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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...

"Feudalism is so overdone in fantasy, when in fact there were many other systems of government appropriate for Western-European flavored fantasy". I agree that too many fantasy campaigns rely on feudal mediaeval Europe. However, considering this is the first d20 product to really go in-depth...

Hi yummysnake I don't think the product restricts how you want to run your Armageddon 2089 game - in fact, if I was going to run a game in this world, I would specifically be aiming to set up a campaign where the PCs were trying to 'save the world' - the fact that its gone so bad would give it...

This is not a playtest review. Dynasties & Demagogues is a sourcebook on political intrigue from Atlas Games. Dynasties & Demagogues is a 160-page mono hardcover product costing $28.95. Space could have been used better - chunks of white space dot the book and the space between paragraphs...

Ouch! Yep, on re-reading the module I found a good few mechanical errors I missed first time round. My only excuse is that I guess I got caught up in the excellent storyline first-time round!! Still, I've amended my scoring on this one to reflect the stat, rule, and plot errors. I still think...

This is not a playtest review. Armageddon 2089 is a rulebook for running a Mecha game, from Mongoose Publishing. For those of you who, like me, know little or nothing about the genre, WarMeks are huge (200-ton) humanoid fighting machines, piloted by humans. The Armageddon 2089 setting is...

This is not a playtest review. Beware! This review contains spoilers. Uncommon Character is a sourcebook of 36 ready-to-use characters, from Atlas Games. Uncommon Character is a 128-page mono softcover product costing $21.95. There is a fair amount of wasted space in Uncommon Character -...

This is not a playtest review. Cartographica is a journal of colour maps by Todd Gamble, for use with any RPG, released by Green Ronin Publishing. Cartographica is a 64-page full colour softcover product. It contains maps of a wide variety of environments - several castle floorplans, a wizards...

This is not a playtest review. Friends & Familiars is the second in Bastion Press' Legends Collection offering NPC compilations, this one providing a selection of cohorts, allies and familiars. Friends & Familiars is a 32-page full colour softcover product costing $14.95. Each NPC takes up two...

This is not a playtest review. The Ultimate Games Designer's Companion (UGDC) is the fourth of Mongoose Publishing's supplementary rulebooks making use of OGC, this one compiling rules and ideas for the d20 system. UGDC is a 256-page mono hardcover product costing $34.95. There is little...

This is not a playtest review. Faeries is a sourcebook on the fey from Bastion Press. Faeries is a 128-page colour softcover product costing $27.95. The book makes good use of space with font and margins good, and white space minimal. The art varies in style and quality. On the positive side...

This is not a playtest review. Beware! This review contains spoilers. Tales Of Freeport contains four adventures, some new locations and adventure ideas, and a few new rules for Green Ronin's pirate city setting, Freeport. Tales Of Freeport is a 96-page mono softcover product costing $18.95...

This is not a playtest review. The Falians is an accessory for the Slaine RPG from Mongoose Publishing. It is the third book dealing with the tribes of the setting, this one dealing with the Falians, otherwise known as The Tribe Of Shadows. The Falians is a 32-page mono softcover product...

This is not a playtest review. Beware! This review contains spoilers. Sacred Ground is a sourcebook of holy sites from Atlas Games. Sacred Ground is a 112-page mono softcover product costing $19.95. There is minimal wasted space and the art is used well to illustrate the text, though it is a...

This is not a playtest review. Bastards & Bloodlines is a sourcebook on half-breeds, for Green Ronin Publishing's 'Races of Renown' series. Bastards & Bloodlines is a 112-page mono softcover product costing $19.95. Font and margins are fairly standard, though the font used for titles and...

This is not a playtest review. Crossbreeding is a sourcebook on magical inter-species breeding to create new varieties of monstrous creatures and is the thirteenth in Mongoose Publishing's Encyclopaedia Arcane series. Crossbreeding is a 64-page mono softcover product costing $14.95. A fairly...

This is not a playtest review. The Complete Monstrous Fighter's Compendium is a resource for Fast Forward Entertainment's Green Races campaign setting, detailing how to play monstrous fighters, rangers, barbarians, etc. for that setting. The Complete Monstrous Fighter's Compendium is a...

This is not a playtest review. This review contains major spoilers. Secrets Of The Enemy Capital is an expansion of Fast Forward Games' 'Dungeon World' campaign setting. Secrets Of The Enemy Capital is a 128-page mono hardcover product costing $24.99. Font, margins and white space are all...

This is not a playtest review. Please note that this review contains some spoilers in the discussion of Chapters 8 and 9. Streets Of Silver is a city sourcebook for the Twin Crowns campaign setting from Living Imagination. Streets Of Silver is a 312-page mono softcover product costing $29.95...