Castle Falkenstein: High Adventure in the Steam Age

by Michael Alyn Pondsmith

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Series: Castle Falkenstein RPG (CF6001 & CF6002)

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An unusual, very well written game system and world. Set in a universe where magic, Fae, and dragons co-exist with 19th Century technology, Castle Falkenstein uses cards (no gentleman would dare touch dice!) for conflict resolution. Unfortunately not well supported, but a very good game. (

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BruceCoulson | Jan 29, 2014 |

Lucked upon it in a local bookstore, in Israel!

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Pondsmith, Michael Alyn	Author	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Eaken, William C.	Illustrator	secondary author	some editions	confirmed