The Atlantean Trilogy
Three fantasy role-playing books from Bard Games, published from 1984 to 1986 and set in the age before the Great Flood, when a fading Atlantean empire still kept a powerful navy. This is an unofficial fan archive of what is inside them.
Three books, one drowned world
Volume IThe Arcanum1984The rules of the Atlantean age: its peoples, professions, skills and nine fields of magic.Open the index of 1,819 entries
Volume IIThe Lexicon1985The atlas of the lost world: its lands, kingdoms, cities and history.Open the index of 529 entries
Volume IIIThe Bestiary1986The creatures and beings of the age before the Flood.Open the index of 528 entries
From the pages of The Arcanum
Illustrations from the 1985 second edition, credited to the book’s artists.
A winged lion statue reclining on stone steps before a colonnade (title-page frontispiece)Artist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
Map of the Atlantean world with Atlantis, Lemuria, Hyperboria and surrounding seasArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
An armored rider on a rearing horse before ruined columnsArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A towering bearded Aesir warrior with shield and battle-axe on a rocky cragArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A lion-headed Andaman tribesman holding a spear beside a treeArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A pale, long-haired Druas in a cloak leaning on a staffArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A stocky winged-helmed dwarf warrior with a war hammerArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
An elf archer with longbow and striped cloak beside a treeArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A grim Netherman with spear and coiled rope in falling snowArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
Winged Zephyr in flight above the cloudsArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
An alchemist in a tall hat at his workbench with a steaming cauldron and glasswareArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A masked assassin in dark garb drawing a swordArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
An astrologer in a tall hat at an orrery table between flaming braziersArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A beastmaster wrestling a great serpent in the grass, spear in handArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A shaggy bounty hunter in mail with sword and packArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985) 
A charlatan in flamboyant robes performing a trick before an audienceArtist uncredited on the page, The Arcanum (Bard Games, 1985)