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Bree and the Barrow-Downs

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Bree and the Barrow-Downs
PublishersIron Crown Enterprises
Publication1984
GenresRole-playing
Parent gamesMiddle-earth Role Playing
ISBN9780915795161

Bree and the Barrow-Downs is a 1984 fantasy role-playing game adventure published by Iron Crown Enterprises for Middle-earth Role Playing.

Contents

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Bree and the Barrow-Downs is an adventure module that takes place in the village of Bree and the Barrow-downs that can be found nearby.[1]

Publication history

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Shannon Appelcline commented that "There were 15 actual adventure modules published in MERP's original adventure line, from Bree and the Barrow-Downs (1984) to Dark Mage of Rhuduar (1989), but up until 1987 these read more like small-focus setting books, with a few (usually very short) adventures thrown in."[2]: 102 

Reception

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Jon Sutherland reviewed Bree and the Barrow-Downs for White Dwarf #58, giving it an overall rating of 6 out of 10, and stated that "The Barrow Downs present only a smash and grab basis for scenarios, even then you would need a small army to get out alive! The colour maps are useful, though."[3]

Andy Blakeman reviewed Bree and the Barrow Downs for Imagine magazine, and stated that "Bree and the Barrow Downs is my favourite; the degree of characterisation in the descriptions of the inhabitants of Bree-land is heartening, and the Barrows themselves provide an interesting bit of adventure."[4]

William A. Barton reviewed Bree and the Barrow-Downs in The Space Gamer No. 73.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Barton, William A. (Mar–Apr 1985). "I.C.E.'s Middle-earth Modules". Space Gamer (73). Steve Jackson Games: 8.
  2. ^ Shannon Appelcline (2014). Designers & Dragons: The '80s. Evil Hat Productions. ISBN 978-1-61317-081-6.
  3. ^ Sutherland, Jon (October 1984). "Open Box". White Dwarf. No. 58. Games Workshop. pp. 12–13.{{cite magazine}}: CS1 maint: year (link)
  4. ^ Blakeman, Andy (January 1985). "Notices". Imagine (review) (22). TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd.: 42.