Barker has published five Tékumel novels: Tékumel is also the setting for several board games and miniature warfare rules.
#Empire of the petal throne stories series#
as part of their Adventures on Tékumel series Gardásiyal, published in 1994 by Theatre of the Mind Enterprises, Inc.Swords & Glory, published in 1983 by Gamescience and republished by Tita's House of Games.Empire of the Petal Throne, published as a box set in 1976 by TSR this was published in a single volume in 1987 as a "second edition" as Tékumel: Empire of the Petal Throne (Second Edition) by Different Worlds Publications.Articles on Tékumel have appeared in general RPG magazines such as Dragon, The Space Gamer, Different Worlds, in dedicated magazines and fanzines such as Seal of the Imperium, and as postings by Professor Barker and his gamers to online forums and mailing lists.īarker and his co-authors have published five role playing games for the world of Tékumel:
In 1975, TSR released the first published rule set for this setting as Empire of the Petal Throne.
#Empire of the petal throne stories professional#
In a 1984 interview, Barker states that the Tsolyani language and its writing system had taken their present forms by the time he was twelve years old - long before his professional career as a linguist began.īarker's own role playing rules for Tékumel developed over many years. Professor Barker began creating this world in his imaginative play as boy, and as a setting for short stories he wrote as a young man. In this world, huge medieval empires contest each other using magic, large armies, and ancient technology. Barker, now a retired professor of Urdu and South Asian Studies.
Tékumel is a fantasy world created over several decades by M.
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