(Alistair) So, back in the day, when I used to game actively rather than theoretically, one of the settings which Wizards of the Coast (then TSR) had come up with was the Birthright setting, which - besides being an appealing world in its own right - added to the usual features a set of rules to allow characters to rule their own domains and actually govern.

Sadly, despite its awesomeness, it was cancelled aborning in a decision of truly mighty suck.

I found this in a second-hand bookstore recently, and thus snapped it up to add to my collection. Legends of the Hero-Kings is a book of short (in description, not necessarily time to play out) adventures based on the random events that may occur on the "ruling" level of the game, with ideas for how to build longer plot arcs based on the resolution of each one. As I've found with the rest of the products from the line I own, the quality of both production and writing is high, and should I be in a situation of the future where I'll actually be running a Birthright game or one in a similar scenario, I'm sure I'll borrow from it liberally.

Always tricky recommending the out of print, but hey, if you have some of the other material and like the setting, and have the chance to pick this one up, do so.
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