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A really, really good set of rules for creating investigators in the 1940's for Call Of Cthulhu. The book has a brilliant set of rules for creating military characters which is worth the cost of the book alone. It starts with a welcome introduction into the background of possible investigators & their possible roles both militarily & espionage wise, both at war & on the home front. It does try to cover all possibilities unlike its competitor World War Cthulhu & seems richer for the comparison. A very good section finishes on arms, armour, & possible back stories for investigators. Very good reading for all of those who want to take their Call Of Cthulhu players into the horror of the Second World War. Highly recommended.… (meer)
 
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aadyer | Dec 23, 2014 |
Starblazer Adventures is the first space opera game for the Fate system; the reference is to a long-running UK comics anthology, but you could certainly adapt the system to tell a Space Battleship Yamato story if you wanted to.

The book is a tome: over 600 pages, with enough full-page and half-page illustrations from the comic that I wonder if they could’ve done a little cropping and made the book considerably lighter, or split it into two volumes with one being targeted at game masters. Like Spirit of the Century, the emphasis is on storytelling, with only a bit of attention paid to character development during a campaign; there are some new ideas like career-related stunts (which manage to get filed in a different chapter from the skill-related stunts). The developers did a good job of fleshing out Fate to support space opera trappings like weapons, armor, high-tech gear, robots, alien races, starships, and fleet battles.

The systems for starships and organizations are good examples of the “Fate Fractal”: the principle in Fate games that any entity is another kind of character, still with aspects and skills and stunts and stress tracks and consequences, all following the same underlying mechanics as all other characters.

Overall, an excellent effort that could use some more tightening up if there’s a second edition, and a worthwhile investment for Fate gamemasters.
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