''Cadwallon'' is a

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(RPG) published by

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in book form in 2006. It is set in the

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world of Rackham's previous game ''

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''. A

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, it is played with miniatures. As with most of Rackham's products, ''Cadwallon'' was originally written in

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and later translated into

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and

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Setting

Cadwallon is the name of the large city in which the role-playing game is set. The city was founded by a

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company and is reputedly free from the surrounding nations' politics which mainly concern the massive war called ''The Rag'narok''. The city is divided in two parts; the upper city and the lower city, which are further divided into eleven

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s, each with its own peer. The whole city is ruled by the ''Duke''. The City is built on the ruins of several different civilizations including the Cynwall and Acheron but with its foundations in some much older culture.

System

''Cadwallon'' has a custom ruleset for generating

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s. Characters are from among the races in the ''

'' universe, namely

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, dwarves,

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s and ''wolfen''. They also belong to one of the cultures which are waging war on the continent taking the form of the factions' totems. A character can also originate from Cadwallon itself being from either the Upper or lower district Cadwallon has a custom system where pools of

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are used when determining the success of actions. An oddity in Cadwallon are the names chosen for the character attributes. Rather than utilize traits such as strength and dexterity Cadwallon uses words that are in common use other places in Confrontation fluff like Pugnacity and Style.

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