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This is not a playtest review. This review contains spoilers for both the game and the TV series. The Coming Of Shadows is a d20 RPG sourcebook for the second season of the Babylon 5 TV series, from Mongoose Publishing. The Coming Of Shadows is a 144-page colour softcover product costing...

This is not a playtest review. This review contains major spoilers. Last Hero In Scandinavia is an adventure for 2nd-level characters from Atlas Games. It is designed as a crossover product under the Coriolis line for use with both d20 (3.0) and Atlas' Rune RPG. Last Hero In Scandinavia is a...

This is not a playtest review. Beware! This review contains major spoilers. The Fiery Trial is a story arc spanning the year 2258 for the Babylon 5 RPG from Mongoose Publishing. The Fiery Trial is a 128-page colour softcover product costing $24.95. Space is used well, with little wasted space...

This is not a playtest review. This review contains possible spoilers to the game, the novels, or the TV series. The review presumes you know something about Babylon 5 - apologies to those who don't (ask me below if you want to know more). The Babylon 5 Roleplaying Game and Fact Book: Signs And...

This is not a playtest review. Fang & Fury is a guidebook to vampires and is part of Green Ronin's Races of Renown series. Fang & Fury is an 80-page mono softcover product costing $16.95. Layout is pleasing to the eye and there is a tight font, average margins and no chunks of white space, as...

This is not a playtest review. Monsters Of The Mind is a creature collection from Green Ronin dedicated to monsters that use psionics. It is designed to tie in with the Mindshadows psionic campaign setting based on the island of Naranjan, inspired by the cultures of Southeast Asia and India...

This is not a playtest review. The Quintessential Bard is the fifteenth in the race/class splatbook Collector Series from Mongoose Publishing. Released before 3.5. The Quintessential Bard is a 128-page mono softcover product costing $19.95. Layout is similar to previous products with standard...

This is not a playtest review. Beware! This review contains spoilers. Atlas Games' Coriolis line provides products that have statistics for d20 and another game system. The Black Monks Of Glastonbury is designed for use with both d20 and Ars Magica, an RPG set in a mythical Europe of 1220 A.D...

Just noticed that the stats for Beryllinthranox are on p.273 of the DLCS. Just gotta find Gellidus' stats now (oh, for an index!). Simon Collins

This is not a playtest review. This review contains spoilers for the Dragonlance novels - beware! Age of Mortals is a companion volume to the Dragonlance Campaign Setting (DLCS), with information on play during Krynn's Fifth Age for D&D 3.5. It is released by Sovereign Press as a WotC licensed...

This is not a playtest review. Note: The review tends to focus on the differences to previous editions of Dragonlance and presumes at least a passing knowledge of some of the important facets of the setting - apologies to those new to the setting. Ask me below if you want to know more. This...

This is not a playtest review. Fantasy Bestiary is essentially a very big monster manual/creature collection for d20 3.0 from Atlas Games. Fantasy Bestiary is a 368-page mono hardcover book costing $44.95. Space usage is generally pretty good with a tight font, no space between paragraphs, and...

This is not a playtest review. The Character Record Folio is a mega-character sheet in booklet form from Green Ronin, updated for 3.5. The Character Record Folio is a 16-page mono softcover product costing $4.50. All internal pages have been used including the inside covers with the OGL taking...

This is not a playtest review. Conjuration is another in the Encyclopaedia Arcane series from Mongoose Publishing. This one deals with the arcane art of Conjuration. Conjuration is a 64-page mono softcover product costing $14.95. Layout is standard with previous products in the series, with a...

Hi merova Thanks for your comments. I thought long and hard about giving it a 5 actually. I guess the only reason I didn't in the end was because only a certain percentage of the example magical items are ever going to be useful to a GM and those examples take up a lot of the product - it was...

This is not a playtest review. Artifacts Of The Ages: Swords And Staves is a resource detailing a system for allowing magical items to grow in power with their wielder as the character progresses through levels, along with example items. It's produced by The Game Mechanics but published by...

This is not a playtest review. Slayer's Guide To Derro is next in Mongoose's guides to under-rated monsters. Slayer's Guide to Derro is a 32-page mono softcover product costing $9.95. Both inside covers are used - one for an ad, the other for a full colour illustration of the skeletal and...

This is not a playtest review. The Unholy Warrior's Handbook is a Master Class release from Green Ronin, detailing a new 20-level class, the Unholy warrior. The Unholy Warrior's Handbook is an 80-page mono softcover product costing $16.95. Space usage is pretty good with no white space, good...

This is not a playtest review. The Slayer's Guide To Goblins is another in the score or so of short explorations of various monsters and other less pleasant groups from Mongoose Publishing. The Slayer's Guide To Goblins uses a similar format to previous Slayer's Guides - it's a mono softcover...

merova Thanks for your comments I agree with Psion too, and I also agree with you! I guess I should have phrased my comment slightly better - what I feel is not that I would have liked to see information on feudalism replace that on democracy, but I would have liked to see more detailed rules...