I played my first game of x-crawl. The book is well written. about a quarter of it is comprised of "crunchy bits. The rest is background. This is a fun game.
How's the book do in terms of layout and graphics? I didn't go into it too deep when I saw the price, something like $34.95. I'm still saving to pick up a few books and a non-fantasy hardcover at that price knocked it out of my immediate range.