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Book of the Manor $14.99
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Book of the Manor
Publisher: Chaosium
by Kyle T. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/03/2021 14:25:11

A very useful collection of options for helping players distinguish their Manor. It's superseded by Book of the Estate but still perfectly usable in its own right if you don't want to get the other book.

Some options for manorial improvement have been no-brainers; in my group makes a point to get an apiary because its benefits are obvious and apart from the costs and risks of construction has no real downside.

The expanded harvest system works well and gives a considerable number of events to alter a character's adventuring year, and it's given lots of unexpected turns to my players as their choices and the world around them have given them good and bad results accordingly.

If you don't already have Book of the Estate or don't want to get it for one reason or another then this is a good purchase.



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Book of the Manor
Publisher: Chaosium
by Shannon M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/26/2015 15:26:41

Some would say this is the mini-game for the King Arthur Pendragon RPG. This is all about running your manor which is something of a side issue to what your character does gloriously in an Arthurian setting. That said, it’s a lot of fun for the right type of gamer.

You can make improvements for profit and/or to get checks to certain traits (an apiary will make you busy and therefore let you check the energetic trait every Winter Phase), you can get a traveling troupe which gives you a check to your intrigue as you now have a spy network, you can put up your manor defenses, you can hire specialists, you can get mercenaries and quite a bit more.

There is also a section on how you treat your peasants. If you treat them poorly there is a passion they pick up which is hatred towards their lord. Love it.

If you’re building an improvement with the intent to make a profit then an apiary seems to be the popular first choice.

OVERALL GRADE: A minus.



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