The Black Company (role-playing game)

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The Black Company
DesignersRobert J. Schwalb
Owen K.C. Stephens
Scott Gearin
PublishersGreen Ronin Publishing
Publication2004
GenresDark Fantasy
Systemsd20 System

The Black Company Campaign Setting is a d20 system Fantasy Role-playing game based on the Black Company book series by Glen Cook.

History[edit]

With the Mythic Vistas series, Green Ronin Publishing moved in the direction of licensing, including The Black Company (2004) which was based on The Black Company novel series by Glen Cook.[1]: 372  Green Ronin published the Black Company hardcover as one of several highly expensive books despite the company's financial problems at the time.[1]: 373 

Reception[edit]

Black Company won the Silver ENnie Award for "Best Campaign Setting or Setting Supplement" in 2005.[2]

Scott Taylor for Black Gate said "Green Ronin publishing did a D20 RPG on the Black Company in 2004 with an outstanding Wayne Reynolds cover. This particular game [...] does a fantastic job of capturing the rather unique universe of Cook's Company. A retooled magic system and some of the best RPG based war rules are included within, but again, the cover draws you to the book."[3]

Reviews[edit]

  • Backstab #51[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702-58-7.
  2. ^ "2005 Nominees and Winners – Ennies Award". Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ https://www.blackgate.com/2011/06/29/art-of-the-genre-the-black-company/
  4. ^ https://archive.org/details/backstab-051/page/n37/mode/2up
  • Green Ronin's Mythic Vistas: The Black Company Campaign Setting (Green Ronin Publishing, 2004, ISBN 1-932442-38-3)

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