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D20 to Yuma
Publisher: Kitsune Press
by Boris [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/09/2024 22:04:32

Game was recommended by a friend, so I picked it up. Game looked interesting, and we put together a group and even figured out how to make a makeshift character sheet on roll20. We love the mix of genres, which tags all of our group members' interests. But the PDF is not searchable, and this is a huge problem. It would be so simple to make it searchable. Why is it not searchable? Review would be 5 stars if PDF was searchable.



Rating:
[2 of 5 Stars!]
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D20 to Yuma
Publisher: Kitsune Press
by John B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/13/2019 00:41:25

A very fun read and well worth the price! I loved the fantasy western setting it described, along with the fantastic artwork that's both cute and action-packed. There's a very homey feel to the game's structure, with a setting and ruleset that's very friendly to homebrews and roleplaying. Can't wait to read the next one!



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[5 of 5 Stars!]
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D20 to Yuma
Publisher: Kitsune Press
by Morrigan B. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/14/2018 16:24:41

Perhaps as appropriate for the genre, this book contains a mixture of things good, bad and ugly. Although simple and fun - it lacked the overall professionalism I would expect from a published book of the price.

The Good

The mechanics are a strong point here with few exceptions. They are written in a clear, newbie friendly fashion. More importantly for me however, they ditch traditions when it suits the genre.

This is a classless system - and one of the most streamlined and flavorful interpretations I have personally seen. Overall it is very function out of the box with no homebrew required.

The Bad

My mostly female group rolled their eyes in unison upon realizing this game has sexually dimorphic attributes. Female characters are supposed to get -1 STR, but +1 to either DEX or CHA. While we don't normally mind if a specific species or race has something like this - having it as a universal rule for characters of all races just seemed awkward - particualrly since it came immediately after an explanation of women being equal to men in the setting.

This book desperately needed an editor. One particualrly glaring example was in the description of Coyote Folk, in which a paragraph ends with a sentance obviously cut off in the middle "Coyote Folk are renowned"

The Ugly

While the western genre has never been culturally sensitive - either in fiction or the real history - referring to native americans as "Savage" is a serious faux-pas.

Combined with depictions of buxom native women with feathers in their hair and pocahontas style tunic, and the listed price for the scalp of hostile natives - the overall impression is barely above an elementary schoolboy's imagination of "Cowboys & Indians"

Final Thoughts This is a book which easily has potential to be a 5 Star product with a few improvements. One of the most obvious - hiring an actual Editor and perhaps someone with more experience in page layout.

I recognize that "Mostly female group heavily involved in or belonging to the local native community." is probably not the demographic ever imagined by the author - but this book is certainly awkward to show to my group.



Rating:
[3 of 5 Stars!]
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