Let’s start with perhaps the reason why you may not enjoy Tékumel: Originally released 1975, the book is, formally, brutally archaic to modern sensibilities. Why now? Well, it turns out that the book is now available as a PoD, and I, too young to ever get my hands on the boxed set (which released in 1975, one year after a self-published iteration), couldn’t resist. At the same time, I think that the reasons why I love this may well be the reason why others will absolutely despise it. This love, however, is highly subjective and, to a degree, based on my own non-gaming related interests, and less on a neutral assessment of objective quality. It is more of an examination of why I like Empire of the Petal Throne, and why you may or may not feel the same.īecause I, as a person, as opposed to me in my capacity as a reviewer, love Tékumel. So, to make this abundantly clear – this is NOT the usual review I write for products. In modern days, this’d probably be twice its size. Layout is a two-column b/w-standard, with a couple of b/w-artworks, and LOTS of densely-packed text and tables.
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The hardcover sports the name on the spine, and the pdf can be properly searched, but only sports a very rudimentary 3 bookmarks, making navigation pretty much a chore – I strongly recommend getting print if you plan on spending time with this book. I own both the hardcover, and the pdf-version. This book clocks in at 140 pages, 1 page front cover, 2 pages editorial, 2 pages ToC, 3 pages of advertisements, 4 pages left intentionally blank, 1 page back cover, leaving us with 127 pages of content. Publisher: M.A.R Barker' s World of Tekumel TEKUMEL®: Empire of the Petal Throne (TSR)