This excellent resource provides an overview - and plenty of detail - about Hârn's smallest city, which is renowened as the pleasure capital of Hârn: somewhere characters are likely to relish visiting, as well as finding plenty adventure and entertainment to be had.

History, economics and politics are described, painting a picture of a functioning, thriving yet corrupt city, where simple transactions can be overshadowed by a complex web of client-patron relationships that can be baffling to outsiders... yet flout them at your peril! Nepotism and patronage are rife, even the law courts do not escape... and virtually every crime can be settled by paying a fine.

There is a map of the city, situated on a bend in the river Thard, with descriptions of the various districts and notable locations to be found there. Each district has a more detailed map of its own, with notes about the businesses and other places of interest within that district - perfect for planning your visit and accommodating those players who want to know all about where they can find the goods and services that they are after. There's loads of those little details that make a place really come to life within your alternate reality - memorable locals each with their own stories, abitions and plans who provide a real sense that life here continues even after the adventurers have passed on elsewhere. Who can forget the lazy scribe whose scrolls are of low quality because she cannot be bothered to prepare them thoroughly, or the tutor who is so popular that mothers offer to sleep with him so that their children can get a place in his schoolroom?

An establishment called the Crimson Palace is described in detail: this may be a comment on the average adventurer given that it's an upmarket brothel! Still, should your characters fancy a night of negotiable affection, all the details you'll need are here, from the layout of the premises to notes on the courtesans that will wait on them hand and foot. Even for those not wishing the more, ah, intimate pleasures, there is much enjoyment to be had, the kitchen and cellar are first rate.

For those with other ideas in mind, the next section gives an equally-detailed account of the Pamesani Arena. Gladiators and animals perform here, and there is plenty of detail about the 'backstage' areas should the characters have occasion to visit as well as of the arena itself - which is big enough, it is said, to accommodate all the citizens of Shiran should they wish to attend a show. As well as fights, theatrical performances are held here, and it can be rented for private duels. The facility is owned and managed by the Order of the Octagonal Pit, whose temple is housed here.

For those of a religious bent, the Temple of Halea is covered next. This goddess, the Queen of Pleasures and Self-Fulfillment, is popular with merchants and nobles, and beautiful women, and has quite a following here in the Pleasure Capital of Hârn! Worship includes singing, feasting and mass orgies: unsurprisingly attendance at the main service once a month is good.

Just reading through suggests several adventures, especially if - like me - you happen to like city-based adventures. It would also provide a good place for adventurers to relax and enjoy themselves, especially if they have some money to spend!

As all products from Columbia Games this is informative, perfectly layouted ... and expensive. The modular style of Harnmaster makes it easy to switch in these focused articles iwhen needed in a campaign, it is also easy to use in other game systems when those fail to cover any little minutia that tends to pop up from time to time. So if your players (for one reason or another) decides to start up an Inn, this is an excellent starting source for creating the framework for that. Tho an expensive one, I did mention that didn't I.....

Based in Menekod Castle, widely held to be the key to the Kingdom of Kanday if not all Western Hârn, this order of knights and men-at-arms is the militant arm of the Larani faith, being sponsored by the Order of Hyvrik.

Members of the order are easy to spot, with red and white checked (chequey of twenty-two gules and argent if you're a herald) shields and white surcoats (knights have a checkered border, squires wearing plain white ones), with red cloaks. They are one of two fighting orders devoted to Larani, a state of friendly rivalry exists between them and the Order of the Lady Paladin... but there is somewhat less harmony between different factions within the order itself.

The history of the order, well woven into the history of Hârn itself, is laid out as well as the current situation. The present grand master or Chabla is introduced, a formidible fellow.

Like many such orders, the members follow a schedule of prayer, meditation, worship and combat practice. Both men and women may serve as combatant members, serving a period of training as squires before achieving knighthood - unless they have already been knighted before joining the order. About one third of the order are knights, the rest being men-at-arms. Holdings are quite extensive, but there also is provision for wandering knights - knights errant, I suppose - who seek adventure outwith the confines of the order's establishment. This may be a good option for player-characters interested in the order.

As always, the detail is excellent and leaves you ready to play a member of the order or involve them in the day to day activities of your plot.

If you have the Dyrisa Castle product, you may have noticed a large building about which the notes say "A temple of the Order of Hyvrik. Since its completion in 715, the archbishop spends much of his time here."

Do you want to know more? Then have a look at this - because you get a full and detailed history of the temple along with floorplans describing every last inch of the place AND notes on the main priests who work here.

Now should your adventures lead the characters to Dyrisa, they will be able to visit the temple and meet the resident clerics, consult the library (if they can gain permission!) or attend worship in the Hall of Ritual.

If you are at a loss as to what to do here, several adventure hooks are provided. However, it is a delightful reminder of how everyday life goes on everywhere in Hârn no matter what the party may be up to... and is a fine example of how to detail one establishment within your world.

This is a delightful and detailed account of the history and present activities of the Order of Hyvrik, which is a clerical order devoted to Larani (the goddess of chivalry and battle). Primarily a missionary order, they also sponsor the Order of the Checkered Shield - there's a book about them available hereabouts as well!

The detail is phenomenal, embedding the order into the history and politics of the setting. The leadership is discussed as well as their doctrine and practices, the saints and relics that they venerate and how the order is organised. Someone wishing to play a member of the order, or the GM wishing to have them playing a part in whatever is going on, will find all that they need here.

Members of the order serve as ordinary priests within Larani's church hierarchy as well as being missionaries or dwelling in one of the abbeys maintained by the order. They also may accept appointments as chaplains within noble households.

