Talk:The Burning Wheel

It isn't Tolkienesque? Admittedly, I don't own it, but from others' comments on rpg.net, Tolkien's name seems to be invoked quite frequently. From what I have read of the samples this seems to be reasonably well-grounded. Naar 13:34, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

No, it isn't. It's fantasy, and while Tolkien was fantasy (and a damned good example of it), all fantasy is not Tolkien. Even though most modern fantasy borrows heavily from Tolkien, it is still fantasy, rather than Tolkienesque RickoniX 17:54, 12 October 2005 (UTC)

There's an in-depth interview with Luke Crane, the creator, at http://www.frontrowcrew.com/?p=239. He talks quite a bit about his influences, among other things. Jhar 216.255.101.58 16:08, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

They put out a new book called "The Blossoms are Falling" that provides a setting to play Burning Wheel in a fantasy version of feudal Japan. Thus, this article should be updated. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.220.105.2 (talk) 19:45, 24 September 2007 (UTC)

Actually, calling it Tolkienesque seems like it would be a pretty useful way to describe it. Completely accurate? No. But calling it simply "fantasy" is even less accurate (and almost completely and utterly useless) because fantasy is an INCREDIBLY broad term. The default setting (what limited extent there is one) in Burning Wheel includes Elves, Dwarves, and Orcs: creatures that are frequently associated with Tolkien and "Tolkienesque" fantasy.71.209.101.181 (talk) 04:20, 14 February 2008 (UTC)

Furthermore, the Elves, Dwarves and Orcs - as well as many of the monster races, such as Giant Spiders, Trolls, etc - are very distinctly Tolkien-flavoured. For example, Orcs are creatures of extreme hatred and violence; Elves are possessed by great melancholy; Dwarves are inherently greedy and spend their life accumulating wealth; Humans are capable both of acts of admirable heroism and corrupt wickedness. Compared to Dungeons and Dragons (say), combat is gritty, violent and unpredictable, much like it was in Tolkien's books - even a powerful and experienced fighter are in trouble when facing down a couple of orcs on her own. All these things justify the descriptor "Tolkienesque" when compared to most other fantasy RPGs. Lachek (talk) 21:39, 7 November 2008 (UTC)

Quote source query
"After release of the Magic Burner the game mechanic rule books will include brown, orange, dark green, and blue."

Is there a source of this statement? It looks plausible, but it would be better to have access to the context of this quote. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 217.76.87.120 (talk) 19:08, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
 * What does this sentence even mean? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 8.14.219.85 (talk) 22:03, 8 September 2009 (UTC)
 * It refers to the colors of the book covers. Atypicaloracle (talk) 10:12, 5 December 2009 (UTC)

Incorrect link for Luke Crane
It looks as if the link to Luke Crane may go to a different person of the same name. However, I am not an expert on Luke Crane, can someone verify if it is a different person by that name and if so correct it? -- Jcarstensen (talk) 20:03, 28 October 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, that's not the Luke Crane who designed this game. I'll see what I can do to get some things moving, but the first part is deleting the references that lead there. McCaber (talk) 04:21, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

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