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Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e
Publisher: Arcanist Press
by Christopher H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/15/2021 15:41:41

The Good: This is a good book to get if you don't plan on doing the footwork yourself. It is a great resource to have, even if it sparks your imagination to go further. The Bad: This is just the Race section of the 5E PHB copy/pasted with a (much needed) line drawn down the middle. You're going to feel like you've already spent money on this section.

The Good (expanded): I like this book. 5E (and D&D in general) really needed something like this. When Tasha's said they would have something to modify your race's upbringing, THIS is what I was hoping for. I greatly dislike Tasha's idea of "just put stuff where you want it."

The Bad (expanded): I feel I paid twice as much for what I got. There really isn't a lot here and I think a reasonable person would come to the same conclusions on their own. I probably would have drawn the same line the authors did if I spent an hour looking at the Race section (maybe I would have moved strong stat bonus to Acenstry and kept the weak one with Culture). Obviously I didn't do this because I didn't feel like it.

I do like this book, but I hoped it would have been something more. This may sound like a negative review, but only because I had high hopes for this book. Ideally, I would have preferred a "lifepath" system where your ancestry gave you some default stuff - like Elves being naturally resistant to charms - and you followed/rolled on your culture and gained skills/feats/special abilites/whatever. If not that, then a big point buy system (stats and cultural stuff) with a "lifepath" system that gave you discounts to buy things, like spending time in the Dwarven Army let you buy Dwarven Combat Training at a discounted price while being imprisoned in a Dwarven mining camp gave you discounts to purchase Stonecunning, or something.



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[3 of 5 Stars!]
Ancestry & Culture: An Alternative to Race in 5e
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BRAWL: Morgan Deck
Publisher: Greater Than Games, LLC
by Christopher H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/02/2013 16:25:01

I had originally given this deck 4 stars. I'm giving it 5 stars based on the update below. This a review of the deck quality and shipment. I'm not reviewing the game; if you like Speed, you'll like this.

Updated Review: After posting my review, I received an email stating that a deck box was supposed to be shipped with my order. I received a clear, plastic card box about a week later. I wasn't expecting one and I hope this above and beyond level of customer service is just their "regular" customer service. I also noticed that there is a link for the pdf rules right under Morgan's picture. It's entirely possible that I missed that the first time around. My initial review of the cardstock quality was based on me just holding the card in my hands. After comparing it to one of my Android: Netrunner cards, they feel very similar. I still recommend sleeving these cards though; multiple games of speed are going to be rough on these cards.

On it's own, I still think this deck is four stars (an option for better cardstock would bump that up to five). After being contacted and shipped a card box - that they could have easily said nothing about - I really want to give a six.

Original review: Ordered this pack because I wanted to see quality. Cardstock is okay; better than a standard business card, but you're going to want to sleeve these if you plan on playing more than a small number of games. I'm only bringing this up because of the frenetic pace of this game. I think the cardstock is fine for a board game where you're not handling the cards much. This is the second POD card game I've purchased (the other was an FFG game), so I wasn't expecting air-pocketed, Bicycle card quality.

The cards arrived in a padded envelope. No card box (wasn't expecting one) and no rules sheet (not surprised, but a little disappointed).

Overall I'm pleased with my purchase; it's more or less just what I expected from a POD format.

This game was OOP for a long time and I'm happy to have it available again. I hope Cheapass Games has a revival here (U.S. Patent No. 1, Get A Life, other non Doctor Lucky/Zombie games) and would like to see old and new games available.

Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!]



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
BRAWL: Morgan Deck
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