Legendary Lives

Legendary Lives is a 1990 role-playing game published by Marquee Press.

Gameplay

Legendary Lives is a game in which player character races include wolfling, serpentine, and draconian.

Publication history

Shannon Appelcline noted that Ron Edwards identified Legendary Lives as one of the "fantasy heartbreakers", or fantasy role-playing games designed without using any advancements in game design since Dungeons & Dragons was originally published.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons|publisher=Mongoose Publishing|year=2011| isbn= 978-1-907702-58-7}}{{rp|408}}

Reception

Thomas Riccardi reviewed Legendary Lives 2nd Edition in White Wolf #48 (Oct., 1994), rating it a 3.5 out of 5 and stated that "Legendary Lives Second Edition should appeal to both novice and experienced gamers, allowing for emphasis on one or both of mechanics and storytelling."{{Cite magazine |last=Riccardi |first=Thomas |date=October 1994|title=Capsule Reviews |magazine= White Wolf Magazine |number=48 |page=66}}

Reviews

  • Shadis #13 (May, 1994){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/DragonMagazine260_201801/DragonMagazine195/page/n69/mode/2up | title=Dragon Magazine }}
  • Dragon #195 (July, 1993){{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/shadismagazine/Shadis/Shadis%20Magazine%20%2313/page/68/mode/2up | title=Shadis Magazine | date=January 1990 }}

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