¤ Bretonnia-Sourcebook

"The corrupt kingdom of Bretonnia" is a complete non-arthurian Bretonnian sourcebook for WFRP. It expands on the description of Bretonnia given in the original WFRP rulebook p274 to 277 rather than the background of current Warhammer Battle.

The Corrupt Kingdom of Bretonnia (2003)

freely distributable, 200 pages in pdf format, complete with maps and illustrations.

Front cover (colour)

Book0 - Credits, Contents, Prologue
Book1 - Introduction to Bretonnia
Book2 - Archaic Bretonnia
Book3a - Nobility & Government
Book3b - Oisillon Palace & the Royal Court
Book4a - Religion
Book4b - Saints
Book5 - the Capital Guisoreux
Book6 - Miscellaneous

Back cover

Bretonnia-Sourcebook contains a lot of information specifically intended for GMs of WFRP-Bretonnia campaigns. As a casual browser or if you want to get a feel of the background for a 1-off game, I would recommend starting by the following articles :

The back-cover text
Book1 contains a wealth of readily usable information for Bretonnian GMs and players (Calendar, maps, timeline, names, language, money, non-human, cities) and will be expanded on in this website.
Xavier Rousseau's gazette articles in Book6 are good to pass on key elements of the Bretonnian background (Excerpts on nobility & magic).
The summary on government members and noble factions at the end of Book3a gives the essential information on who rules the nation.
Book2 contains material for GMs wishing to play in archaic Bretonnia, possibly with elements of WFB.
Book5 contains expanded background for the city of Guisoreux, the capital of Bretonnia.
Finally books 3&4 deal with Nobility and Religion, two key elements in Bretonnian campaigns. Saints can be used to get PCs more involved in the faith aspect of their characters.

Peter Butterworth, Sourcebook Editor

Presentation of Bretonnia

What is Bretonnia ? Bretonnia is essentially WFRP France. It is a decadent ancient-regime setting with swashbucklers and witches.

Historical inspiration (French and European history)

Medieval Period : 100 years War (Henry V, the battle of Agincourt 1415)
Renaissance Period : Wars of Religion (second half of the 16th Century, St-barthelomew's massacre)
Some anachronistic elements from Pre-revolutionary France, absolute monarchy, philosophers, Versailles palace and the French Revolution (1789).

French Culture

Swashbucklers, for instance the King's Musketeers made popular by Dumas
17th Century Theatre (Comedies by Molière, tragi-comedies by Corneille)
Fairy Tales and surrealism (La belle et la bête movie by Cocteau)
The art of Callot and De la Tour.

Fantasy elements

Magic and wizards
Non-humans (elves, dwarves, halflings)
Greenskins, skaven, undead, and the occasional monster
Chaos (though the Chaos theme is far less prevalent than in the Empire)

¤ In Search of Bretonnia 23-05-2005