Polski opis

Dune: CHRONICLES OF THE IMPERIUM to gra RPG, stworzona w oparciu o słynnąserie Franka Herberta pod tytułem "Djuna". Tak więc, akcja rozgrywa się w 102 wieku, a znanym wszechświatem rządzi Imperator Shaddam IV. Gospodarka jego włości opiera się na wydobyciu "melanżu", który jest wielorako wykorzystywany - do walki z efektem starzenia, do nawigacji statkami kosmicznymi itp. Więcej pisać nie będę, większość choćby słyszała o tej klasyce gatunku.
(by harfista)

 English description

DUNE: CHRONICLES OF THE IMPERIUM is a role-playing game based on Frank Herbert's legendary series of DUNE. Last Unicorn Games developed this game shortly before WOTC took over the company. While WOTC was in the middle of releasing DUNGEONS & DRAGONS Third Edition, and had just adopted d20 as a house system, they didn't want to support a game line, which used LUG's Icon system. In order not to waste the work done on the game, WOTC three thousand copies of the finished core book, most of which were sold at GenCon.

WOTC hoped to release a d20 version of DUNE, as is indicated in the book's title page. In the meantime, the license expired and WOTC decided not to take the trouble of renewing it, possibly because of trouble with the Herbert Estate, or the license became more expensive due to the commercial success of the miniseries and the pending prequel novels by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.

News that there would not be a d20 DUNE contributed to the notoriety and collectibility of the ICON version, making it the only DUNE RPG in existence. Ironically, this may be the one tangible product to come out of WOTC's acquisition of Last Unicorn.

Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson edited the game and they are listed on the credits page along with the designers and the developers of the ICON system.
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It is the 102nd century. The known universe is ruled by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam IV, and controlled by the Great Houses of the Landsraad. The universe's economy is dependent on the spice melange, which in addition to combatting the effects of age, expands the consciousness of those who take it, enabling the Navigators of the Spacing Guild to effectively fold space and send starships across the galaxy without actually moving. The Spice, as it's known, is found only on the desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Cue Toto music. And by that I mean, the first chapter gives a fairly thorough summary of the setting's history, as well as an overview of its "present", which takes place before the events of the first novel (the precise year isn't narrowed down, but for DUNE fans it's while the Harkonnens still have control of Arrakis.)
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