Game: Invasion of Monster Island Publisher: Firefly Games Series: Action! System Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 21st, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 8.00 Be enraged. Be very engaged. Invasion of Monster Island is a supplement for the smash hit Monster Island. By “smash hit” I mean […]
RPG Articles
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Ruined Keep
Game: Ruined Keep Publisher: PT Games, Inc Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 21st, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 4/10 [ Just shy of the mark ] Total Score: 4 Average Score: 4.00 It’s an old style dungeon crawl. The 32-paged PDF product even refers to dungeon level one and two. You’d probably guess it […]
Cry Havoc
Game: Cry Havoc Publisher: Malhavoc Press Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 21st, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 Cry Havoc isn’t what I had hoped a War Event Book would be. That’s my bad news. I was hoping for a nicely abstracted system that could […]
Signs & Portents #1
Game: Signs & Portents #1 Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 21st, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 Money. Not your money – but theirs. Mongoose’s money must go in as subsidies as to ensuring a rock bottom price. That’s the only way […]
The Slayer’s Guide to Minotaurs
Game: The Slayer’s Guide to MinotaursPublisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 20th, August 2003Reviewer’s Rating: 5/10 [ Perfectly acceptable ]Total Score: 5Average Score: 5.00 If you compare the count of 24 pages to the US$9.95 then The Slayer’s Guide to Minotaurs looks extremely expensive. If you go down that route then you’re unlucky. […]
Unbidden
Game: Unbidden Publisher: Politically Incorrect Games Series: PIG Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 20th, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ] Total Score: 19 Average Score: 6.33 I like games like Unbidden and I especially like Unbidden. With taste comes tolerance and perception. If you’re not fond of “monsters are real but only […]
The Fiery Trial
Game: The Fiery TrialPublisher: Mongoose PublishingSeries: Babyon 5: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 19th, August 2003Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ]Total Score: 7Average Score: 7.00 This book is one of the reasons why I’m sure Mongoose Publishing will make the Babylon 5 RPG license work where others have failed. The Fiery Trial is one of the […]
Blood and Guts: Modern Military
Game: Blood and Guts: Modern Military Publisher: RPGObjects Series: d20 Modern Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 19th, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 I’ve a funny story about Blood and Guts: Modern Military. In an instant messenger conversation an American friend recounted the heroics from his tabletop […]
Earth: 2089
Game: Earth: 2089 Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: Armageddon: 2089: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 18th, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 6.00 The WarMek roleplaying game Armageddon: 2089 from Mongoose Publishing is glossy, rather slick and exceptionally crunchy. Armageddon: 2089 is allowed to be crunchy, […]
Into The Green
Game: Into The Green Publisher: Bastion Press Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 17th, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 6.00 It’s ever so slightly ironic that Into The Green is one of the first Bastion Press products to stray from the glossy colour format […]
