Game: The Slayer’s Guide to MedusasPublisher: Mongoose PublishingSeries: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 31st, August 2002Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ]Total Score: 7Average Score: 7.00 Popular fantasy roleplaying games have butchered the Medusa myth. She’s no longer the vain beauty who so terribly annoyed the goddess Athena and was cursed as a result. Medusa has become […]
Hellboy
The Hellboy story style and setting really do lend itself well to roleplaying.
Darwin’s World
Game: Darwin’s World Publisher: RPGObjects Series: Darwin’s World: d20 (print) Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 26th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 Â [ Really good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 8.00 I really rather liked the electronic edition of Darwin’s World so I wasn’t sure whether the new print edition would be able to maintain […]
Mansions and Manors
Game: Mansions and Manors Publisher: Darkfuries Series: generic / d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 26th, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 9/10 Â [ Something special ] Total Score: 10 Average Score: 5.00 This is my third review of a Darkfuries floorplan set – and it’s not a redundant review. Each of these floorplans have evolved significantly […]
The Slayer’s Guide to Female Gamers
Game: The Slayer’s Guide to Female Gamers Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 22nd, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 Â [ On the ball ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 4.00 Rarely has there been such a controversial roleplaying supplement. Long before the release of the Slayer’s Guide to Female Gamers there […]
Epic Level Handbook
Game: Epic Level Handbook Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 22nd, August 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 5/10 Â [ 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 […]
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 Â [ 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 Â [ 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 Â [ 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 Â [ 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 […]
