The extraordinary adventures of Baron Munchausen: told in the form of a new style of game termed rôle-play

✍ Scribed by James Wallis

• Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 276 KB
• Edition: The third edition /
• Category: Fiction
• City: Roseville;MN
• ISBN: 1633442802

✦ Synopsis

The play of the game -- Equipment -- Starting the game -- Character generation -- Beginning the play -- What if the story-teller should pull up -- Objections, corrections, and wagers -- On being noble -- Companions -- Objections and wagers, continued -- Duelling -- Duelling for cowards -- The result of a duel -- Finishing a story -- Passing the story -- Determining a winner -- Ending the game -- A word on tactics -- In conclusion -- Background -- Historical setting -- In conclusion -- Appendix one : tell us, Baron, the story of... -- Appendix two : the rules in brief -- Preface : part two -- The baron's late adventures in Araby -- Es-Sindibad's rules -- My uncle the baron -- To play the game -- To play the game -- To play the game -- Ludens minor -- To play the game -- The first round -- Changing tack -- Faltering and falling -- Challenges -- A section with a title too long to repeat here -- Ludens major -- By way of an example -- My uncle the baron once... -- My shorter uncle the baron -- Epilogue -- Preface, part three -- Variants comrades, or soviet it goes -- Protagonists, or Gutenberg's revenge -- Inventors, or patent nonsense -- Supernatural, or the monster mash-up -- Veterans, or rewrite-only memories -- Neolithics, or cave Catan -- Supervillains, or smersh and grab -- Occultists, or the recall of Cthulhu -- Psychogeographics, or Munchausen crescent -- Forces, or spacing Vaders -- Cats, or once more with feline -- Immortal, or eternal affairs -- Epilogue -- Appendix one : playing on the line.;Baron Munchausen's tales of his extraordinary adventures are legendary: riding cannonballs through the air, sailing to the Moon, meeting gods, escaping from the Turkish Army on half a horse, and many others. Can you outdo the Baron? You can try! Challenge your friends to tell the most extraordinary tale, interrupt to correct their boasts, and share your own amazing exploits in this renowned game of wit, riposte, and repartee, written in high style by the Baron himself. Expect no dice, counters, or pencils while playing, just fine wine and great merriment. Time to charge your glass and begin your tale! This third edition of The Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen is massively expanded with new and revised material. Contained within is the original game along with Arabian style rules from Sinbad the Sailor, a simpler version for younger (or inebriated) players, and rules for online games. One of the Baron's own descendants has also added twelve new variants of the game, allowing for stories where villains concoct dastardly schemes, ancient gods return from watery depths, heroic adventurers fight evil empires in outer space, and more! --