Maelstrom is a role-playing game by Alexander Scott, originally published in 1984 by Puffin Books as a single soft cover book. The book provided a wealth of information for role-playing in a 16th to 17th century British setting - the Tudor Period and the Elizabethan era - although the rules can be adapted to other locations or time periods. Firearms are conspicuously absent from the setting, mentioned only in passing in the initial rulebook. The game provided a very realistic combat system, and innovative game mechanics to cover wounds/healing, experience, aging, livings and magic. Maelstrom has maintained a small but loyal following since it was originally printed in part because of the depth of background and information presented, and because of the innovative game mechanics. The herbal pharmacopoeia present at the end of the book, representing herbal knowledge of the time, has become legendary in roleplaying circles and is believed to have been a major source document for many subsequent RPG herbals. Wikipedia [ - ]

Maelstrom is a role-playing game by Alexander Scott, originally published in 1984 by Puffin... [ + ]