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'''''The Grimoire''''' is a supplement published by [[FASA]] in 1990 for the near-future science fiction role-playing game ''[[Shadowrun]]''. A second edition was published in 1994.
==Contents==
''The Grimoire'' is a supplement that contains rules for magical societies, magic spells, Astral Space, and spirits.<ref name="HW"/>
==Publication history==
''The Grimoire'' was written by [[Paul R. Hume]], with a cover by [[John Zeleznik]], and published by [[FASA Corp.]] in 1990 as a 128-page book.<ref name="HW">{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5 |page=280}}</ref>
==Reception==
[[Steve Wieck|Stephan Wieck]] reviewed ''The Grimoire'' in ''[[White Wolf (magazine)|White Wolf]]'' #23 (Oct./Nov., 1990), rating it a 4 out of 5 and stated that "If you're a ''Shadowrun'' gamer, you need ''Grimoire''. It's a very good sourcebook and it takes the magic system of ''Shadowrun'' far beyond what is offered by other role-playing games (except perhaps ''Ars Magica''). Unfortunately, with this new, incredibly vast magic system, come a lot of rules to digest."<ref name="WW23">{{Cite magazine |last=Wieck|first=Stephan|authorlink=Steve Wieck |date=October–November 1990 |title=PBM Game Reviews |magazine= [[White Wolf Magazine]] |number=23 |page= 57 |url=https://imgur.com/a/H8K0GEn}}</ref>
In the November 1992 edition of ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' (Issue #187), [[Allen Varney]] wrote, "The book amazes me. On every page, you find new ideas, always presented with a shrewd sense of playability in the campaign." While he complimented the wide range of material, saying "all of these should provoke ideas for mage PCs and GMs alike", he also noted that the new material's "learning curve strikes me as steep, their upper reaches open mainly to power gamers who study the subject as closely as real mages would." Nonetheless, Varney concluded that "Few works treat game magic with such authenticity, such awareness of the roles magic has played in society from ancient times to the present — and the future."<ref name=dragon187>{{cite journal|last=Varney|first=Allen|authorlink=Allen Varney| date=November 1992 |title=Roleplaying Reviews|journal=[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]|publisher=[[TSR (company)|TSR, Inc.]]|issue=187|pages=90}}</ref>
==Other reviews==
*''Revistas Dragon Magazine''<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/RevistasDragonMagazine/DragonMagazine14/page/n61/mode/2up | title=Revistas Dragon Magazine }}</ref>
*''[[Casus Belli (magazine)|Casus Belli]]'' #75<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/casus-belli-075/page/n19/mode/2up | title=Casus Belli #075 | date=1993 }}</ref>
*''[[Australian Realms]]'' #10<ref>{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/australian-realms-magazine/Australian%20Realms%20%2310%20MarchApril%201993/page/n3/mode/2up | title=Australian Realms Magazine - Complete Collection | date=June 1988 }}</ref>
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[[Category:Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1990]]
[[Category:Shadowrun supplements]]