A new advanced class for bumping back the things that go bump in the night. The monster hunter here is a combination of Van Helsing and Alan Quatermain.

There are some good ideas here, but nothing new or earth shaking. The class itself is solid and something any d20 character would take a level or two in.

I would have liked to see some monster hunting societies, but I am not complaining for the price.

All the Imperial Age books are all well written and features art from the age, either public domain art and paintings as well as some original art. In all cases the art is very evocative of the time and very well done.

The books are all easy to read, with clean layout and font sizes. They can be printed with ease without killing your printer cartridge.

Anyone planning a horror type campaign set during the Victorian period should consider this (with a little work, it could be used in other time periods too). Depending upon the choices of the player, it can be used to create a range of character types from thoughtful scholars (such as Van Helsing in 'Dracula') to more action orientated heroes (like Van Helsing in, errr, 'Van Helsing).

On the downside, there is no supplemental material, such as adventure ideas, character examples and the like. Whilst not essential, such stuff would be useful.