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Arms and Armor of the Stone Age
Publisher: Bloodstone Press
by Daniel D. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/28/2009 14:41:34

A very good reference of the types of weapons allowable for a stone age campaign or a campaign that throws your players back in time. It helps to know how each weapon should work and what your players will find.



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Arms and Armor of the Stone Age
Publisher: Bloodstone Press
by Gregory H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/29/2005 00:00:00

We'll start with the good news: there are plenty of new and intersting weapons and shields provided in this tomb to flesh out your less advanced races in interesting ways. The statistical data is complete, even though it often seems a bit on the high end (i.e. one would think that these more primitive items would be inferior in some numerical capacities to their more modern steel counterparts). There is a reasonable description of each weapon type given.

The bad news is that the book does not contain what it advertizes. Only a fraction of these weapons were actually from the 'Stone Age'... the majority came anywhere between said age and that of Iron or Steel. The editing was also sub-par, which always bothers me in a purchased product - it strikes me as odd that so many companies are willing to push out a product with a bevy of spelling and grammar problems rather than making it look professional by having 1-2 people read it through for that sort of thing.

In the end, it's sufficient if you're looking to expand the armory of your campaign world or add some local flavor to the somewhat less civilized corners of the lands, but there wasn't anything about it that I found terribly impressive.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: The amount of content for the price was good. They also seemed to cover the essentials on each weapon from a game-play perspective.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Bad editing. Not what it was advertized to be.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Disappointed<br>



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Arms and Armor of the Stone Age
Publisher: Bloodstone Press
by Bill A. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 10/14/2005 00:00:00

Very useful - I now have several NPC tribes of barbarians outfitted in unique ways. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: One word: Chakrams.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The description of the atlatl is incomplete. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



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Arms and Armor of the Stone Age
Publisher: Bloodstone Press
by Lisa H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/28/2005 00:00:00

I purchased Arms & Armor of the Stone Age to get some ideas for how to model Stone Age-style weapons. It was one of two books recommended to me.

Arms & Armor of the Stone Age comes with two different versions of the pdf: one in landscape format, suitable for viewing on screen; the other, art-free and suitable for printing (being reasonably easy on the ink cartridge).

The screen version is very attractive, with the text appearing on a piece of parchment attached to a wooden board of some kind.

The book starts off immediately with tables listing the weapons covered in the book, separated into weapon types (i.e. Simple, Martial, etc.), and each table is further subdivided into Light Melee Weapons, One Handed Melee Weapons, and so on. After the tables, there are descriptions of all of the weapons, including any special rules. Interspersed through this text is artwork of the weapons or someone using a weapon.

The process is then repeated for armor and shields. After that, there is a brief section about other items and equipment available during the Stone Age, such as clothing and mounts. Finally, there's a brief list of the origins of all the weapons listed in the book. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The organization of the book was well done, and the desciptions of the items were very useful. The choice of the parchment color in the screen version was a good one, making it easy on the eyes to read.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: I think it would have been nice to include a bit more history about the weapons and armor, specifically about the materials used. For example, when did the use of bronze become more prevalent than bone or wood? Also, would different materials result in different damage? How much more damage would a bronze club do over that of a wooden club.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



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Arms and Armor of the Stone Age
Publisher: Bloodstone Press
by Patrick T. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/05/2005 00:00:00

Well, for the cost, I can't complain much. I did find a significant number of editorial oversights, spelling errors, and so forth. Also, I wasn't knocked over with the quality of the art. I think it looks anywhere from bland to just poor. Also, I found that this was a more Broze Age supplement than really a Stone Age one. I was thinking "Quest for Fire" more than "Barbarians of the Greek/Egyptian times", but that's okay. A few things: no rules for breakage/wear when using bone/stone/bronze/wooden implements, no "downside" to these inferior technologies in terms of damage, and no "really" barbaric weapons or tools.

It was an interesting effort, and there are a few useful weapons and armor types in here, but overall, I would have preferred a more in-depth and well sorted product, even had it cost significantly more to download<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Cheap, a few neat items<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Bad art, poor illustrations, incomplete vision of the topic, not exactly what it advertises<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>



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