Lace & Steel is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game published by TAGG (The Australian Games Group) in 1989. The game concentrates on swashbuckling action and has rules for both swordplay and romance.
Description The game is set in a fantasy world that resembles 17th-century Europe, though civilized centaurs ("half-horses") living with humans. A card-based system determines the results of all conflicts, fencing and sorcery. Characters are generated using a tarot deck. Courtly skills are given equal weight with combat abilities. The game also includes rules for character honor, and mass and hand-to-hand combat, plus a scenario.
Publication history Lace & Steel, with art by Donna Barr, and published as a boxed set containing a 56-page book, two 48-page books, and a 24-page book, two card decks, and an outer box sleeve.
Reception Lawrence Schick says that "[t]he rules take a highly original approach that will not be to all tastes [...] Definitely a system for players who are more interested in character interaction than in forming a group to go bash monsters."
Tie-Ins Pauli Kidd's novel Mus of Kerbridge is set in the same world as the RPG.
Reviews GamesMaster International Issue 1 - Aug 1990 Far & Away (Issue 1 - Apr 1990)https://rpggeek.com/rpgissuearticle/45619/whats-gnu-feature-reviews RPG Review (Issue 35 & 36 - Jun/Sep 2017)https://rpggeek.com/rpgissuearticle/222732/antipodes-rpg-reviews
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