Societies Sourcebook is a 1991 role-playing supplement for Legendary Lives published by Marquee Press.
Contents
Societies Sourcebook is a supplement in which religion, societies, and associations for characters are among the topics detailed.
Reception
Stewart Wieck reviewed Societies Sourcebook in White Wolf #28 (Aug./Sept., 1991), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "Players of LL will find that this product is up to the quality they expect from Marquee Press and will no doubt be delighted by it. Gamers who have not tried LL, and refuse to do so even now, should look at this book for possible use in their alternative FRPG. The price may be a little steep for the size of the book, but I'm still amazed at how so much material fit into such a small space."
In Issue 195 of Dragon, Lester W. Smith thought this was an integral part of the Legendary Lives game together with the Player's Primer and Referee's Rulebook. Smith noted "the Societies Sourcebook is advertised as usable with any fantasy system. But while the first two books together present a quite complete rules system, it is within book that the fantasy world in which the system is set becomes clearest." Smith also pointed out "the sample world description in the Societies Sourcebook reveals a worldview that focuses upon the creatures of fairie (with other fantasy cultures sort of hanging about the edges)." Smith concluded, "the world it presents is an engaging one (especially with the history, politics, and PC-specific, miracle- delivering religions of the Societies Sourcebook), capable of handling a wide range of adventure types and standing up to sustained play."
References
- ^ Wieck, Stewart (August–September 1991). "Capsule Reviews". White Wolf Magazine. No. 28. p. 41.
- Smith, Lester (July 1993). "Roleplaying Reviews". Dragon. No. 195. pp. 69–70.