287:(AD&D), saying, "in the case of any new role-playing game nowadays, any rating on review has to take account, not just of objective judgment of the game but also of its likely impact on a market which is already dominated Whether you are likely to enjoy the game-system is not entirely the point: the question is - will the game-system contain enough material which fits your personal taste to the extent that it tempts you away from whatever system you are using at present I believe that the
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is dismal — hopelessly derivative, awkwardly written, and virtually unplayable." Swan concluded by giving the game a very poor rating of 1.5 out of 4, saying, "Oddly enough the book concludes with one of the best solitaire adventures I've ever seen — a clever, challenging scenario that rivals the
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can work. If a referee is willing to put the time into developing a background world, if players can identify with characters who exist only as
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solos, and have played each of them more than once (with wildly different results each time). They show that an 'interactive novel' approach to solo adventures is more than workable — it’s the best way to write them. With luck, these will be just the tip of the iceberg.
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tries to negotiate the fine line between the simple and the simplistic, but falls on the wrong side. The game should work well when played with the designer and friends, which does not help the several thousand who have not had the luck to meet Mr. Dillow."
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The melee combat system uses percentile dice (a random roll from 1–100). The player's character rolls percentile dice and compares that number to the opponent's chance to dodge, and the difference between these numbers determines if the hit is successful.
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is a system with a difference, but not much else. I'm not going to change any of my gaming rules because of this book, which is unusual ·- I almost always find some neat twists in the latest set of rules I've read."
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would be a decent, though not outstanding, introductory game. As it is, if Reston continues to show such disregard for basic production quality in its other game publications then the hobby will suffer for it."
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