"Anyone remember BY THE SWORD fantasy rules?" Topic
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| WaltOHara | 27 Sep 2006 6:02 a.m. PST |
My friend Allan occassionally sends me a care package out of the past with some product I've never heard of. I received such a package the other day. Inside the box, all unsorted and jumbled up, were the rules to a very old game called BY THE SWORD or By the Sword! (the explanation point being a sword in the title). The rules were vintage 1980 or so-- close typeset in small font, somehat crude troop list forms, etc. What was of some interest were the die-cut unit markers. It reminded me of a SYSTEM 7 for elves and dwarves and orcs and such. I've never seen such a thing before. It's intriguing.. and the rules are fairly complete, too. Has anyone else out there heard of this? I believe the company was called Legionairre or TheLegionairre or something like. Any help would be welcome. If there's anything else about it online, please post a link.. it's as if this thing was published in a black hole. Walt |
| rmaker | 27 Sep 2006 8:21 a.m. PST |
Do you have the designer's name? Finding it online by the title could be tough, since KenzerCo has used it for their fantasy dueling module. |
| WaltOHara | 28 Sep 2006 8:33 a.m. PST |
Nope. But I'll see if it's in the credits somewhere. Truly an obscure company from the early 80s. I can't find ANYthing on them. |
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