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Plotlibs - Medieval Fantasy Edition
Publisher: Morningstar Productions
by Michael C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/27/2015 01:19:30

A nifty product, especially if planning and deep plots aren't your thing (and even if they are, this could kick a stuck game in a new direction). Obviously not every selection on the tables are going to apply to every situation, but most of them are quite flexible. It seems especially suited for a one-shot adventure.

I'll be looking for a sci-fi/space opera edition.



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Insult Generator - Dwarven
Publisher: Ennead Games
by Michael C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/27/2015 01:11:26

Just what it says on the tin - a handful of tables to generate appropriately Dwarf-themed insults. Kind of like the various Shakespearean insult generators, come to that, and just as fun.



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NPC Pics - pack four
Publisher: Troll Hammer Games
by Michael C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/27/2015 01:07:35

This is computer generated 3D art, and looks like it's straight out of the software. The image on the cover is one of the better examples of what's in the package. Some are worse, with weird lighting, unconvincing hair, and some serious uncanny valley territory.



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King's Table
Publisher: Troll Lord Games
by Michael C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/27/2015 01:04:06

This is a three page PDF. The first page is the cover, the third a lame form of the game board (It's a grid). The second page is a rudimentary rule set for hnefatafl - which can easily be Googled (not their exact text, but the rules to play by). There isn't even a page with printable game pieces.

What I had hoped for was some discussion of the history of the game, perhaps some rules variants, and some discussion of strategy.

At $2.50, this product isn't nearly worth the price.



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Blood In Space: Boot Camp
Publisher: Epic Worlds
by Michael C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/27/2013 11:06:56

Very amateurish. There is an overall lack of coherence; it provides sketchy details on some game and background concepts, but does not provide enough information to be useful. One inane comment from the paper that stuck with me is the observation that it "might sound like a peaceful galaxy," immediately after paragraph length introductions to the four major races of aliens that range from sinister and threatening to actively, genocidally, hostile. The 'map' for the scenario of a page-sized Rorschach test of red and blue blobs with no information on what the terrain is like, or where objectives, obstacles, or other features are.

One could, I suppose, make the argument that the vagueness is intended to allow GMs to exercise their imagination. Given the general lack of information, the GM would be making up nearly the whole thing. As an introduction to a large core book (not carried by DriveThru?) is doesn't contain enough of anything to entice me to look into it.

The document is also in dire need of proofreading.

So why bother providing this much detail in a review for a free product? Because the one thing the paper does show is that there is more to this universe, either in a core book or possibly only in the author's mind. With a good writer, an editor, proofreader, and playtesters (who don't know the author) there might be enough material to provide a sci-fi game with light rules and an original background, and that is worth extracting.



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