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Deadlands is a rather different game. I've played Tons of different games and i was looking for something new,not just fantasy with a twist or cyberpunk with some twang,but Something DIFFERENT!

Well, ask ye shall recieve! The Deadlands:The Weird West is definatly new and inventive. From the Genre to the extremly cool rules this game SCREAMS most inventive game since (probably more) inventive than D&D.

The core book is really all you need to play the game ( there are some more books that Help but i'll get to that later),so it will spare the GM the cost of around $90 needed to play the AD&D game. From the very cover of this book I was immediatly stunned by the coolness of the art(which is mainly done by Brom and Ron Spencer). Whn you crack that puppy open to the 1st page you get lots o' history and background info on the game that is presented in an excellant format and is very well written. Then you flip a few pages over and you into charater generation, it is the most fun i have ever had making a character! The generation doesn't envolve dice for stats it uses POKER CARDS! ITS THE COOLEST C.CREATION EVER! With awsome occupations such as:Huckster(weird west mage),mad scientist,gun slinger,texas ranger,indian shaman, and lots more!

The game mechanics are just as easy and inventive,using poker cards,poker chips,and yes it has dice(but in the game they call 'em bones). The system is so easy to understand we were playing the game within 30 min. with our characters created and the whole shootin' match. The rules are simple but not over simplified. Nothing is sacraficed for the sake of simplicity,but everything is there.

The best thing about this game though is the capsules. They are ALL good,jam-packed with info,very well written,good looking,and useful,ALL OF THEM. From the first one they made(the great maze)

to the most brand spankin new one(Doomtown or Bust) the capsules are well worth the consideralbe amount of dough yer gonna shell out for these bad boys.The game also has a neat "mood music" deadlands Cd, a set of special poker cards,and of course,the Doomtown CCG.

All in all,if you wanna start playing RPGs,if you wanna start a new one,or whatever you want to do(the cover art is so dang cool you could just use it as a coffe table book)BUY this BOOK! The good people of Pinnacle deserve the recognition and money for this piece of work.

Style: 5 (Excellent!)
Substance: 5 (Excellent!)

Deadlands Core book
Author: Shane Hensley Category: game Company/Publisher: Pinnacle Line: Deadlands Cost: $30 Page count: BIG Playtest Review by Dr.Scotty on 06/10/99. Genre tags: Fantasy Science_fiction Historical Horror Old_West	Deadlands is a rather different game. I've played Tons of different games and i was looking for something new,not just fantasy with a twist or cyberpunk with some twang,but Something DIFFERENT! Well, ask ye shall recieve! The Deadlands:The Weird West is definatly new and inventive. From the Genre to the extremly cool rules this game SCREAMS most inventive game since (probably more) inventive than D&D. The core book is really all you need to play the game ( there are some more books that Help but i'll get to that later),so it will spare the GM the cost of around $90 needed to play the AD&D game. From the very cover of this book I was immediatly stunned by the coolness of the art(which is mainly done by Brom and Ron Spencer). Whn you crack that puppy open to the 1st page you get lots o' history and background info on the game that is presented in an excellant format and is very well written. Then you flip a few pages over and you into charater generation, it is the most fun i have ever had making a character! The generation doesn't envolve dice for stats it uses POKER CARDS! ITS THE COOLEST C.CREATION EVER! With awsome occupations such as:Huckster(weird west mage),mad scientist,gun slinger,texas ranger,indian shaman, and lots more! The game mechanics are just as easy and inventive,using poker cards,poker chips,and yes it has dice(but in the game they call 'em bones). The system is so easy to understand we were playing the game within 30 min. with our characters created and the whole shootin' match. The rules are simple but not over simplified. Nothing is sacraficed for the sake of simplicity,but everything is there. The best thing about this game though is the capsules. They are ALL good,jam-packed with info,very well written,good looking,and useful,ALL OF THEM. From the first one they made(the great maze) to the most brand spankin new one(Doomtown or Bust) the capsules are well worth the consideralbe amount of dough yer gonna shell out for these bad boys.The game also has a neat "mood music" deadlands Cd, a set of special poker cards,and of course,the Doomtown CCG. All in all,if you wanna start playing RPGs,if you wanna start a new one,or whatever you want to do(the cover art is so dang cool you could just use it as a coffe table book)BUY this BOOK! The good people of Pinnacle deserve the recognition and money for this piece of work. Style: 5 (Excellent!) Substance: 5 (Excellent!)

Deadlands Core book