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Empire of the Petal Throne

Index Empire of the Petal Throne

Empire of the Petal Throne is a fantasy role-playing game designed by M. A. R. Barker, based on his Tékumel fictional universe, which was self-published in 1974, then published by TSR, Inc. in 1975. [1]

24 relations: Campaign setting, Canada, Critical hit, Dave Arneson, Different Worlds Publications, Dragon (magazine), Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy, Gary Gygax, Guardians of Order, M. A. R. Barker, Metagaming Concepts, Role-playing game, Science fantasy, Science fiction, Tabletop role-playing game, Tékumel, Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne, The Space Gamer, Tri-Stat dX, TSR (company), University of Minnesota, War of Wizards, Wizards of the Coast.

Campaign setting

A campaign setting is usually a fictional world which serves as a setting for a role-playing game or wargame campaign.

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Canada

Canada is a country located in the northern part of North America.

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Critical hit

In many role-playing games and video games, a critical hit (or crit) is a successful attack that deals more damage than a normal blow.

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Dave Arneson

David Lance "Dave" Arneson (October 1, 1947Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935–2002. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. – April 7, 2009) was an American game designer best known for co-developing the first published role-playing game (RPG), Dungeons & Dragons, with Gary Gygax, in the early 1970s.

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Different Worlds Publications

Different Worlds Publications is an American game company that produces role-playing games and game supplements.

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Dragon (magazine)

Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products; Dungeon is the other.

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Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons (abbreviated as D&DMead, Malcomson; ''Dungeons & Dragons'' FAQ or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (RPG) originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often without any locations, events, or people referencing the real world.

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Gary Gygax

Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) was an American game designer and author best known for co-creating the pioneering role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson.

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Guardians of Order

Guardians of Order was a Canadian company founded in 1996 by Mark C. MacKinnon in Guelph, Ontario.

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M. A. R. Barker

Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (born Phillip Barker, November 3, 1929 – March 16, 2012), was a professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies who created one of the first roleplaying games, Empire of the Petal Throne, and wrote several fantasy/science fantasy novels based in his associated world setting of Tékumel.

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Metagaming Concepts

Metagaming Concepts, later known simply as Metagaming, was a company that published board games from 1974 to 1983.

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Role-playing game

A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game and abbreviated to RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting.

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Science fantasy

Science fantasy is a mixed genre within the umbrella of speculative fiction which simultaneously draws upon and/or combines tropes and elements from both science fiction and fantasy.

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Science fiction

Science fiction (often shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction, typically dealing with imaginative concepts such as advanced science and technology, spaceflight, time travel, and extraterrestrial life.

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Tabletop role-playing game

A tabletop role-playing game (or pen-and-paper role-playing game) is a form of role-playing game (RPG) in which the participants describe their characters' actions through speech.

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Tékumel

Tékumel is a fantasy world created by M. A. R. Barker over the course of several decades from around 1940.

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Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne

Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne is a role-playing game published in 2005 by Guardians of Order.

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The Space Gamer

The Space Gamer was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and role-playing games.

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Tri-Stat dX

Tri-Stat dX is a generic role-playing game system developed and published by Guardians of Order in 2003.

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TSR (company)

TSR, Inc. was an American game publishing company and the publisher of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D).

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University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.

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War of Wizards

War of Wizards is a board game published by TSR in 1975.

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Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games.

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Empire Of The Petal Throne, Empire Of The Petal Throne (game).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Petal_Throne

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