Wizards' Realm
{{Short description|Tabletop role-playing game}}
Wizards' Realm is a role-playing game published by Mystic Swamp in 1981.
{{Infobox RPG|caption=Wizards Realm First Edition
Front Book Cover|date=1981|designer=Cheryl W. Duval
Niels Erickson
William G. Murphy
Clifford Polite|footnotes=|genre=Fantasy|image=|publisher=Mystic Swamp Studio|system=Custom (1d6, 2d10 or 1d20, and 1d100)|title=Wizards Realm A Fantasy Role-Playing System}}
Description
Wizards' Realm is a fantasy system with a simplified, back-to-basics approach.{{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 |page=233}} Character creation employs a class-and-level system; classes include wizards, spellcasters, knights, and anti-paladins. The combat system is quite simple. The book includes maps, a sample town, an errata, and an introductory scenario.
Publication history
Wizards' Realm was designed by Cheryl W. Duval, Neils Erickson, Clifford Polite, and William G. Murphy, and published by Mystic Swamp in 1981 as a 64-page book with a map. The ring binder edition was published in 1983.
Reception
Ronald Pehr reviewed Wizard's Realm in The Space Gamer No. 53.{{cite journal|last=Pehr |first=Ronald |date=July 1982 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=The Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=53|pages=29–30}} Pehr commented that "Wizard's Realm can provide FRPG adventures in a satisfactory manner, but is not so fascinating, original, and detailed that people will abandon other games to come flocking. However, the price is right and someone shopping for a present for a neophyte FRPG devotee-to-be could do a whole lot worse."
C. D. Martin reviewed Wizards' Realm for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "Wizard's Realm suffers from a lack of development. The designers knew how they wanted the game to play, so it always worked for them. They didn't consider the problems outsiders would have with this game."{{cite journal | last = Martin |first = C. D. | title = Reviews | journal = Different Worlds | issue = 26 | pages =39 |date=January 1983}}
Lester W. Smith reviewed Wizard's Realm, Ringbinder Edition in The Space Gamer No. 75.{{cite journal|last=Smith |first=Lester W. |authorlink=Lester W. Smith |date=July–August 1985 |title=Capsule Reviews|journal=Space Gamer|publisher=Steve Jackson Games|issue=75|pages=39}} Smith commented that "I recommend the Wizard's Realm Ringbinder Edition for anyone interested in fantasy roleplaying. It contains everything needed for a campaign, and is worth considerably more than its price".
Reviews
- Nexus (Issue 2 - Jun 1982)