Game: Epic Level Handbook Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 22nd, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 5/10 [ Perfectly acceptable ] Total Score: 32 Average Score: 6.40 GameWyrd strives to bring you reviews of the latest releases and that’s just what we’re doing with this review of the Epic Level […]
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Temples and Shrines Floorplans
Game: Temples and Shrines Floorplans Publisher: Darkfuries Series: generic Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 22nd, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 9/10 [ Something special ] Total Score: 10 Average Score: 5.00 Temples and Shrines is an electronic product but it’s not a PDF download. These floorplans are packaged as a carefully grouped html frameset. This means […]
GM Mastery: NPC Essentials
Game: GM Mastery: NPC Essentials Publisher: RPGObjects Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 13th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 9/10 [ Something special ] Total Score: 10 Average Score: 5.00 NPC Essentials carries the d20 logo; whereas I appreciate the marketing strategy there I have to say that it doesn’t do justice to the sheer […]
The Way of the Dead
Game: The Way of the Dead Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Inc Series: Deadlands: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 12th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 4/10 [ Just shy of the mark ] Total Score: 4 Average Score: 4.00 The Way of the Dead, I thought, promised two things – information on the powerful, glamorised and […]
Monster Island
Game: Monster Island Publisher: Firefly Games Series: Action! System Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 11th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 8.00 I don’t know how close it was in the rest of the world but here in Scotland FireFly Games’ Monster Island: The Game of Giant […]
Prometheus Rising
Game: Prometheus Rising Publisher: Vigilance Press Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 10th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 Prometheus Rising is a new PDF Sci-Fi d20 RPG from Vigilance Press, the small company behind the super-heroic (a carefully selected term since I’ve been told that […]
Encyclopaedia Arcane: Chronomancy
Game: Encyclopaedia Arcane: Chronomancy Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 8th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 4.00 Temporary paradox, permanent paradox, awakened, celerity and an entirely different magic system than the Dreaming system used by the fairies. I’m talking about Mongoose’s duel Encyclopaedia […]
Way of the Shugenja
Game: Way of the Shugenja Publisher: AEG Series: L5R and d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 8th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ] Total Score: 14 Average Score: 7.00 Way of the Shugenja is two books in one. The front cover boasts the Legend of the Five Rings logo as well […]
Highthrone
Game: Highthrone Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 7th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 6.00 Highthrone is populous city that thrives on top of a mountain. The mountain is missing its peak and at the very top there’s a huge crater […]
Inn and Tavern Floorplans
Game: Inn and Tavern Floorplans Publisher: Darkfuries Series: generic Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 6th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ] Total Score: 13 Average Score: 6.50 Inn and Tavern Floorplans is an electronic product and it is an electronic product unlike any other currently reviewed on GameWyrd. Inn and Tavern Floorplans […]
