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Delta Green
Publisher: Pagan Publishing
by Gary M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/01/2012 15:17:17

for the modern COC gamer the 1990's handbook was a bit of a let down. In its orginal form it amount to essays, stats for gun nuts and a few scenarios. Of the mythos itself in the 70 odd years since 1920 there was nothing. Humanity moved with the times, not so the great old ones it seemed. Then a few good men decided to do something about it, and gave the modern COC game a twist, tuning into the distrust of government, popularity of the paranormal and UFO's mixed in with some kick ass pop culture. Thus Delta Green was born. Delta Green creates a viable background for having a team of investigators get together, ramps up the fear and paranoia and gives you crediable threats from the mythos. Predating the X files, you dont hunt for the secret government conspiracy, you are it. Its spawned its own series of disturbing fiction (by both its creators and fans alike), sequels and rumour has it its own system is on the way. Groundbreaking in scope, extremely well thought out and wonderfully written DG is a classic work. And now finally available in pdf. Which is a good thing as my original was devoured by shoggoths a long time ago. If your a COC player, or any sort of modern horror fan then miss this at your peril. I cant say a bad thing about it. Pagan are a bunch of well respected gamers who write the stuff gamers want and theres a reason COC gamers talk about DG in awed and almost reverent tones. Now buy this and find out why



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Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Basic Game
Publisher: Margaret Weis Productions
by Gary M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/10/2012 14:24:22

Well this product is one I have been waiting for with a lot of trepidation. Superheros and roleplaying? Whats not to like. Unfortunatly quite a bit in the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying game. MWP have a habit (or as we say in the uk, they have "Form") for acqquiring high profile IP, releasing in a glut of publicity a initial couple of books and then letting the product drop like a stone. They are also known for shoe horning any IP to fit the inhouse system. The issue with this is first its not really a roleplaying game in its fullest sense, as their are no charachter generation rules, reducing it to nothing more than a glorified super hero battle game. Ok there are guidlines for creating your own "Data files" but its really just info on converting existing charachters from existing comics. Not only that but there is absolutely no background info on the marvel universe, assuming that you have encyclopedic knowledge of the milieu, I mean you have the main universe, the ultimate and then the cinematic universe, where do you start And then there is the game system. I have no issues with the cortex system, I think it suited Serenity, Galactica and Supernatural very well. The version seen in Leverage is also well suited to the cinematic style of play required by its subject matter. However here it just does not seem to work and comes a across as needlesly complex when really it should be easy. Personally I feel a bit cheated. I have no doubt that a series of add ons will follow filling in the cracks or rather, gaping chasms, in the systems and (lack) of background. I feel a bit cheated. You would be better of downloading the free 4 Colour system, and any number of fan sites that still support it



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