Qin: The Warring States
Description
Qin: The Warring States is a wuxia role-playing game, set in China during the Warring States period.
Publication history
Qin was a deeply thematic wuxia game by French publisher 7ème Cercle. The core rulebook, Qin: The Warring States (2006), had already been published in English by 7ème – and had already won the 2007 ENnie Silver Award for Best Game. Toward the end of 2007, Cubicle 7 announced that they would be publishing English translations of the Qin RPG line as their next license after Starblazer Adventures, and their fourth RPG line. Cubicle 7 began to sell 7ème’s core Qin book at once, and from there, they planned to translate and publish the follow-up supplements themselves, which took two years.[1]:429
Qin was translated from the French publisher "Le Septième Cercle". The French Qin was published in 2005.
Supplements
- Qin: The Warring States the core rulebook for the game
- Qin Screen a playing aid for the Games Master with useful tables for running the game all in one place
- Qin Legends rules for more experienced characters
- Qin Bestiary Details various fantastic creatures of myth which the players can interact with
- The Art of War includes rules for battles and details the armies of the various nations that make up the game setting
Reception
Qin won the Silver ENnie Award for Best Game and Best Interior Art.[2]
References
- Shannon Appelcline (2011). Designers & Dragons. Mongoose Publishing. ISBN 978-1-907702- 58-7.
- 2007 ENnie Awards