I was very excited for this, so much so that I backed the kickstarter with a friend. The metalheads that we were (and are), we couldn't wait to cast off the shacvkles of Mundania and ascend to the plains of Ragnarock! Then the monkeys paw curled.

We are rapidly approaching the 2nd anniversary of Ragnarock's release, and Hunters Entertainment have presumably just tried sweeping everything under the rug and hoping that the criticism will go away, that's certainly been their attitude on the official discord and in support emails.

Here is a list of the litany of problems that plague the core rulebook and NOT ONE OF THEM has been fixed since the 2023 release:

The book is outright missing rules (the combat resistance rules are a particularly egregious example of this, and where rules are not missing they are poorly explained (it never explains to you, for example, that the monsters/NPCs in the game do not roll dice, it just expects you to know that!)

Then there are the litany of typos and graphics errors, the most egregious example I can think of being a body of rules text that is hidden behind a full page spread image. This means if you only had a hard copy of Ragnarock, the rules hidden behind that image are completely inaccessible to you.

This is not the product that I (and many others) invested into the Kickstarter for, and despite an apparent update to the pdf on the 22nd of October 2024, none of the litany of errors (including, to reiterate, the frankly unacceptable page 83 hidden text error) has actually been addressed and despite assurances that changes or an errata doc (or both) are coming. We are still waiting.

This game is dead, even the quickstart update Hunters promised would provide rules clarity does not provide any, and in fact, only raises more questions. I'm done. Hunters Etnertainment cannot be trusted with your money, or your good will. Lord knows they'ved burned through all of mine.

I backed the kickstarter to get KoB2e. The system itself is fun and the book is a nice read mostly, but it does leave a lot to be desired. Several times throuought the book it reads as if written by ai. I'm finding this more and more in ttrpg books where for word count or whatever reason, the books have sometimes entire paragraphs that repeat with slightly different language. The layout was an issue for me also as I found myself constsntly having to flip back to what felt like random pages to look up mechanics and info.

I love this system and this has added so much to it! I'm going to run my first game on Kids on Bikes in a couple of weeks. After going over the PDF a few times, I've noticed some misspelled words or some that are incomplete without the first couple of letters, (incarceration in potential content warnings is missing the in). I was just wondering if anyone knew if they was going to fix any of these errors, and if so, would we be getting an updated copy agyer purchasing this one?

Both Hunters Entertainment and Double Proficiency have proven themselves to be happy to ignore and mislead their customers. In good conscience I do not recommend this product.

This titlle was funded on Kickstarter. Unfortunaately Hunters Entertainment (formerly Books) has failed to deliver the rewards to the Kickstarter community who funded the development of the item. They seem incapable of taking any reponsibility for their abject failure. Personally I fear I have lost my money on the kickstarter and am reluctant to buy from them again.

Hunters Entertainment are an extremely dodgy company. They were happy to charge shipping for the physical production on this book and have so far completely failed to ensure basic customer service by actually shipping them. All their international backers books have apparently been 'processed for shipping' as of early November. I write this review February 1st. So far not a single iota of movement or any communication from Hunters Entertainment.

I do not recommend this title. I will not be supporting any future products involved with Hunters Entertainment.

There are some very cool features with this system - the one dice per stat and exploding dice mechanics are excellent, as is the adversity token system - but I find myself disappointed with the quality of the book in general, and specifically the introductory adventure, as there seem to be a number of inconsistencies that really should have been picked up in proofreading, and that make DMing it a lot harder than they should be - for example on page 127 it says "Solving the simple logic puzzle found in the cylinder to the flashlight will give the players the following information...", but the flashlight is actually behind the lock that this puzzle is needed to solve, and the clue has been moved - and there are other examples. I'm an experienced DM, and it took me some hours to sort out this adventure to be usable and consistent because of things like this - what it would be like for a beginner (which it is targeting), I don't know. Similarly disappointing are things like asking you to hand out lines to players, but not providing any printables - it would have been so easy to add (or make available for download) and would have made it so much easier to prep and run. I'm also disappointed that the system repeatedly tells you it is about collaborative storytelling, then gives you a highly structured adventure with just a little openness at the end as the "worked example". I know that is supposed to be introductory - but I wanted help to learn this aspect, and found it almost contradicted in the exemplary material.

