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Message: <blockquote data-quote="starwolf" data-source="post: 2011019" data-attributes="member: 2971">Hi all!   I have agreed to review The Dragons Gate, by the gang at Gold Rush Games.     The Dragons Gate is a companion to San Angelo: City of Heroes.  It is essentially a "China Town" setting for San Angelo.  The book was written with a Supers campaign in mind but it easily adapts itself to other genres, such as a martial arts campaign, or a mystic campaign with an oriental flavor.  The supplement comes with Hero System stats by default, but also includes GRG's own Action System, and M&M Superlink (D20) stats in indexes at the back of the book.   The Dragons Gate is a rich miasma of historical detail, supporting cast characters, mystery, and intrigue all wrapped in an aura of oriental mystique.  As I perused its pages I could almost smell the tang of exotic spices hanging in the air from the street vendors and restaurants that are the main tourist attractions.  I could feel the grittiness of the back streets ruled by rival tongs, and rife with gang controlled "violence".  I could picture the street walkers and surreptitious drug deals going on around me.   There is enough historical information the a GM can easily run a western game a la "Kung-Fu" the tv series, a pulp genre game, a martial art game, a street level supers game, or a street level "Cops & Robbers" type game.  It also easily tweaked for use in a higher powered 4 color supers game.   The Dragons Gate includes over 3 dozen NPC’s of note, dozens of business descriptions, and a plethora of plot seeds.     The artwork is well done and very appropriate for this type of supplement, adding great atmosphere.  The detailed street map is also a plus.      For Hero gamers looking for a rich backdrop this is IMHO a must buy supplement.  Gold Rush Games has a real hit with this one.</blockquote>

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