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Old 12-06-2006, 02:24 PM
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Re: [Board/Tactical Game]: BattleLore, reviewed by ShannonA (5/5)

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Originally Posted by cfarrell View Post
I'm also not particularly taken with the generic, highly D&D-derivative world. I gather some of the Days of Wonder folks have great nostalgia for the old days of D&D, and that was part of the inspiration for the game. Personally, though, I just find it bland. I quit playing D&D and moved to Arcana Evolved to escape it.
I am not sure I would say that BL has a highly derivative D&D setting except that they both have traditional fantasy settings derived from the likes of Tolkien, which to be honest are used in many other gaming products.

I actually found the mix of medevial France to be an unexpected angle. I am not sure what to make of it but it kind of reminds me of "Ash: A Secret History" where our historical setting is revealed to have a number of "fantastical elements". I will be interested to see whether the expansion continue the distinction with historical units and fantastical ones being seperate.
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