would be King (2004)
  • USW-M01 Gloranthan Map Set (2003)
  • USW1001 Tarsh in Flames (2001)
  • USW1002 The Thieves Arm (2002)
  • USW1005 Sons Of Kargzant (2004)
  • USW2001 Uz: The Trolls of Glorantha (2005)

2002, HQ1, HW, Ian Cooper, Old Tarsh (homeland), Unspoken Word

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