The Gateway Bestiary
The Gateway Bestiary is a 1980 role-playing game supplement written by Sandy Petersen for RuneQuest, published by Chaosium.
Contents
The Gateway Bestiary is a monster book for RuneQuest, with sections that cover giant insects, legendary beings, Celtic monsters, H.P. Lovecraft, dinosaurs and more.[1]
Reception
Steve Jackson reviewed The Gateway Bestiary in The Space Gamer No. 32.[1] Jackson commented that "On the whole, a worthwhile book for RuneQuest players, simply because the complex RQ combat system makes 'monster books' for other games almost useless. If you don't play RQ, you might glance at this one anyway; it covers a few mythological creatures I've never seen 'gamed' before ... and it's much easier to translate from the RQ system than to it."[1]
Andy Slack reviewed The Gateway Bestiary for White Dwarf #22, giving it an overall rating of 6 out of 10, and stated that "While obviously best suited to RuneQuest, the Bestiary could with a little thought have its contents adapted for another game system - D&D would probably be the easiest, though the Fantasy Trip is another good bet."[2]
Reviews
References
- ^ a b c Jackson, Steve (October 1980). "Capsule Reviews". The Space Gamer (32). Steve Jackson Games: 26.
- ^ Slack, Andy (December 1980 – January 1981). "Open Box". White Dwarf (Issue 22). Games Workshop: 15.
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