tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995220052347472921.post691474159071255116..comments2024-03-28T15:43:54.125+00:00Comments on Reviews from R'lyeh: The Other OSR: Warpstar!pookiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09521454715536568847noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-995220052347472921.post-37298261240446755202021-07-25T17:51:29.594+01:002021-07-25T17:51:29.594+01:00Reading this review makes me very frustrated.
One...Reading this review makes me very frustrated.<br /><br />One of my favorite books of all time is the original 40K Rogue Trader, and it occupies a place of honor on my shelf. I have read it, lovingly, many times and wished and hoped that there was an adequate way to adapt it to an RPG. But the FFG RPGs eventually published for the 40K universe are all informed by latter-day gaming conventions (both with regard to late edition 40K and more recent RPGs), rather than something of the "older school." I WANT the 40K version of WFRP.<br /><br />And then along comes THIS game: a game whose art and themes appear to match EXACTLY what I'm looking for, that takes its cues from WFRP with a career system and deadly, ugly combat (hopefully promoting non-violent means of resolving conflict), and I can see from this review...from the sample character alone!...that the system/mechanics they've worked out is absolutely going to tank it for me. "Gyphs?" Intimidate skill rolls? No, just...no.<br /><br />This sucks. I want a game that looks like this...but it needs the substance, too, not just the style. And it's all the more frustrating because even if I had the mind to write such a game myself, I'd never get it to look this good. <br /><br />Maybe I'll pick up the PDF and give it a read through. But probably not. Why throw money (and time) away on a product that will just irritate?<br /><br />Thanks for the review, though.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.com