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HârnMaster
HârnMaster is a fantasy role-playing game based in the fantasy world of Hârn. The system, like the world, was designed primarily by N. Robin Crossby.
Hârnmaster was published as a role-playing game using the Hârn setting by Columbia Games in 1986. All previously published Hârn supplements were intended to be system independent but Columbia gauged reader interest and decided to produce a game system specifically for the Hârn setting. N. Robin Crossby led the design and based the new game on notes for designs that he had saved from the 1970s. Columbia began to focus on supporting the Hârnmaster role-playing game rather than just the setting, and published their first ever Hârn adventures, 100 Bushels of Rye (1988) and The Staff of Fanon (1988), and the rules supplement Pilots' Almanac (1988), followed books about magic and other supplements for the game. Columbia also resumed publication wargames including the Hârn miniatures wargame Battle Lust (1992), designed to be compatible with Hârnmaster. Columbia produced a few more adventures along with a second edition (1996) of Hârnmaster which was a simpler version of the game with the magic systems moved into the supplements Hârnmaster Magic (1997) and Hârnmaster Religion (1998), and the rulebooks Hârnmaster Manor (1999) and Hârnmaster Barbarians (2000) to finish the line. Crossby created his own version of the game, Hârnmaster Gold (1998), using rules that he intended to increase realism. When the d20 System came out, Columbia reprinted some of their setting material including Trobridge Inn (2001) and Evael: Kingdom of the Elves (2002) with dual game statistics for Hârnmaster and d20. Keléstia Productions began publication with the Hârnmaster Gold Player Edition (2003), and additional rule books afte that. Columbia began work on a more streamlined third edition of Hârnmaster (2003).
Additional supplements were published for the game, including Castles of Hârn (1987), Tome of the Ancient and Esoteric Mysteries of the Powers of Peleahn (1989), and Nasty, Brutish and Short (1997).
HârnMaster products are available from original publisher and from the original author and his heirs. Each edition has different strengths:
The first edition HârnMaster was published in 1986 by Columbia Games and is not available.
The second edition HârnMaster core rules were published by Columbia Games in 1996, to be followed by supplements such as HârnMaster Religion, HârnMaster Magic, HârnMaster Barbarians, and HârnManor (a set of rules for developing consistent medieval manors for use as role-playing settings).
In 1998, N. Robin Crossby self-published the HârnMaster Gold (HMG) player edition. He called this release HârnMaster Gold v. 2.0, and designated the first edition as HârnMaster Gold v. 1.0.
In 2002, Columbia Games published HârnMaster third edition.
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HârnMaster
HârnMaster is a fantasy role-playing game based in the fantasy world of Hârn. The system, like the world, was designed primarily by N. Robin Crossby.
Hârnmaster was published as a role-playing game using the Hârn setting by Columbia Games in 1986. All previously published Hârn supplements were intended to be system independent but Columbia gauged reader interest and decided to produce a game system specifically for the Hârn setting. N. Robin Crossby led the design and based the new game on notes for designs that he had saved from the 1970s. Columbia began to focus on supporting the Hârnmaster role-playing game rather than just the setting, and published their first ever Hârn adventures, 100 Bushels of Rye (1988) and The Staff of Fanon (1988), and the rules supplement Pilots' Almanac (1988), followed books about magic and other supplements for the game. Columbia also resumed publication wargames including the Hârn miniatures wargame Battle Lust (1992), designed to be compatible with Hârnmaster. Columbia produced a few more adventures along with a second edition (1996) of Hârnmaster which was a simpler version of the game with the magic systems moved into the supplements Hârnmaster Magic (1997) and Hârnmaster Religion (1998), and the rulebooks Hârnmaster Manor (1999) and Hârnmaster Barbarians (2000) to finish the line. Crossby created his own version of the game, Hârnmaster Gold (1998), using rules that he intended to increase realism. When the d20 System came out, Columbia reprinted some of their setting material including Trobridge Inn (2001) and Evael: Kingdom of the Elves (2002) with dual game statistics for Hârnmaster and d20. Keléstia Productions began publication with the Hârnmaster Gold Player Edition (2003), and additional rule books afte that. Columbia began work on a more streamlined third edition of Hârnmaster (2003).
Additional supplements were published for the game, including Castles of Hârn (1987), Tome of the Ancient and Esoteric Mysteries of the Powers of Peleahn (1989), and Nasty, Brutish and Short (1997).
HârnMaster products are available from original publisher and from the original author and his heirs. Each edition has different strengths:
The first edition HârnMaster was published in 1986 by Columbia Games and is not available.
The second edition HârnMaster core rules were published by Columbia Games in 1996, to be followed by supplements such as HârnMaster Religion, HârnMaster Magic, HârnMaster Barbarians, and HârnManor (a set of rules for developing consistent medieval manors for use as role-playing settings).
In 1998, N. Robin Crossby self-published the HârnMaster Gold (HMG) player edition. He called this release HârnMaster Gold v. 2.0, and designated the first edition as HârnMaster Gold v. 1.0.
In 2002, Columbia Games published HârnMaster third edition.