Very thought out game system for stand alone or applying it to almost any game system. Malcolm Sheppard game system is the perfect solution for Game Master that wants the players to develop threw a story base game system threw the character Owen actions and store plots from their characters. Wily providing the Game Master the ability to focus on House Rules and Store plots and monsters then trying to peace to gather what character did last section or keeping character from say or doing something that the character has not done before or has no knowledge of doing from missing up the game.

Anyone who reads most of my reviews knows that I don't mince words and I like "easy-to-grasp reading" of game rules. (I don't mind reading long-headed books if I am reading about things like politics, philosophy, religion, or if I am reading a classic novel or Shakespeare. However, if I am reading a rule-set for a game, I don't want to be bogged down with the details ... money is too scarce, life is too short).

Unfortunately, I don't really understand what Codex is, even after purchasing it and reading the first 5-7 pages. Frankly, I don't think it knows what it is, either, judging by what I read in the text. (I am not trying to be harsh nor ambiguous, I am trying to be truthful. 8 bucks is a lot to spend on something you don't like, don't read, and will never use. I write reviews based on MONEY, not on PASSION.)

To all the game designers out there: LAYOUT is IMPORTANT. I am a graphic designer by trade - I know of what I speak.

Codex lives up to its name, unfortunately: it is a poorly-designed collection of ideas that is arcane and hard to comprehend with light reading. Save your 8 dollars, until the revision comes out, and Codex has been rewritten and redesigned.

Nice system, based on d20 roll where you add two attributes and two skills based on your character's between-game stories that the player writes.

Very high-trust system.

Generic enough to be applied to almost any system.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>