Another fantastic adventure from our friends at pinnacle entertainment. Like most deadlands adventures this maintains an atmosphere of horror and creepiness in the weird west but this one i think did something different. You aren't gunslingin hot shot cow pokes, you're a bunch of orphans little under 10 years old. My only complaint is the picture on the front cover could be better, looks a bit too photoshop. There are some inspirations from figures like krampus but this isn't a krampus adventure. It'll fit in an ongoing campaign but making the posse play as a bunch of orphans is too good to pass up.

Merry Christmas Y'all

One of the most poorly put together RPGs I've seen in a very long time, the only game i can think of that is actually worse than this one is the RPG that shall not be named. Ill give a brief breakdown of why from the quickstart alone and hopefully save anyone the misfortune of accidentally paying for the game.

General Stuff: The author is incredibly preachy in her political and mysandrist views that are plastered all over the product disguised as a game. Your character's sexual orientation and preferred gender is actually character creation relevant which is completely beyond me leaving me with only the question of "What does this have to do with the game, and why is it on my character sheet." Somehow it is actually a selling point apparently?

Mechanical: Aside from the really weird part about having your sexuality and gender being an active part of character creation for reason's unknown because it has little bearing on actual gameplay and serves no purpose other than crusading the actual mechanics of the game are horrendously messy. It plays more like a board game than a roleplaying game as you basically just go from one room to the next but your actual character has very few things they can actually do in each room. The game gives you no freedom and its skill system is incredibly convoluted.

Setting: Here is what really makes my eyes roll. The author goes through great pains to tell you how egalitarian and great this society is but here is the kicker. It is a freakin monarchy! With nobility and a caste system. Sorry but you can't have both. It is a matriarchy which is perfectly fine for that version of the world but the entire thing is basically victorian era if it was a matriarchy. But the world is better just because women are in charge now? If that doesn't scream crusading I don't know what does. Her underlying message seems to be that "the world would be a better place if women were in charge"

Final Verdict: I cant rate this game less than 1 out of 5 but i would strongly suggest not supporting this game. It is very preachy and the game itself isn't really that good. It doesn't live up to its potential, this is coming from someone who both believes in egalitarianism and enjoys swashbuckling games. Head over to the guys over at Alderaac Entertainment and pick up 7th Sea if you really want to get your swashbuckling fix. There are plenty of good indie rpgs out there but this is not one of them. Read the playtest yourself if you don't believe me.