A nice little romp through a house once inhabited by Zagyg; well laid out, some interesting plot. I have to say though - I know it's first level, but why is it always goblins?<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

I've already submitted a review to rpg.net about this fantastic product. It does very much what it says on the tin - one hundred fantasy kingdoms, usually based on a clever high-fantasy theme (a nation composed of a thousand doorways and rooms, acting as a secret society of wizards; a city owned and run by a great dragon who leverages her hoard for profit; a perfect kingdom resulting from a well-worded wish, now controlled by demons at the whim of one man). Get it if you're a fantasy GM - it's just chock full of ideas. <br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: See above.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The names are a bit hokey - deliberately, I assume, to remind you what the kingdom's theme is.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

A nicely detailed home base and plot collection for any starting party; the Outs Inn contains most of the services they'll need and an interesting collection of NPCs. Not to mention a magical secret or two.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

A compact d20 system in 8 pages? I had to see this. And in fact, it's 7 pages. You have 3 classes (the ever-popular Expert, Mystic (or Spellcaster), and Warrior), and it operates much like a slimline version of True20 (damage saves) without skills or feats. The magic system is freeform, simple, and clever.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Quick20 is actually pretty impressive - the magic system alone, while nothing innovative, is worth the cost of the pdf, and I've been expanding on it for my own tweaks.

Likewise, the class ability pool system is a simple but brilliant idea. I'd very much like to see them both in play.

Contrary to Tim Gray's review, a 1st level Mystic can do a fair bit in a day, especially if he prepares his spells; it's just 2 points (out of a likely 4 or so) to heal an ally of 2 hits (which is a lot). <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The layout's not brilliant (it's cleaner now).

I'm no fan of the damage save system (it just doesn't work for me when I GM), but that's easily fixed (I roll damage against a soak TN, rather than the other way around).

The character classes (certainly at 1st level) are a bit cookie-cutter - one Warrior is much like another, and all Mystics can cast all spells if they've got the points. Again, easily fixed if you don't like it (I added specialities at first level, and Mystics have to choose a limited number of effects they can call on).

I think more base stats would be a good idea - I can see where they come from, but the normal six would probably be better (I changed it to Might, Reflex, Fortitude, Intellect, Will, and Grace). All can be used for saves (Intellect vs illusions, Grace vs ageing/polymorph) in a C&C style.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

This is a neat little mini-setting for low-level play - it's a self-contained little valley about thirty miles long containing al the basic elements of Basic D&D: elves, dwarves, goblins, one dragon, and a whole bunch of low-level adventures within a few days' walk. It's been called a D&D game preserve before now. I like it a lot. It's probably worth looking at the other adventures in the Thunder Rift setting. The book itself mentions Quest for the Silver Sword (which may be the only one you really need, since it's about a magica plague affecting one of the towns, and so you should resolve it if your party ever goes there, which is likely), the Haunted Tower, Assault on Raven's Ruin, and Sword and Shield.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: See above. It can be dropped into any world pretty easily (the D&D Cycolpaedia Screen includes Escape from Thunder Rift, an adventure to connect it to Mystara); I plan to use Savage Worlds to run it at some point.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: My only reservation is that hte scan of the map is difficult to look at and somewhat incomplete (the joins don't meet very well). <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

A nice adventure and expansion for BASH Fantasy, essentially the Swashbuckling Supplement, complete with equipment, swordsman schools, a world based on 17th century Europe, and advanced naval rules. It is EXTREMELY similar to a certain popular swashbuckling RPG, but given how much I love that game, that's no bad thing. Comes in print-friendly and illustrated versions for convenience, which is always a nice thing about BASH products.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

A nice little simple fantasy RPG, but really the generic and flexible rules could work for any game genre - which is not surprising, given that it started life as a superhero game. It's almost but not quite a match for BESM, or another fast fun furious game. With some work, you could tweak it for any heroic genre (I suspect it wouldn't work all that well for the grim and gritty style), and indeed there are some short but well thought out sections on other settings (such as Conan-esque dark fantasy, swashbuckling (expanded in Island of the Forgotten Tomb), Roman empire, steampunk, and Oriental adventures). Really, BASH has learned a great deal from other successful games (such as BESM, 7th Sea, Dungeons and Zombies/Unisystem, and of course D&D) and incorporated what it's learned well. And that's no small accomplishment.

<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br><BR>[THIS REVIEW WAS EDITED]<BR>

A really very readable and comprehensive product, detailing and illustrating weapons and armour from various eras and locations of Earth history. Great for if you're running a game set in, say, an Exalted-like mixture of Mayan empire next door to Phoenician traders with some Stone-Age-level tribesmen milling about, and you'd like some authentic details and stats on their kit rather than, "eh, they're wearing leather. Or possibly scale. They had scale in Asia Minor, right?" Those playing in the Forgotten Realms probably need not apply.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

It's an interesting take on d20 combat (and on combat-heavy games in general) - rather than beat up mooks and monsters individually, you basically tot up each character's combat effectiveness as a generic score and then use it to reduce a given plot point's threat rating until the GM determines that you've won (or not), rather like applying an abstract battlefield system to party-level fights. It all feels a bit hands-off to me, so I won't be using it.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

A reasonable little introductory adventure, though the art is poor and the feel does not bode well for the upcoming Iron Dynasty setting, which seems to be an unholy mishmash of Japanese and Chinese material.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

A fantastic rules-light supers game. The damage-as-plot-hooks and failure-ranks-as-damage ideas are particularly nifty and add a really genuine comic-book supers feel. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

It's only the first chapter - enough to get you all salivating. The rules look exactly as imaginitive and exciting as I'd thought. I just wish there was more - I was frustrated at what we didn't know about different martial arts styles and so on. And, as usual for such things, I think the art is fugly, but that didn't put me off the potential.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

An all-round useful little set of paper minis for your fantasy (or more off-the-wall Buffy-esque modern arcane) campaigns. It's worth the price.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Your best pulp resource. Even if you never meet a single member of the DeutscheArbeitPartei.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: It's the best pulp RPG supplement I've found so far: it has a whole list of basic tropes, basic archetypes, and definitions of the pulp genre. The adventure ideas are all very neat (though the future space one was a bit off the wall for me). If you want to run pulp, get it. It's all pretty much rules-independent.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The small-book format was quite annoying at times.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

A useful addition to one's Wushu library, more so than the other adjuncts.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: It is definitely worth buying above and beyond the basic Wushu set - it has nice ideas, some new rules, and some nice settings. And of course, it's not costly.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>