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Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. The Minotaur is an adventure from 0one Games designed for a single 6th-level paladin or a standard party of 3rd-level adventurers. The Minotaur is a 30-page 2.8 MB .pdf download consisting of the adventure itself and...

This is not a playtest review. Swords Into Plowshares is a resource for magical weapons for d20 fantasy, in aid of National Geographic Society's Afghan Girls Fund. Swords Into Plowshares is a 36-page 4.08 MB .pdf file costing $5. The format is pretty good as far as printing is concerned with...

This is not a playtest review. Requiem For A God is a 3.99 MB .pdf coming in at $7 (which I believe has been recently released as a 64-page paper module for $12.95). The reduced use of colour compared to previous Malhavoc products will be a welcome ink-saver for your printer. I found the font...

This is not a playtest review. Ultimate Prestige Classes Vol. 1 (UPC1) is a collection of prestige classes, from Mongoose Publishing but featuring some OGC from other publishers. UPC1 is a 256-page hardcover book coming in at $34.95. Space usage is good. The internal mono art runs from average...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Russian Roulette is the second part in the Kazan Gambit adventure trilogy for the Judge Dredd RPG from Mongoose Publishing. Russian Roulette is designed for four to six 3rd to 5th level judges. Russian Roulette is a...

This is not a playtest review. Star Magic is part of the Encyclopaedia Arcane series from Mongoose Publishing. This one focuses on the stars, astrology, and calendrical magic. Star Magic comes in at $14.95 for 64 pages. Though the font and margins seem slightly larger than average, both inside...

This review contains spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Tir Nan Og is a campaign setting sourcebook for Mongoose Publishing's Slaine RPG. Tir Nan Og costs $19.95 for 128 pages. It is a softcover book with high paper quality. Though the borders are colour, the internal text and art are...

Beware! This review contains spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Endless Sands is a sourcebook from Avalanche Press on a fictional Arabian-style campaign setting based on a mix of ancient Morocco, Persia, and Antioch. Endless Sands is a softcover mono 64-page book coming in at $16.95...

This is not a playtest review. Aztecs is a sourcebook on the part-historical, part-legendary Aztec culture, from Avalanche Press. Aztecs is a 64 page book costing $16.95. It is a softcover mono book with slightly larger than normal spacing between lines. Together with the skewed sidebars with...

This is not a playtest review. Masters Of Arms is a sourcebook for combat manoeuvres, demonstrated using prestige classes focused on different weapons. Masters Of Arms costs $18.95 for a 96-page softcover mono book. Space is used fairly well, with a reasonable font, margins and little white...

Monkey Boy/Voadam Thanks for your comments. I do generally mention use of colour, binding, paper quality, etc, when these vary from the norm (i.e. softcover, perfectbound, mono) and I aim to mention price per page at the same level as these other factors - points to note but not usually...

Brad Heck of a good point there. The only validity I can think of is that publishers don't price their material on how good it is (AFAIK), but on the cost of publishing a certain number of pages. If a publisher over-prices their offering comparative to other products of a similar size and...

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Duh! I posted this and within about four seconds remembered the kukri was in the PHB. I went in and thought I'd edited it out, but it seems the edit function isn't working properly since moving over to the new server. B*gger!! Simon Collins

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Joe Yep, valid comment. Especially, as Psion points out in his comment on my Assassin review, that the later AEG adventures are $2.95. My only excuse is that its the same size and page count - its OK to compare it on a pure price per page, but not on a value for money basis, IMHO. Maybe I...

This is not a playtest review. Assassin is the first in Mongoose's Power Classes series, offering a new class which can be taken from 1st level. Assassin comprises 16 half-A4-size staplebound pages, cut vertically in the same manner as AEG's Adventure Keep modules. At $2.95, this is a very...

This is not a playtest review. Gladiator is the second in Mongoose's Power Classes series, offering a new class which can be taken from 1st level. Gladiator comprises 16 half-A4-size staplebound pages, cut vertically in the same manner as AEG's Adventure Keep modules. At $2.95, this is a very...

This is not a playtest review. Exorcist is the third in Mongoose's Power Classes series, offering a new class which can be taken from 1st level. Exorcist comprises 16 half-A4-size staplebound pages, cut vertically in the same manner as AEG's Adventure Keep modules. At $2.95, this is a very...

This is not a playtest review. Noble is the fourth in Mongoose's Power Classes series, offering a new class which can be taken from 1st level. Noble comprises 16 half-A4-size staplebound pages, cut vertically in the same manner as AEG's Adventure Keep modules. At $2.95, this is a very high...