Yeah, maybe I'm being a bit picky, maybe this just doesn't suit my DM style, so perhaps for others this would be 4 stars, but I still say that the logical inconsistencies should simply not be present in a second edition book (and of course, the PDF could have been updated even after publication with errata) and this lack of care and polish mean I don't feel I can recommend it without significant reservations, especially to beginners.

I have been so excited to run a game of kids on bikes. I watch a lot of Dimension 20 and I decided to try to play to help enhance my roleplaying abilities and improv skills. I like the level of mechanics in this game. There's enough to help you play a character and leave some things up to rolls, but not so much that you spend half the game figuring out how to mechanically make a thing happen. I also love how modifiable this game is. I am using some of Brennan Lee Mulligan's homebrew rules and I'm super excited. Lastly I am excited about how much this has sparked me to create. With DND I love making characters but struggle with the storyline because I am not making it. After using a hook from another kids on bikes book, I spent probably 80 hours across 3 weeks making a storyline/plotline, side characters, side quests, items, puzzles, and more. I haven't written this much since like middle school!!!

This was a really neat experience for a small group to play. I ended up running it a a game cafe which meant that I didn't have music available but I still think we all immediately got sucked into the game. My only gripe is that the physical game is much better quality that what could be mustered for the digital edition. I wish there were more official digital tools available or the PDF price were lower to compensate. That being said I do like this enough that I purchased this edition and a physical copy as well.

This was a really neat experience for a small group to play. I ended up running it a a game cafe which meant that I didn't have music available but I still think we all immediately got sucked into the game. My only gripe is that the physical game is much better quality that what could be mustered for the digital edition. I wish there were more official digital tools available or the PDF price were lower to compensate. That being said I do like this enough that I purchased this edition and a physical copy as well.

I've now run several games with Kids on Brooms, and there is a fun, simple rules light RPG to be enjoyed. But there are some things missing that would help flesh out the experience. In an effort to keep the rulebook as small as possible it feels like a little of the connective tissue is missing. The biggest thing is guidance on weaving class weeks and months into a school year.

Everything comes down to one of 6 skill tests, which I'm fine with, and I really like the six common die sizes being your ability scores, but more guidance on fleshing out challenges, and how to build challenges into an adventure would be helpful. As is I've been winging it and we've been having fun, but I don't feel there is enough here to last a whole magical school career, just a short campaign, which is fine, but a bit more robustness (while keeping the rules light) would have afforded some more flexibility.

I originally purchased this product because I thought it was the 2nd Edition of Kids on Bikes -- but when I went to download it, it's the first edition. Unfortunately that isn't made super clear, as the text in the bundle talks about 2nd edition, but doesn't specify it's 1st. Maybe that was my mistake in not checking first before purchasing, but it's disappointing to say the least.

Having the R20 conversion be bundled with the PDF is a great cost-saving measure, and its one of the reasons I originally purchased this bundle -- but I'd rather have the 2nd edition and just input everything into my VTT of choice manually.

Use it in my RPG-Stream on twitch.tv/nerdzeitalter and my Players love it. I started with the first Edition, but the second have additional passion in it!

5/5 Will recomment everyone to try it out.

One of the very best gaming experiences I had within years. Every single time I start the timer and the music starts to play it is bathing me in emotions. Thank you for this wonderful gem!

Straight up one of the worst TTRPGs I've ever read. A lot of the rules are missing, there's typos everywhere, the game's setting is an isekai (even though the back of the book contradicts that), and character creation is shallow. If you're looking for a heavy metal TTRPG, skip this one.