Game: Unorthodox Monks Publisher: The Le Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 6th, December 2004 Reviewer’s Rating: 5/10 [ Perfectly acceptable ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 3.50 Gosh. Two bucks for thirty pages – you can’t fault that. The Le’s Unorthodox series tours through d20 D&D’s core classes and for this review […]
Seeds: Pulp II
Game: Seeds: Pulp II Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 5th, December 2004 Reviewer’s Rating: 4/10 [ Just shy of the mark ] Total Score: 5 Average Score: 2.50 There’s a mass of seeds from Expeditious Retreat Press and each one picks a genre and attempts to offer some inspiration. […]
APG Paper Tiles
Game: APG Paper TilesPublisher: Alea Publishing Group Series: genericReviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 5th, December 2004Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ]Total Score: 6Average Score: 6.00 Alea Publishing Group’s paper tiles are a simple animal with a simple purpose in life. We have full-colour cartography (and a black and white one to be kinder on […]
StarCluster 2
Game: StarCluster 2Publisher: Flying Mice LLCSeries: StarClusterReviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 5th, December 2004Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ]Total Score: 18Average Score: 6.00 A 287-paged and fully-fledged RPG for $12 (currently discounted to $10!) is only possible with electronic publishing. There’s something about StarCluster 2 that feels as if the game should be played […]
The Clinic
Game: The Clinic Publisher: Dreamwalker Series: Dreamwalker: Active Exploits Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 4th, December 2004 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 8.00 This is a flexible product; it’s good for the original Dreamwalker and the Active Exploits Diceless Dreamwalker. The Clinic manages to cover these two bases […]
Legends of Excalibur
Game: Legends of Excalibur Publisher: RPGObjects Series: Legends of Excalibur: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 4th, December 2004 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 RPGObjects’ Arthurian d20 series started life as two PDFs and have made it to the prestigious incarnation as a single hardback book. Legends of […]
Creatures of Freeport
Game: Creatures of Freeport Publisher: Green Ronin Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 2nd, December 2004 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 6.00 I think my initial reaction to Freeport – one of YUS! – is as much to do with the way I’ve fallen out of […]
The Algernon Files
Game: The Algernon Files Publisher: Blackwyrm Games Series: Mutants and Masterminds Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 30th, November 2004 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 6.00 It’s virtually impossible (and probably unwise) to take a pre-packed collection of NPCs and plot ideas and import them straight into your […]
Seeds: Horror
Game: Seeds: Horror Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 28th, November 2004 Reviewer’s Rating: 5/10 [ Perfectly acceptable ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 3.00 There is a host (a garden, if you will) of seeds from Expeditious Retreat Press and Seeds: Horror is the 5th product. Seeds: Horror (which […]
Thieves’ Quarter: A City Quarters Sourcebook
Game: Thieves’ Quarter: A City Quarters SourcebookPublisher: Green RoninSeries: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 28th, November 2004Reviewer’s Rating: 5/10 [ Perfectly acceptable ]Total Score: 5Average Score: 5.00 The Game Mechanics’ and Green Ronin’s first City Quarter Sourcebook is Thieves’ Quarters. This is a review of the paper version which came out after the PDF original. Comparisons […]
