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Sovereign Stone Game System

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I have read the novel "Well of Darkness" that is set in the Sovereign Stone world and it lead me to this game system. When role-playing in a fantasy setting my past experience is with the AD&D system by TSR. But between the interest that the novel sparked and the changes made to AD&D in the 3RD Edition I found myself very interested in this new system. I have only played a few times so far but I am really enjoying the Campaign we have started. The rules are easy to learn and the setting is interesting. With stories for the system being written by Weis and Hickman and art by Elmore this is a great system.

This game introduces an interesting new gaming system, but you should buy it for the background material. The game is based in a rich world dreamed up by legendary artist Larry Elmore. The gaming system is reminicent of the system used for the Dragonlance 5th age game. The difference is dice are used instead of cards (thank god). Was great to just read to learn about the world it takes place in but haven't had enough time to work with the system much.

This book isn't very useful, especially after considering that many Sovereign Stone fans have been using their imaginations to create their own Sovereign Stone campaign. With the release of the Sovereign Stone trilogy it is simply much easier to "free play" this game without the book (especially with a qualified GM).

Good reference material, but that's about it - one search on the internet can actually provide you with all you'll need. That isn't to say the venture to re-release Sovereign Stone books is bad at all - there are source materials for the campaign setting I like very much, this book however, simply isn't worth it for the most part.