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Ancient Steel Fantasy Role Playing Game
Publisher: Trooper X
by Tomer Z. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/16/2015 01:25:25

I was intrigued by this product and I always like to support RPG creators – BUT – this book is very incomplete. It feels like some sort of advanced draft and not ready for sale yet, certainly not for the price of 8$. Many structural errors and mistakes and some missing content. The game itself is ok, not really delivering the potential promise I thought it will have. Bottom line – it is very amateurish and disappointing and in my opinion not ready for sale in the current state that it is. I would really expect a new updated version of the pdf.



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Ancient Steel Fantasy Role Playing Game
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Updated versions were sent out three times. Many of the editors mistakes have been corrected.
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Michael T. Desing's Army Ants RPG Legacy Edition
Publisher: Splintered Realms Publishing
by Tomer Z. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/09/2014 16:45:08

It really bothered me that there are no reviews for this fine product so I have decided to step out of habit and make one.

I must admit I have really liked the Army Ants RPG Legacy Edition. It structure and layout is very clear and the writing is easy to follow and understand. No outstanding art though, but I am a content person anyway.

The setting is very unique in style, and basically you are playing a “humanoid” ant soldier or other insect such as beetle, Cricket, ladybug or Potato Bug (in some sense you can call it your “race”) in a fight against the evil wasp empire. Now, this is definitely not your standard everyday fantasy, sci-fi or steampunk setting but it is fresh and exciting.

The rules are simple yet give a rich, satisfying and elegant feeling (I must admit I am all in for light and simple systems nowadays). It is based on a combination of Level, Attributes and Traits using a point-buy method for character generation and development (each level you get Character Points to spend). There are only 4 Attributes covering all character activities – Body, Mind, Prowess and Spirit, with each Attribute assigned a dice rating in a scaling order (D4, D6, D8, etc. the higher the better). Traits are a mix of skills and talents and are rated with a flat bonus from +1 to +6. Some of the Traits rules, such as Moxy, Munitions, Mentalism, and Mysticism, are used in a very nice way giving a great flavor to the game. To perform an action you roll your Attribute dice and add the Trait bonus. The result is compared against an opposed roll or a difficulty target.

The rules are pretty extensive covering anything I could have thought about including all the regular RPG stuff, Vehicles, mass combat and even simplified cybernetics (yes, cybernetics for ants!). I have encountered with several dice scaling style systems but this one has put everything together most smoothly. The only thing I would have change is the use of levels and the level based Attributes feat rolls, making it a pure skill-based system (by the way, the system could be very easily adjusted and be adapted to fit any standard RPG setting. I myself have found it easily used for my favorite Mutant Chronicles dark techno-fantasy setting).

All in all this is a very good and interesting product, I have bought it at the original price and now that it is at such a low cost it is more than worth it for anyone looking for a fresh setting or a cool simple rule system.



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