Theatrix Ironwood

[2]: 113 When Backstage tried to sell the book at Gen Con that year, they were banned from the convention due to the adult nature of Ironwood's content.

Demons and devils disappeared from AD&D and guidelines for what could be shown at Gen Con grew stringent, surpassing the early years when there was no code of product standards.

Appelcline also noted that "Backstage Press co-founder Andrew Finch made a lot of hay on the internet about the banning.

"[1] In Issue 13 of Arcane, Andy Butcher called it "one of those jokey, eclectic fantasy settings where vampires bump into centaurs and giant snails; where your deity might drop in for supper and second year demonologists get lectures from genuine demons."

He concluded by giving the game a below-average rating of 6 out of 10, saying, "There is very little about how to run an Avalon-based campaign, and about what sort of adventures are appropriate for the setting.