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Gun Opera
Publisher: Alternate Realities Publications
by Dan M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/19/2004 00:00:00

Good ideas to be found here but unfortunately three things aren't.

Non-firearm ranged weapons. Javelins are here, but only as melee weapons. You can't throw them. Bows aren't even mentioned.

The mentioned "advanced reference card" isn't here. Didn't appear in the patch either. Maybe soon.

and last, (and the reason I'm writing this here) is there is absolutely no contact info given for contacting the designers to get these matters addressed. A hint there for any PDF sellers...

I own every installment in the Big Bang series and plan to continue this trend. But unless these issues are addressed in a patch (and not an additional product) I will give very serious thought before buying any other products, including the "companion" program promised for this system from this seller.

A pity too. They do good stuff usually.



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Okay, I'll address these issues. 1.) Javelins are included because they are also usable to some extent as melee weapons. Hand-powered projectile weapons fall under the same rules of physics as bullets. So if you know the weight and velocity of those hand powered projectiles, then you can figure out the sort of damage they will do. 2.) The advanced cards were dropped from the product design during playtesting. They were little more than the basic cards on a 4 x 6 index card format, and the playtesters found numerous issues with the cards, ranging from clutter and disorganization during gameplay to cost and availability issues for both paper stock and laminating materials. If you really want the advanced cards, I suppose I could dig up the files and dump them into a PDF for you. 3.)Chalk this up to publisher apathy in regards to consumer apathy. I've been selling for nearly 15 months here on RPGnow, and to be honest, You're the first consumer who wanted to contact me over issues they have with a product. I've also been publishing for more than 10 years and all the times a consumer wanted to contact me in that timeframe can be counted on one hand. On the other hand, the response email address gets 2-3 spams a day at this point. After awhile, one just gets tired of providing information no one seems to use, y'know? Anyway, RPGnow does provide forums through which you can post messages for the vendors. While not every vendor reads them, I do visit them about 3 times a week.
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Blood and Guts (1st Edition) Bundle
Publisher: RPG Objects
by Dan M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/01/2003 00:00:00

Very useful for a D20 campaign, even if you do not intend to run a military campaign. (Some of those NPCs are going to be elite military, right?)

A marine friend and I have found a few things we disagree with, but on the whole this is a good addition to my D20 Modern collection.



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A Magical Medieval Society: Western Europe
Publisher: Expeditious Retreat Press
by Dan M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/05/2003 00:00:00

What can be added to the previous comments. I was a history major in college and so have more than the average knowledge of the subject this book covers. This is the best single source I have seen and I believe the best single source in existance for building realistic medieval worlds for your factasy RPG games...

I can only echo anoher reviewer's comment.

BUY THIS BOOK. It is 130+pages of pure value for any good DM.

I only hope this is the start of a series of books, a series I will buy on sight.



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101 Arcane Spell Components
Publisher: Ronin Arts
by Dan M. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/10/2002 00:00:00

A good list of imaginative additional spell effects. While there are no new spells, the additions will definately surprise your players when your Villians start using them. Then let the players research a bit and they can use them too perhaps, maintaining balance.

These are useful ideas and I look forward to future products like this (I also own the other "101" books and recomend them as well to add good variety to your treasures "on the fly").

A very useful product for adding surprises for your players, and we all like that kind of thinghs, right?

Dan



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