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I had the opportunity to play Agent X at a convention in the San Francisco Bay area. The plot consisted of a Presidential assassination attempt. I picked up a copy of the game while at the con and found it to be a simple but thorough system. It is designed so that it can be played as a LARP or a sit-down RPG. The system uses a deck of cards for determining success or failure. The character generation system uses point allocation similar to Vampire:The Masquerade. Combat was the most complex part of the system. It was often times problematic, due to the stop-action necessary to facilitate LARP combat. Although I didn't play the sit-down game, it seemed as though combat would run a lot smoother in this type of play.

I understand that several supplements will be released over the coming months and am looking forward to playing again.

Style: 4 (Classy and well done)
Substance: 3 (Average)

AGENT X RPG
Author: Stone & Tisdale Category: game Company/Publisher: Mind Interactive Line: AGENT X Cost: $16.95 Page count: 128 Capsule Review by Jerod Stein on 02/24/00. Genre tags: Modern_day Espionage Conspiracy Live-action	I had the opportunity to play Agent X at a convention in the San Francisco Bay area. The plot consisted of a Presidential assassination attempt. I picked up a copy of the game while at the con and found it to be a simple but thorough system. It is designed so that it can be played as a LARP or a sit-down RPG. The system uses a deck of cards for determining success or failure. The character generation system uses point allocation similar to Vampire:The Masquerade. Combat was the most complex part of the system. It was often times problematic, due to the stop-action necessary to facilitate LARP combat. Although I didn't play the sit-down game, it seemed as though combat would run a lot smoother in this type of play. I understand that several supplements will be released over the coming months and am looking forward to playing again. Style: 4 (Classy and well done) Substance: 3 (Average)

AGENT X RPG