Gygax had originally devised Lejendary Adventure as a role-playing video game using a simple and rules-light system based on skill-bundles, but he subsequently decided to develop the game as a printed fantasy RPG. Lejendary Adventure products were published by both Hekaforge Productions and Troll Lord Games. Three months after Gygax's death in 2008, his widow Gail withdrew all of the licenses from Troll Lord, and also from Hekaforge. The game has been out of print since that time.
Gameplay
Like other role-playing games, Lejendary Adventure is played using polyhedral dice, pencils, paper, and sometimes miniatures. Unlike Dungeons & Dragons, Lejendary Adventure has a player character creation system that is skill-based, resulting in very flexible character creation to allow role-playing of almost any kind of character. Lejendary Adventures still provide Archetypes using "Orders." Orders are guild-like organizations in the world that provide benefits to the characters. Players can also choose to be unordered. Your Order is determined by your first chosen ability. Some orders include the Noble, Rogue, Elementalist, and of course, Unordered. Unordered characters still advance, but do so without the benefit of a guild. Various races are also available, with definitions somewhat different from other RPGs, as well as completely new races; races in Lejendary Adventure include Dwarves, Ilves, Wylves, Gnomes, Kobolds, and Veshoge. As for character advancement, instead of levels, Lejendary Adventure characters receive Merits - points that can be used to increase their Abilities or Base Ratings, as well as buy new Abilities. The standard campaign setting is Lejendary Earth or Learth. Learth is described in several books. Also, Lejendary Adventure uses some unique terms such as Lejend Master and Avatar.
''Lejendary Adventure'' products
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Rule Books:
* The Lejendary Rules for All Players - Fantasy Role-Playing Game core rulebook, Hekaforge Productions, 1999
* The Lejend Master's Lore - Fantasy Role-Playing Game core rulebook, Hekaforge Productions, 2000
* The Beasts of Lejend - Fantasy Role-Playing Game core rulebook, Hekaforge Productions, 2000
* More Beasts of Legend - Troll Lord Games, 2007
Campaign World Books:
* Lejendary Earth Gazetteer - World Setting sourcebook Part 1, Hekaforge Productions, 2002
* Noble Knights and Dark Lands - LE World Setting Part 2, Hekaforge Productions, 2003
* The Exotic Realms of Hazgar - LE World Setting Part 3, Hekaforge Productions, 2006
* Hall of Many Panes - Campaign Adventure Module Boxed Set with d20 stats included, Troll Lord Games 2005
* Forlorn Corners - adventure module included serially as a part of the Author's Signed and Number Edition and Premier Editions of the three core rules noted above
* They Who Watch - published by Troll Lord Games
* Fish for Breakfast - published by Troll Lord Games
* The Sundering I - "Shadow of Apix by" - possibly never produced
* The Sundering II - "The King of Madness" - possibly never produced
* A Question of Tribute - - possibly never produced
Boxed Sets and Expansions:
* The Lejendary Adventure Essentials - Primer Boxed Set for the LA RPG, Troll Lord Games, 2005
* Tome of Knowledge Sourcebook - Core Rules additions for the LA RPG, Troll Lord Games possibly never produced
* Living the Lejend - Adventure Module, Campaign Setting, & Expansion for the LA Essentials Boxed Set, Troll Lord Games
In addition, more general RPG books offer some new Lejendary Adventure material as well.
A short lived Lejendary AdventureCollectible Card Game was released to compete with . Most cards used existing fantasy artwork. One card titled Sarah's Sister was a direct reference to Magic's Serra Angel.
A PC MMORPG titled Lejendary Adventure or Lejendary Adventure Online was in development since 2002 and has since been cancelled.
