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Pyramid Review – Demon City Shinjuku
Originally Published in Pyramid Magazine – September 15th, 2000 In 1988 the anime feature film Makai Toshi Shinjuku was released in Japan. Based on a novel by Hideyuki Kikuchi (the Japanese SF/Horror author), Shinjuku told the story of Kyoya, a young student of the mystic combat…
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Pyramid Review – Diomin
The artwork ranges from mediocre to terrible. The pages seem to overflow with wasted white space. There’s a lack of depth to the material. They neglected to put a price on the cover. The soy-based ink their printer used smears at the slightest provocation, leaving your fingers…
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Chaos Lorebook – Book of the Elder Brood: Tilaxic
And the Dukes of Chaos raised up the least among their servants and they were the most plentiful of their servants and the formless among many and riven of all nature. This scroll describes, in brief, the Elder Brood – a myriad horde of “creatures born of chaos” who are the…
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Pyramid Review – Lost Cities
Originally Published in Pyramid Magazine – March 2nd, 2001 As far as I can tell, Reiner Knizia doesn’t know how to design a bad game – and Lost Cities is no exception to his exemplary track record. Although connected to the reputed theme of the game (adventurers traveling to…
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Mothership – System Cheat Sheet (Gamma)
(click for PDF) Mothership is a sci-fi horror RPG. Think Alien, The Thing, Pitch Black, or Annihilation. Its calling card is an old school approach wedded to red hot innovation: Blazing fast character creation. Brutal systems for Combat and Stress. Tons of sandbox support and…
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Chaos Lorebook – Book of the Elder Brood: Essyat
And the Dukes of Chaos reached into the flesh of the living, taking whatever their power could command turning it unto the purposes which they saw best. From such works were the Elder Brood delivered – a horde of flesh driven to pinnacles far beyond the pale boundaries of…
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Pyramid Review – Jovian Chronicles: Ships of the Fleet 4 – Venus Fleet
Ships of the Fleet, Vol. 4: Venus Fleet – a supplement for Dream Pod 9’s Jovian Chronicles game – is plagued by minor inconsistencies and errors of detail. Fortunately, it is also possessed of substantial strengths, proving itself useful for tactical and roleplaying games alike.…
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Chaos Lorebook – Book of the Elder Brood: Bulugon
And they took the gifts that Nature left for them and turned those gifts to their own ends, shaping them through rites of chaos to become a teeming legion – least among their servants, but limitless in number. This scroll describes “seething caverns of chaos, impossible in their…
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Pyramid Review – Big Eyes, Small Mouth: Hot Rods & Gun Bunnies
Originally Published June 20th, 2000 This is how you write a supplement. Why? Well, for starters, what makes a good supplement? First off, the book should be good enough that you want to buy it – but the underlying system should have been designed well enough that you don’t need…
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Pyramid Review – Children of Fire
Originally Published July 14th, 2000 When you think about the typical roleplaying game made available over the internet for free, the thing that springs to mind is that it is, above all else, free. Because there is no serious investment necessary to present the material to us,…