The Minrothad Guilds
{{short description|Tabletop role-playing game supplement for Dungeons & Dragons}}
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| name = The Minrothad Guilds
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| authors = Deborah Christian and Kim Eastland
| genre = Role-playing game
| publisher = TSR
| release_date = 1988
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The Minrothad Guilds is an accessory for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It was written by Deborah Christian and Kim Eastland, and published by TSR in 1988.
Contents
The Minrothad Guilds is a sourcebook that details trading guilds and their islands. The Minrothad Guilds are fictional seaborne merchants, and the book covers life, society, and politics in their lands.
Publication history
The Minrothad Guilds (GAZ9) was written by Deborah Christian and Kim Eastland, with a cover by Clyde Caldwell and interior illustrations by John Lakey, and was published by TSR in 1988. It comprises a 64-page "Dungeon Master's Booklet", a 32-page "Player's Booklet", a large color map, and an outer folder.{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |pages=141–142}}
Reception
Jim Bambra briefly reviewed The Minrothad Guilds for Dragon magazine #151 (November 1989).{{cite journal| last = Bambra| first = Jim| authorlink = Jim Bambra| title = Role-playing Reviews| journal = Dragon| issue = #151| page = 40| publisher = TSR| location = Lake Geneva, Wisconsin|date=November 1989}} Bambra wrote that the book "bring[s] trading adventures into the forefront of fantasy gaming", and that with rules regarding trading, "fame and fortune can now be gained in ways other than mere adventuring".
Lawrence Schick, in his 1991 book Heroic Worlds, stated that The Minrothad Guilds covers "everything you need to know to be an ocean-going merchant".
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Category:Dungeons & Dragons Gazetteers
Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1988
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