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<blockquote data-quote="woodelf" data-source="post: 1641962" data-attributes="member: 10201"><p>Actually, the books are pretty easy to find. Chimera Hobby Shop ( <a href="http://www.chimerahobby.com/" target="_blank">http://www.chimerahobby.com/</a> ) has some of them, the local Frugal Muse has the two core books last i checked, and probably any decent online used-RPG retailer has some selection of them. The one thing that really disappointed me is that you pretty much have to get the Rule Book as well as the World Book--while the content is mostly split sensibly between them, such that you could use their setting with teh system of your choice, there's nothing on the superpowers in the world book. You have no idea what sorts of things supers should be able to do in the setting, without the rules book, so just using the setting book could end up with a very different feel from that intended. Conversely, the rule book is only mostly generic--it has elements that you have no need for in the Providence setting, but also has some stuff that is very much Providence-specific. Not to say that i don't love the game, only that its execution leaves something to be desired. Oh, also, there is a significant bug in the rules, relating to either damage/healing, or spending/recovery of power points--i forget now, but when we actually played it, the problem jumped out at us glaringly. Never did get around to looking for errata online...</p><p></p><p>Oh, as for the history of the company: they were acquired by/merged with Hubris Games, which have recently been mentioned in another thread as now defunct, but i don't know if that's true. Lucien Soulban has also done some stuff for other game companies--he was involved in Heaven & Earth 2nd ed, and i think he did some other stuff for GoO, but i quick look at the BESM books i have doesn't turn up his name. I think he's also written for other game companies since then, but i can't recall off the top of my head.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="woodelf, post: 1641962, member: 10201"] Actually, the books are pretty easy to find. Chimera Hobby Shop ( [url]http://www.chimerahobby.com/[/url] ) has some of them, the local Frugal Muse has the two core books last i checked, and probably any decent online used-RPG retailer has some selection of them. The one thing that really disappointed me is that you pretty much have to get the Rule Book as well as the World Book--while the content is mostly split sensibly between them, such that you could use their setting with teh system of your choice, there's nothing on the superpowers in the world book. You have no idea what sorts of things supers should be able to do in the setting, without the rules book, so just using the setting book could end up with a very different feel from that intended. Conversely, the rule book is only mostly generic--it has elements that you have no need for in the Providence setting, but also has some stuff that is very much Providence-specific. Not to say that i don't love the game, only that its execution leaves something to be desired. Oh, also, there is a significant bug in the rules, relating to either damage/healing, or spending/recovery of power points--i forget now, but when we actually played it, the problem jumped out at us glaringly. Never did get around to looking for errata online... Oh, as for the history of the company: they were acquired by/merged with Hubris Games, which have recently been mentioned in another thread as now defunct, but i don't know if that's true. Lucien Soulban has also done some stuff for other game companies--he was involved in Heaven & Earth 2nd ed, and i think he did some other stuff for GoO, but i quick look at the BESM books i have doesn't turn up his name. I think he's also written for other game companies since then, but i can't recall off the top of my head. [/QUOTE]
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