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<blockquote data-quote="Emiricol" data-source="post: 1330391" data-attributes="member: 469">In my opinion, as it stands in the book alone the system is unplayable. Every section seems like the editor took half the content, mostly crunch, out of the book.&nbsp; &nbsp; The back cover reads, &quot;The Book of Strongholds &amp; Dynasties inveils the Open Governmental System, a set of game mechanics that allows players to establish themselves as kings, princes, potentates, dictators, generals, theocrats and governors. After they have made their fortune as an adventurer, they can now try their hand as a monarch or as a politician.&quot;&nbsp; Sadly, this is not so - not without a *lot* of work on the DMs part making it function.&nbsp; &nbsp; The castle building system is interesting, but suffers from references to maps that don't exist, among other problems.&nbsp; &nbsp;In short, I can not recommend this product. Or rather, I strongly recommend against it until (and unless) an in-depth and lengthy web enhancement comes out to make the thing work. I bought it with high hopes, and now just wish I could trade it for something else. I haven't sold it in the off chance that such a web enhancement does come out someday soon.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;It can't be done.&nbsp; That is why no one replied, even on the Mongoose boards.&nbsp; I think the author did a lot of good work, but whether it is incomplete or (as I suspect) poorly edited, it just doesn't work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emiricol, post: 1330391, member: 469"] In my opinion, as it stands in the book alone the system is unplayable. Every section seems like the editor took half the content, mostly crunch, out of the book. The back cover reads, [i]"The Book of Strongholds & Dynasties inveils the Open Governmental System, a set of game mechanics that allows players to establish themselves as kings, princes, potentates, dictators, generals, theocrats and governors. After they have made their fortune as an adventurer, they can now try their hand as a monarch or as a politician."[/i] Sadly, this is not so - not without a *lot* of work on the DMs part making it function. The castle building system is interesting, but suffers from references to maps that don't exist, among other problems. In short, I can not recommend this product. Or rather, I strongly recommend against it until (and unless) an in-depth and lengthy web enhancement comes out to make the thing work. I bought it with high hopes, and now just wish I could trade it for something else. I haven't sold it in the off chance that such a web enhancement does come out someday soon. It can't be done. That is why no one replied, even on the Mongoose boards. I think the author did a lot of good work, but whether it is incomplete or (as I suspect) poorly edited, it just doesn't work. [/QUOTE]

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