Darksword Adventures

The rules for the game are largely found in the final chapter of the book, while the previous chapters give an in-depth background of the world: The final part of the book, titled "Phantasia", contains the rules to a fantasy role-playing system.

[2] The game includes rules for movement, combat, and magic; statistics for important characters from the novels; and scenarios written in story form.

[3] This system measures success according to a scale named for the in-universe game of Tarok: Total, Almost, Reasonable, Off, Canceled.

[citation needed] Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman wrote the popular Darksword fantasy trilogy in 1987 and 1988.

Swan noted that "when all the verbiage is cleared away, 'Phantasia' is a pretty good little RPG ... featuring an especially nice magic system."