Game: Bastards & Bloodlines Publisher: Green Ronin Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 25th, April 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 8.00 “Are You Ready To Get Freaky?” asks the back of the entertainingly titled Bastards & Bloodlines. I suppose it’s fair enough, some of the crossbreed […]
Archives for August 2009
The Colonies
Game: The Colonies Publisher: BTRC Series: EABA Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 24th, April 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 “There is a d20 alternative”, claims an EABA banner advert. The banner is talking about the EABA gaming mechanics themselves, of course, but in order for the claim […]
Broadsides!
Game: Broadsides! Publisher: Living Imagination Series: Twin Crown: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 18th, April 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ] Total Score: 8 Average Score: 8.00 In the world of movies there are two kinds of successes: the blockbuster and the sleeper. The blockbusters are those movies that launch with much […]
Dangerous Dungeons: Goblins’ Lairs
Game: Dangerous Dungeons: Goblins’ Lairs Publisher: 0one Roleplaying Games Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 17th, April 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 9/10 [ Something special ] Total Score: 10 Average Score: 5.00 Wow. How cool is this? Dangerous Dungeons: Goblins’ Lairs is a 66-paged PDF (great value at the current price of $6) and the […]
Factory
Game: FactoryPublisher: Perpetrated PressSeries: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 15th, April 2003Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ]Total Score: 8Average Score: 8.00 Perpetrated Press have done it again with Factory. Their first technomagic book, Arsenal, was really quite good. The smart move was to ensure that there was enough of a twist and enough tempting flavour […]
NeoTerra
Game: NeoTerraPublisher: BTRCSeries: EABAReviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 15th, April 2003Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ]Total Score: 8Average Score: 8.00 NeoTerra is a thinker. It’s a campaign setting running off a smart idea. Treat this review in the same way you might a review of a pre-written adventure – it’ll contain spoilers. I think that’s […]
Mutants & Masterminds Gamemaster Screen
Game: Mutants & Masterminds Gamemaster Screen Publisher: Green Ronin Series: Mutants and Masterminds: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 13th, April 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 My main concern with GM screens is that the side the players see doesn’t always help the GM. I remember playing […]
Mindscapes: Beasts of the Id
Game: Mindscapes: Beasts of the IdPublisher: Malhavoc Press Series: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 13th, April 2003Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ]Total Score: 15Average Score: 7.50 Mindscapes: Beasts of the Id is short, sharp and to the point. The Beasts of the Id are supplemental to the Bruce Cordell’s Malhavoc Press Mindscapes psionic supplement. […]
The Avatar’s Handbook
Game: The Avatar’s Handbook Publisher: Green Ronin Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 13th, April 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 6/10 [ On the ball ] Total Score: 6 Average Score: 6.00 Don’t try this at home (or in your local store). If you rip every page out of a copy of The Avatar’s Handbook, shuffle […]
Ythrek
Game: YthrekPublisher: BTRC Series: EABAReviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 12th, April 2003Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ]Total Score: 7Average Score: 7.00 Okay. Be fair to Ythrek; even if a PDF is set up to be as annoying as possible it’s often easy to fix. In this case, in Acrobat, go to the View menu and move […]
