Cadwallon (role-playing game)
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Cadwallon is a role-playing game
(RPG) published by Rackham
in book form in 2006. It is set in the fantasy
world of Rackham's previous game Confrontation. A tactical role-playing game
, it is played with miniatures. As with most of Rackham's products, Cadwallon was originally written in French
and later translated into English
.
company and is reputedly free from the surrounding nations' politics which mainly concern the massive war called The Rag'narok. The city is divided in two parts; the upper city and the lower city, which are further divided into eleven fiefdom
s, each with its own peer. The whole city is ruled by the Duc de Cadwallon.
s. Characters are from among the races in the Confrontation universe, namely elves
, dwarves, human
s, goblin
s, orc
s, ogre
s and wolfen or werewolves. They also belong to one of the cultures and factions which are waging war on the continent. A character can also originate from Cadwallon itself and thus does not belong to any of the warring factions in Rag'narok.
Cadwallon has a custom system where pools
of six-sided dice are used when determining the success of actions.
Role-playing game
A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...
(RPG) published by Rackham
Rackham
Rackham is a French miniature and role-playing games production company founded in 1997 by Jean Bey, CEO and Creative Director....
in book form in 2006. It is set in the fantasy
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
world of Rackham's previous game Confrontation. A tactical role-playing game
Tactical role-playing game
A tactical role-playing game is a type of video game which incorporates elements of traditional role-playing video games and strategy games. In Japan these games are known as , a designation which might seem peculiar to native English speakers...
, it is played with miniatures. As with most of Rackham's products, Cadwallon was originally written in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
and later translated into English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
.
Setting
Cadwallon is the name of the large city in which the role-playing game is set. The city was founded by a mercenaryMercenary
A mercenary, is a person who takes part in an armed conflict based on the promise of material compensation rather than having a direct interest in, or a legal obligation to, the conflict itself. A non-conscript professional member of a regular army is not considered to be a mercenary although he...
company and is reputedly free from the surrounding nations' politics which mainly concern the massive war called The Rag'narok. The city is divided in two parts; the upper city and the lower city, which are further divided into eleven fiefdom
Fiefdom
A fee was the central element of feudalism and consisted of heritable lands granted under one of several varieties of feudal tenure by an overlord to a vassal who held it in fealty in return for a form of feudal allegiance and service, usually given by the...
s, each with its own peer. The whole city is ruled by the Duc de Cadwallon.
System
Cadwallon has a custom ruleset for generating characterPlayer character
A player character or playable character is a character in a video game or role playing game who is controlled or controllable by a player, and is typically a protagonist of the story told in the course of the game. A player character is a persona of the player who controls it. Player characters...
s. Characters are from among the races in the Confrontation universe, namely elves
Elf
An elf is a being of Germanic mythology. The elves were originally thought of as a race of divine beings endowed with magical powers, which they use both for the benefit and the injury of mankind...
, dwarves, human
Human
Humans are the only living species in the Homo genus...
s, goblin
Goblin
A goblin is a legendary evil or mischievous illiterate creature, a grotesquely evil or evil-like phantom.They are attributed with various abilities, temperaments and appearances depending on the story and country of origin. In some cases, goblins have been classified as constantly annoying little...
s, orc
Orc
An orc is one of a race of mythical human-like creatures, generally described as fierce and combative, with grotesque features and often black, grey or greenish skin. This mythology has its origins in the writings of J. R. R. Tolkien....
s, ogre
Ogre
An ogre is a large, cruel, monstrous, and hideous humanoid monster, featured in mythology, folklore, and fiction. Ogres are often depicted in fairy tales and folklore as feeding on human beings, and have appeared in many classic works of literature...
s and wolfen or werewolves. They also belong to one of the cultures and factions which are waging war on the continent. A character can also originate from Cadwallon itself and thus does not belong to any of the warring factions in Rag'narok.
Cadwallon has a custom system where pools
Dice pool
In some role-playing game systems, the dice pool is the number of dice that a player is allowed to roll when attempting to perform a certain action.-Mechanics:In most RPG systems, most non-trivial actions require dice rolls...
of six-sided dice are used when determining the success of actions.