Bree and the Barrow-Downs
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| Publishers | Iron Crown Enterprises |
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| Publication | 1984 |
| Genres | Role-playing |
| Parent games | Middle-earth Role Playing |
| ISBN | 9780915795161 |
Bree and the Barrow-Downs is a 1984 fantasy role-playing game adventure published by Iron Crown Enterprises for Middle-earth Role Playing.
Contents
[edit]Bree and the Barrow-Downs is an adventure module that takes place in the village of Bree and the Barrow-downs that can be found nearby.[1]
Publication history
[edit]Shannon Appelcline commented that "There were 15 actual adventure modules published in MERP's original adventure line, from Bree and the Barrow-Downs (1984) to Dark Mage of Rhuduar (1989), but up until 1987 these read more like small-focus setting books, with a few (usually very short) adventures thrown in."[2]: 102
Reception
[edit]Jon Sutherland reviewed Bree and the Barrow-Downs for White Dwarf #58, giving it an overall rating of 6 out of 10, and stated that "The Barrow Downs present only a smash and grab basis for scenarios, even then you would need a small army to get out alive! The colour maps are useful, though."[3]
Andy Blakeman reviewed Bree and the Barrow Downs for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Bree and the Barrow Downs is my favourite; the degree of characterisation in the descriptions of the inhabitants of Bree-land is heartening, and the Barrows themselves provide an interesting bit of adventure."[4]
William A. Barton reviewed Bree and the Barrow-Downs in The Space Gamer No. 73.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Barton, William A. (Mar–Apr 1985). "I.C.E.'s Middle-earth Modules". Space Gamer (73). Steve Jackson Games: 8.
- ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6.
- ^ Sutherland, Jon (October 1984). "Open Box". White Dwarf. No. 58. Games Workshop. pp. 12–13.
{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: year (link) - ^ Blakeman, Andy (January 1985). "Notices". Imagine (review) (22). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 42.