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  1. Simon Collins

    Bluffside: City on the Edge

    This is not a playtest review. Bluffside: City On The Edge, is a city sourcebook introducing the metropolis of Bluffside, a coastal city lying at the top of some very high cliffs and surrounded by high mountains on its landward side. At $22.95 for 144 pages, this is slightly less than standard...
  2. Simon Collins

    Beyond Monks: The Art of the Fight

    This is not a playtest review. Beyond Monks is a d20 martial arts accessory, the first release from Chainmail Bikini Games. Its not cheap for a .pdf release - $8 for 67 pages, which includes a completely blank page. Its 2.41 MB reflects the limited art in the product and it is limited in both...
  3. Simon Collins

    Race to the Yellow Lotus

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Race To The Yellow Lotus is the sequel to Monkey God's previously released adventure The Lost Outpost. This adventure is designed for PCs of levels 4-5. At $11.95 for a 48-page adventure, this seems fairly standard in...
  4. Simon Collins

    Alchemy & Herbalists

    This is not a playtest review. Alchemy & Herbalists is another tome in Bastion's rapidly increasing line of rules-orientated accessories. At $24.95 for 96 pages, A&H is at first sight fairly expensive for this type of sourcebook. However, the book is in full colour and space is used relatively...
  5. Simon Collins

    Ascension of the Magdalene

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. The Ascension of the Magdalene is a crossover adventure for both Atlas Games' Unknown Armies and their d20 Penumbra line. In terms of d20, it is suitable for PCs of levels 6-9. At $13.95 for 64 pages, this is fairly...
  6. Simon Collins

    Dark Awakenings: Shadowland

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Dark Awakenings: Shadowland is the sequel and conclusion to Dark Awakenings: Guardian, Auran's first d20 adventure. Similarly to Guardians, Shadowland includes a CD-ROM with sound, music, scenes, maps, background...
  7. Simon Collins

    Secret College of Necromancy

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Secret College of Necromancy is a sourcebook in Green Ronin's Arcana series. At $19.95 for 112 pages, this is just slightly above average for this type and size of sourcebook in terms of price. However, there is good...
  8. Simon Collins

    Seven Strongholds

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Seven Strongholds is Atlas Games' sourcebook of ready-to-run fortresses and follows on in a similar fashion to previous releases such as Backdrops and En Route in providing settings to drop into your campaign. At...
  9. Simon Collins

    The Hunt: Rise of Evil

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. The Hunt: Rise Of Evil is the sourcebook for Mystic Eye Games' Gothos world setting. $19.95 for a 144-page softcover book is pretty good value. In addition, the layout is tight and space is used well. The art is...
  10. Simon Collins

    Fey Magic: Dreaming The Reverie

    StormRider In addition to Grreen Ronin's 'The Shamans Handbook', Mongoose have also released their own version of the shaman and his world, entitled 'Shamans'. Check it out, its a great product.
  11. Simon Collins

    Fey Magic: Dreaming The Reverie

    This is not a playtest review. Fey Magic is part of Mongoose Publishing's Encyclopaedia Divine series, concentrating on aspects of and options on divine magic. Though this is fairly average pricing for the size of the book, Mongoose have made better use of space than in any of their previous...
  12. Simon Collins

    Armies of the Abyss

    This is not a playtested review. Armies of the Abyss is Green Ronin's second volume in the Book of Fiends series. At $14.95 for 64 pages it is fairly average for its type and size for a d20 product, but does make good use of space (including using the inside covers). The art ranges from...
  13. Simon Collins

    Gaming Frontiers Volume 2

    This is not a playtest review. Gaming Frontiers (Volume 2) is an odd kind of hybrid. Weighing in at 160 pages at a cost of $17.95, it looks and feels like a weighty sourcebook. However, the content is similar to a magazine with cartoons, reviews, advertising and fiction as well as a host of...
  14. Simon Collins

    The Book of Eldritch Might II: Songs and Souls of Power

    This is not a playtest review. The Book Of Eldritch Might II: Songs And Souls Of Power is the sequel to Monte Cook/Malhavoc Press' first release, The Book Of Eldritch Might. It features a host of new classes, feats, magic and monsters. This is a review of the 6.43 MB .pdf version. At $7 for...
  15. Simon Collins

    Lost City of Gaxmoor

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. The Lost City of Gaxmoor is a 136-page city adventure by Ernie & Luke Gygax, sons of Gary. It is set in the world of Erde, Troll Lord Games' campaign setting, but is transferrable to most fantasy campaign settings. The...
  16. Simon Collins

    Broadsides!

    This is not a playtest review. Broadsides is another set of naval adventuring rules and subject matter in the recent glut of product of this type. It is compatible with Living Imagination's Twin Crowns campaign setting and is an expansion of the rules found there. At $19.95 for 128 pages, and...
  17. Simon Collins

    Shamans

    This is not a playtest review. Mongoose Publishing's Shamans sourcebook is the first in their new Encyclopaedia Divine series, a line mirroring their Encyclopaedia Arcane series, already successfuly examining new aspects of the magic-orientated classes. Being released shortly after Green...
  18. Simon Collins

    Arms & Armor

    This is not a playtest review. Arms & Armor is another full colour rules-orientated sourcebook from Bastion Press, designed to be easily integrated into any fantasy campaign. At $24.95 for 96 pages, this sourcebook comes in on the expensive side probably due to its full colour. The extra...
  19. Simon Collins

    Villains

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Villains is a 96-page softcover sourcebook detailing 20 villains, plus the usual spells, feats, and prestige classes relating to villains and their activities. At a price of $24.95 it seems expensive for the amount of...
  20. Simon Collins

    Song of Storms

    Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Song Of Storms is an adventure for characters of levels 7-9. It is set in the Stormlands, a region close to Torassia, where Monkey Gods' 'Tsar Rising' adventure was set (though this is by a different author). At $16.95...
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