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<blockquote data-quote="Cyric" data-source="post: 2008678" data-attributes="member: 8879"><p>Much has been said about what is inside this sourcebook. I would like to add what is missing: FANTASY & IMAGINATION.</p><p>When I bought it at my local store I was allready disappointed about the amount of pages and the large typesetting. But because of some enthusiastic reviews on these pages I bought it anyway. Skipping through it I didn't find anything that seemed to be worth the price. Reading through it wasn't getting much better. The amount of imformation that you wouldn't though of by your own is sparse. Imagination triggers are few in between. And what I'm missing the most is some kind like a storry line which guides a reader through the pages of this book. Something that want you to know more about gladiatorial contests and stuff like this.</p><p>What I could use for myself are the rules and sample characters (but just because I'm normaly lacking the time to design them by myself).</p><p>It may be that I'm a little bit more severe then normal with this product because I went to the remains of the arena of catarghe (spelling?), which was the second largest arena in the roman empire, so I new what an arena would look like. And I read a little bit about arena fighting in history books, not only watching Gladiator in the cinema. But even with this in mind it's still a poorly designed product. Mongoose can do better (as they have shown is various products).</p><p>I just hoped for more.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cyric, post: 2008678, member: 8879"] Much has been said about what is inside this sourcebook. I would like to add what is missing: FANTASY & IMAGINATION. When I bought it at my local store I was allready disappointed about the amount of pages and the large typesetting. But because of some enthusiastic reviews on these pages I bought it anyway. Skipping through it I didn't find anything that seemed to be worth the price. Reading through it wasn't getting much better. The amount of imformation that you wouldn't though of by your own is sparse. Imagination triggers are few in between. And what I'm missing the most is some kind like a storry line which guides a reader through the pages of this book. Something that want you to know more about gladiatorial contests and stuff like this. What I could use for myself are the rules and sample characters (but just because I'm normaly lacking the time to design them by myself). It may be that I'm a little bit more severe then normal with this product because I went to the remains of the arena of catarghe (spelling?), which was the second largest arena in the roman empire, so I new what an arena would look like. And I read a little bit about arena fighting in history books, not only watching Gladiator in the cinema. But even with this in mind it's still a poorly designed product. Mongoose can do better (as they have shown is various products). I just hoped for more. [/QUOTE]
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