Great freebie that will help tie those IKRPG players over if they can't quite buy the big book straight up.

Full review on Darker Days Radio http://darkerdaysradio.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/review-unleash-beast-iron-kingdoms.html

lacks the connections with other books, just for making the correct relations

Disclaimer: I'm a bit of a Privateer Press fangirl. I was introduced to both Warmachine and Hordes when I was in a pretty poor position in life (military base in the middle of nowhere with literally nothing entertaining to do), and I've been in love with Privateer Press things ever since - the Bodger Games stuff (Infernal Contraption! <3), Warmachine, Hordes, and most importantly Iron Kingdoms.

The Iron Kingdoms RPG brings amazing things to the Tabletop RPG realm that I felt were... lacking, in other games. For starters, the mix of magical fantasy and Steampunk, while not wholly unique, was realised in a beautifully unique way. Steamjacks are an awesome idea, and the fact that you can create a character capable of wielding the might of these awesome machines just feels incredible. Beyond the setting, I love the mechanics of the Iron Kingdoms game - the core mechanic is simple, consistent and understandable, using the 2d6 system that powers Privateer Press's minis games. As a wargamer (who is especially fond of WarmaHordes), the combat system is especially interesting to me.

Unleashed takes all of that, mixes it up a bit and brings a whole new world of options to Iron Kingdoms. I've got the PDFs for this product, as well as the physical Adventure Kit box that includes these booklets. The quick-start rules for Unleashed do an amazing job at both of jobs; first, it provides a simplified version of the Iron Kingdoms ruleset that you need to know in order to be able to play the included adventure - this includes rules for the Will Weaver-type casters (of which the party has two) and the Harnesser-type caster, a new addition to the Iron Kingdoms rules that takes on the Warlock side (with Warcasters being Focusers in the currently-released rulebooks). Second, it does a brilliant job of whetting my appetite, and those of my players, for what is coming out later this month. A brief flash of how Warlocks will play out, a wonderful illustration of the types of characters you can create, and plenty of suggestions for living up to the savagery of the Wilds of Immoren.

I can't wait for April 22. The Wilds are coming... are you ready?

This is the best Introduction set I have ever seen. There are 3 PDFs. The first is the core rules. The second is the introductory scenario. The Third are the character sheets. The artwork and production value of all 3 PDFS are amazing as one would expect from Privateer Press. The Core Rule PDF is just enough information to cover the included scenario and continue on a bit if you want. The introduction scenario is refreshingly unique and well thought out. It really pushes the savageness of the setting. The detail on the perforated characters is amazing. There is a a full page of text for each character just on background alone to get the players into their character, establish why they are on this adventure, and what they think of the other characters.

This is my first experience of the Iron Kingdom Rule Set and it's a refreshing simple ruleset with details miniature battle rules. I've been looking for something that would be simple to run with details miniature rules that I could run on Roll20. I think this will fit the bill perfectly. It would be awesome if Privateer Press released this as a module on Roll20. I think more companies should do that. While this product does not include any of the map tiles or figures that the physical product does there are links to download the map tiles and tokens. So you could download those and use them to run a campaign on Roll20. There is an Iron Kingdoms character sheet on Roll20, but it is geared more toward the war machine campaign.

I've liked this so much I am considering buying the physical product just to get the miniatures and and map tiles.