Drachenfels - Jack Yeovil

This is a curious book - for a start it belongs to the genre of 'things written based on role playing games' for a second, it mixes high fantasy with a 'whose going to do it?' and a fair degree of theatrical high jinx. Lets start with the setting. Warhammer is the name given to a game played with small figures, and there is also a role playing system where you make up stories yourself. (Much like Dungeons and Dragons in fact.)The warhammer world is based very heavily on Europe, with countries like Bretonia (France). Unlike many fantasy settings, it has a moderate degere of technology - guns exist. It also has chaos - evil, dark and degenerate ...  Read the complete review