This presents full details of a thriving part of religious life and - as well as being a fascinating read and something you may well wish to incorporate into your game - is an exemplar of how such a document should be presented.

Situated on a major road and beside a navigable river, Telen is more than a castle, it's a complete settlement within a partial wall with all the teeming life that you might imagine.

Replete with details from the local lord's amorial bearings to the history and economics of the township, everything you need to make it come to life in your alternate reality is here. It's a market hub, they quarry stone and it is an administrative centre for the region. Plenty of reasons for your characters to visit or at least be passing through - and there is enough going on here to keep them occupied should they wish to get involved.

There is a detailed map for the GM, keyed to a list of significant locations, as well as a full-page player map. Map enthusiasts will enjoy the maps of the surrounding area as well - all geographically sound complete with an ox-bow lake that provides part of the settlements defences (and probably some fish as well!).

It's a splendid detailed resource, with that air of reality that lets you picture the place bustling away with or without your characters.

Very high quality map like everything you would expect from Columbia Games. This is a great addition to the Cherafir setting, especially as this is all that many characters may see of the kingdom of mystery.

Love the articles. I would really love it even more if I had the option to include or exclude related products and still benefit from bundle pricing. For instance, I ended up buying the bundle package even though I already owned several of the articles included, simply because the bundle rate was cheaper than me buying the article I did not already own separately. I would have loved to be able to buy the articles I needed at a bundle rate without duplicating already owned materials. Many Harniacs own a lot of items they have bought over the years, and a pre-set bundle defined by anybody other than the buyer is somewhat less useful to us folks who own a lot of Harn material already. Rewarding my decision to buy 6 Harn products should be a function of the number of products I am buying, not a pre-selected batch of material made up by the seller. I would loved to have been able to include other products into the bundle, rather than having to buy duplicate copies of article I already owned to get the discounted price.

This is a fascinating, beautifully-presented and well-described mining settlement on the very fringes of civilisation, so far away from the centre of affairs that those who mine here are left to their own devices... devices, sad to say, that include many corrupt practices and abuses.

The mining concession is in the hands of the Order of the Red Shadows of Herpa, a religious knightly order which oversees the mining of several valuable ores and the general operation of the settlement, defending their holdings against bandits and orc raids alike. The fertility of the land is poor so extra food must be bought in to feed the community, which as well as the knights includes craftsmen, professional miners and, sad to say, slave labour.

The entire operation is described clearly and in detail, which really brings it to life as a flourishing community. The GM is provided with a detailed map and notes on everything there and, as usual with Columbia Games product, these notes are besprinkled liberally with snippets of information that can inspire events if not whole adventures as you read through them.

The amount of detail is stupendous, everything from mine operations to details on just about everyone you might encounter if you visited the area. Should you dare: strangers are not welcome and viewed with hostility... and if you have useful skills you might find yourself joining the community without the option! The level of detail extends to outline floorplans of every building in the settlement which includes a thriving bawdy house - the miners and soldiers have few comforts, poor dears, so trade in ale and, ahem, other services is brisk.

Several discrete adventure hooks are provided, as well as the snippets you'll find throughout the descriptive text. The first is a way to get the party to the mine, the second involves the mine complex coming under attack, and the last offers an opportunity for the party to thwart or join an escape attempt - as even those not actually in bondage as slaves are rarely allowed to leave by the Order that controls the settlement, escape is a dream shared by many if rarely attempted.

All in all, it's a beautifully-developed settlement that oozes realism. You feel that it is lurking out there somewhere... and should you decide to visit, well, here is everything that you need.

Great stuff! Look at lythia.com and download some excellent fanmade expansions and this city comes to life.

For an overview of the heart of eastern Harn you have it here. A solid history of Kaldor is here. The basics for the succession crisis are laid out for the GM. It gives seeds for the foundation shaking adventures that will determine the next king, or one can keep the heroes in the same location and still have great adventures. While area modules will give more in-depth information to GMs and players, this module tells people how they interact as one nation.

The scan quality is very good. The artwork is of good caliber. The maps & heraldry are great.

The background to this frontier fort and small town, held by an order of the Lady of Paladins, links it with several other products in the line, besides its own secrets to be found.

This presents a group of specialist diviners, priests of the god of flame and violence, with much interesting detail within their history, magical practices, worldview, relations to others (notably, certain wizards) and the hierarchy of beings that are vital to their rituals.

Très bonne carte, qualité de zoom incroyable? Alors pourquoi seulement 4 plusieurs raisons:

1/ Le prix 2/ il manque la possibilité de travailler avec les calques, ici on a juste la possibilité d'imprimer le tout sans finesse et du coup la carte est un peu lourde au regard et à utiliser en jeu (par exemple supprimer les courbes de niveaux ou certaines frontières ou encore certains noms qui bien qu'utile pour le MJ encombrent la carte inutilement pour le jeu autour de la table). 3/ le fait de devoir acheter 9 cartes pour avoir une carte correcte de Kanday qui aurait du se trouver dans la livret du royaume (on sent la pompe à pognon)

A great article for Harnworld, reprinted from a classic 1992 sourcebook. Households presents a system of management for the households of player characters - residents, household skills, working conditions, budgeting, standard of living, and much more. It adds a level of detail and complexity to the RPG that may only appeal to a few players - mostly those who get enjoyment out of managing details.

While specifically written for Harn, the rules in this booklet could be used for expanding rules for other fantasy RPGs as well.