Exellent update of the first Fudge Hack-n-Slash. This new edition includes a good adventure, random dungeon creation, and several clarifications of the rules.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: The addition of the adventure.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Dragons of Legend for Fudge by Ramsy "Tome Wyrm" Lundock from ComStar Games PDF download only ($4.95) http://www.comstar-games.com/

Fudge has animal and monster templates, including a dragon.

With that template you can create almost any dragon, including dragon player characters. Smaller dragons use the cat template (for pocket dragons). GMs and players rely on their imagination for more than that.

Roleplaying books for dragons in my collection include Role Aids: Dragons and GURPS Dragons. My personal favorite is GURPS Dragons because it discusses the mythology, themes, and history of dragons around the world.

With that book and the Fudge template above, you could use some of themes and myths along with the adventure ideas to create your own dragon world.

But a Fudge book dedicated to the popular beast is now published by ComStar Games.

The Physical Thing The book is 9 pages, and has 2 illustrations plus the cover illustration.

The price is low. The writing and ideas are excellent. The book left me wanting MORE.

The Interior Thing There are five dragons and their stories detailed inside. One is a small young dragon, and the final monster is a giant centipede or perhaps a Wyrm. There is one magical enchanted item.

The Traits are from the Fudge SRD (available at www.fudgerpg.com in RTF format). The actual statistics (Attributes, Scale, skills) are kept broad so the GM may customize the dragons.

The dragon-ish sources listed in the back are as new as 1995, but such things as dragons change slowly over time.

Where this book shines is the personality and stories of the 5 dragons. Some are familiar (Lambton Worm), some are not. Some are Japanese (which could be argued are not dragons as Japan has no snakes and dragons have a different myth -- read GURPS Dragons). Some are Chinese. Most are GIGANTIC, but fortunately have one Superfault that the hero(ine) uses to exploit and tame or kill the monster (who is, after all, only doing their job). One dragon, for instance, likes its alcohol a bit much and got drunk enough to tame/kill.

Skills, such as Attack or Defense have Traits as high as Legendary+2. Offensive Damage ranges as high as +10 or more before adding in Scale and strength.

I cannot justify my feeling that there is an odd disconnect between the dragon Traits (attributes, skills, Scale) and the damage or defensive numbers they use. I wish I could clarify this viewpoint, and it may not matter as GMs will modify the dragons to taste.

Why does this bother me?

Other than this unanswered question (it may not bother YOU!), the book is a delight to read. And as I said, it left me wanting more. <br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: The stories.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: To short!<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Fantastic descriptions of fairy tails and how to game them.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Things I knew but never made a strong connection, for example the size of armies in Fables and Fantasy.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Zo itself could use some more description. I felt the setting was a little too open at times.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Good enough to convert to any game system. A generic background is assumed (space opera) but is not developed. The planets are not excruciating detailed as some number-crunchers may like, but are more developed, as personalities.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Imaginative.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Wanted more adventures.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Interesting world building and backstory, characters; and gives the predator/prey dynamic an interesting twist that allows them to live together yet still maintain that relationship.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Good world and character building.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Action! system was too detailed for the world and characters, in my opinion.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

100 Horror Seeds: Focuses on "Monster of the Week" at the expense of exploring a horror mythos like Call of Cthulhu or the vampire, or themes like GURPS Dragons (dragons as gods, as kung fu metaphysics). However, author realizes the concepts of horror (isolation, identity, powerlessness, etc.) are slightly more limiting and compensates.

100 SF Seeds: Great stuff. Slightly more geared toward cinematic planetary space opera or planetary romance. It could have used a few settings as well as plots (adventures in the Confederacy worlds of ... where space is very thin between alternate realities). That is not to say the many plots suggest settings, tone, power level, etc.

100 Fantasy Seeds: Slightly geared more to heroic fantasy, but has enough other genres (realistic, magic realism, fantasy without magic, etc) to provide ideas. Also does not solely focus on "the quest", but includes fascinating people as plot starters as well as non-standard items/places/times as plot triggers.

100 Horror Seeds: Focuses on "Monster of the Week" at the expense of exploring a horror mythos like Call of Cthulhu or the vampire, or themes like GURPS Dragons (dragons as gods, as kung fu metaphysics). However, author realizes the concepts of horror (isolation, identity, powerlessness, etc.) are slightly more limiting and compensates.

100 SF Seeds: Great stuff. Slightly more geared toward cinematic planetary space opera or planetary romance. It could have used a few settings as well as plots (adventures in the Confederacy worlds of ... where space is very thin between alternate realities). That is not to say the many plots suggest settings, tone, power level, etc.

100 Fantasy Seeds: Slightly geared more to heroic fantasy, but has enough other genres (realistic, magic realism, fantasy without magic, etc) to provide ideas. Also does not solely focus on "the quest", but includes fascinating people as plot starters as well as non-standard items/places/times as plot triggers.

100 Horror Seeds: Focuses on "Monster of the Week" at the expense of exploring a horror mythos like Call of Cthulhu or the vampire, or themes like GURPS Dragons (dragons as gods, as kung fu metaphysics). However, author realizes the concepts of horror (isolation, identity, powerlessness, etc.) are slightly more limiting and compensates.

100 SF Seeds: Great stuff. Slightly more geared toward cinematic planetary space opera or planetary romance. It could have used a few settings as well as plots (adventures in the Confederacy worlds of ... where space is very thin between alternate realities). That is not to say the many plots suggest settings, tone, power level, etc.

100 Fantasy Seeds: Slightly geared more to heroic fantasy, but has enough other genres (realistic, magic realism, fantasy without magic, etc) to provide ideas. Also does not solely focus on "the quest", but includes fascinating people as plot starters as well as non-standard items/places/times as plot triggers.

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>

Much more freeform than Fudge, PDQ's Truth & Justice does provide an entry into superhero roleplay.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

A good list of examples of weapons for the Fudge system you can adapt, change, and use.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Excellent resource for backgrounds to use with Fudge and other RPGs.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Good adventure, good characters for HeartQuest/Fudge.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

The IFudge Accessory pack is the shorter edition of Fudge Interactive. It covers chapter one of Fudge, and has a html Fudge dice roller you change make a short-cut to on your desk top.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Covers the first 5 chapters of Fudge, where you can pick and choose which sections to print to give to your players for the Fudge game you will be playing. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>