Simlasa
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It came at the tail end of Chaosium's previous lackluster incarnation and got nothing close to the support it deserved. Ben Monroe did his best but wasn't given much support. Since it's based on Stormbringer/Elric it's still a great game (and not 'bland')... but it's a bit blah to look at (a curse nowadays), and could have done with another look through by an editor.I thought Chaosium cancelled Magic World because it didn't sell very well.
It's got a basic setting that is meant mostly as an example, but it's actually pretty cool if you read it... humans settled in an ancient fairy land where the fae are returning. It sets up some good hooks for adventure and intrigue. If they had expanded it in further books I'd have been interested. As it is, I think it's a good jumping off point if a GM didn't have some other setting in mind already.
People also give it a hard time about its name, I guess it's too quaint for them, but I'm quite fond of it. It's a good name for a generic fantasy game and harkens back to a previous Chaosium title.
I'm not surprised nu-Chaosium has no interest in it... it's not Glorantha or CoC... it was never going to be the New Hotness. But I'm happy to keep on playing it.
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