TROS has a suggested reading list on p. 242-243, but it's pretty small (due to paper costs and what not...those of you that have dealt with small printing know what I'm talking about).

I'm proposing a beefed-up list for the webpage. I want:

Books (fiction and non-fiction)
Movies
Music
TV Shows (educational and fantastical)
Generic Supplements (Fief, Palladium's Comp of Weap, Arm., Castles, etc)
Websites

I'll need the title and author of each entry as a minimum, and I'd strongly engourage date of publication, pertinant web sites, and other "bibliography" type info as well. Nothing will be posted without the title and author/director/whatever.

Bring 'em on...

Jake

Hi
A couple of books spring to mind
"Ash - a secret history"
"Architect of Desire"
both by Mary Gentle, she certainly knows her military stuff.

Actually Fantasy Flight only grabbed the collectible card and board game rights.  No news on the roleplaying game rights.

Into the Green, by Charles De Lint
 Tor, 1993; Orb 2001

I read this one after pestering the librarians for recommendations. It turned out to be an oddly different twist on fantasy. It bears some striking resemblances to the RoS setting, especially in the way the "kowrie" (ie Fey) are portrayed. I could easily see (though it's been several months since I read this book) most of the characters being created as RoS characters, with Passions and Drives and everything. I haven't read anything else by De Lint, but I am guessing by reviews that he'd be a really good author to cite overall.

Oh, and by the way.. The fact that the main character is named Angharad is purely coincidental.

here are some books about real world times that might be useful to tros players:

"the civilization of the middle ages" by norman f. cantor

"knights" by andrea hopkins

"chivalry and violence in medieval europe" by richard w. kaeuper

"secrets of the samurai" by oscar ratti and adele westbrook

"samurai warriors" by david miller

"ancient civilizations" by the sampson low visual world library
 
and if your looking for more fantasy-type books:

"the epic of gilgamesh" i have the andrew george translation

"beowulf" i have the seamus heaney translation

"the iliad and the odyssey" by homer

"parsival or a knight's tale" by richard monaco (i have only read the first book in the trilogy, but i loved it very much)

"the writer's complete fantasy reference" by various authors, introduction by terry brooks

some movies:

"excalibur" directed by john boorman

music that would go well with dark ages and fantasy settings:

"carmina burana" by carl orff (especially "o fortuna")

"celtic moon" no artist is given, exept nature quest, but i dont know if thats the artist or company. i thinks its the company

"born of the night" by midnight syndicate. actually, any of their stuff is good if your doing some horror related gaming

thats about it for now. hope that was helpful!

I would like to add two series that have a similar flavor to Riddle of Steel.  Both are gritty (combat is very dangerous), both have an interesting moral component to their storyline, and magic is feared.

Glen Cook's The Black Company series (Black Company, Shadow's Linger, White Rose)

Steve Erikson's Malazan's Empire series (available in the UK) (Garden's of the Moon, Deadhouse Gates, Memories of Ice)

I am almost reluctant to add these series to the fray; my only worry is my players will read this thread and spoil some of the fun!   These books are very good and should give GM's a lot of very good ideas. I am working on putting together a campaign based on the flavor and settings in these series - I think it will be top-notch.


Steve Danielson