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Apocrypha 2: Chart of Darkness
A Companion Volume for Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play
Published by Hogshead Publishing
Written by Graeme Davis, Anthony Ragan, Mike Brunton, Ken Rolston, Marcin Segit, Iain Smedley, Paul Murphy, Philip Wells and Lewis Page
Cover by John Blanche
Illustrated by Ralph Horsley, John Keane, Rik Martin, Bunny Smedley, Annelise Johnsen, Tony Ackland, John Blanche, John Bolton, Paul Bonner, Kev Walker, Russ Nicholson, Gallagher and H
128 pages; $14.95
Since acquiring the license from Games Workshop in 1994, Hogshead Publishing have been slowly but steadily reprinting old material and publishing a little new for what must be the most popular of British RPGs, Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play. Apocrypha 2: Chart of Darkness is a sequel to 1995's Apocrypha Now, Hogshead's first companion volume for Warhammer Fantasy Role-Play (WFRP). Unlike Apocrypha Now, which contained only reprint material (though no less useful), Apocrypha 2 contains new stuff as well as old. This, of course, makes it of interest to WFRP fans who already have the reprints, as well as those who don't.
Both the title of Apocrypha 2 and its cover by John Blanche are an amusing reference to Apocrypha Now. Inside, the contents are well laid out and illustrated by a range of new artists for the new material, with mostly the original artwork for the reprints. Of the new art, that by Ralph Horsley, John Keane, and Rik Martin all stand out. . . .
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Article publication date: December 29, 2000
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