{"id":1932,"date":"2016-11-11T15:57:13","date_gmt":"2016-11-11T13:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/playlab.uta.fi\/?p=1932"},"modified":"2016-11-11T15:57:13","modified_gmt":"2016-11-11T13:57:13","slug":"praedor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tuni.fi\/playlab\/praedor\/","title":{"rendered":"Praedor \u2013 Elegantly Brutal"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Cover<\/a>
Cover of the 2009 revised edition. \u00a9 Burger Games. Used with permission.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Praedor<\/em> is sixteen years old, and the old warhorse still has untold stories left in it. #praedor #rpg #burgergames<\/p>\n

Praedor<\/em> is a tabletop role-playing game designed by Ville Vuorela based on Petri Hiltunen\u2019s comic about adventurers \u2013 praedors \u2013 in a medieval fantasy world. The comic ran in the gaming magazine Magus<\/em> from 1994 to 2001 and has spawned four comic books, two novels, a short story collection, and an anthology. The first supplement, Salaisuuksien kirja<\/em> (\u201cBook of Secrets\u201d) was released this summer.<\/p>\n

The tone of Praedor<\/em> would nowadays be called grimdark fantasy, the style popularized by writers such as George R.R. Martin. The adventurer\u2019s profession is not glamorous, it\u2019s dangerous. The praedors live outside of society, rootless and lawless. If a knight wears shining armour, it\u2019s a sign of overwhelming vanity. Magic is difficult to use and rare. Life is cheap and death is commonplace.<\/p>\n

The land of Jaconia is overpopulated, surrounded on all sides by the ruins of Borvaria, the remnant of a fallen empire of wizards. Borvaria is filled with monsters, areas of wild magic that bend and twist the laws of nature, and enough treasure to make the trip worthwhile. The influence of Arkady and Boris Strugatsky\u2019s Roadside Picnic<\/em> has been acknowledged.<\/p>\n

\"It<\/a>
It ain’t easy being a praedor. \u00a9 Burger Games. Used with permission.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The game system itself is elegant and simple. Characters have no classes, and are mechanically defined by their skills and physical attributes. The game uses only six-sided dice. You roll a pool of dice and try to get a sum under the target number, which is the character\u2019s relevant skill or attribute. The harder the task, the more dice you roll. In practice, the system is fast to learn and use, and intuitive to understand. Combat encounters tend to be brutal. Praedor<\/em> does not abstract damage \u2013 if you get hit, you lose blood. Lose enough blood, and the pain and blood loss will affect you. Wounds also take time to heal, and it is perfectly possible to win the fight and die on the sickbed.<\/p>\n

The 258-page rulebook is divided into three parts. There is the player\u2019s section, which contains the rules of the game, and the game master\u2019s section, which contains information on what the job entails as well as the usual advice and ideas and rules the players do not need to know. Finally, taking up nearly half of the book is the lavish setting description, which includes an overview of the lands of Jaconia in comic format.<\/p>\n

Praedor<\/em> is beginner-friendly and still rewarding to the veteran. Its clever mechanics and strong atmosphere make it an enduring classic.<\/p>\n

Publisher: Burger Games
\nPlatform: tabletop
\nRelease date: 8th December, 2000<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: the reviewer has previously worked for Burger Games, on a different product line.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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