Haven: City of Violence anyone play it?

[Leopold]

title says it all people. Anyone know what it's about? curious about it...maybe a shadowrun type game?

shame it's not D20..

 

[Zog]

Haven't played - but I wonder if it is related to the Hawk and Fisher series by Simon Green?

Basically they are two tough honest no nonsense cops in a very corrupt city, Haven, in a medieval, magical, world. Entertaining books - basically six novellas with the same characters and some overlap.

Haven read like a larger version of Sanctuary - if Sanctuary had even more organized crime, and polically based corruption and crime, it would be Haven.

 

[barsoomcore]

Nope. Downloaded the free "Instant Violence" rules and wasn't really all that impressed.

They did sell the option rights for a film, though. For some bizarre reason I get press releases from the Haven folks. Apparently a rock star photographer is getting into film and optioned the rights to Haven. Whether or not a film deal will result, only time will tell.

 

[Hypersmurf]

Haven't played - but I wonder if it is related to the Hawk and Fisher series by Simon Green?

Entertaining books - basically six novellas with the same characters and some overlap.

I found the books weirdly inconsistent.

Most of the stories were great - quirky, but really enjoyable to read.

But then occasionally I'd strike several chapters in a row where it just seemed he'd... forgotten how to write, or something.

Most notable... I think it was an mass breakout from an asylum, or something similar. All inmates accounted for, except for [insert list of half a dozen freaky oddballs].

And then the proceeded to run into those half dozen oddballs, one at a time, in order, and it just read like a really bad dungeon crawl.

Sad... it really marred the book for me.

-Hyp.