Surfing the newsgroups, I came across a blurb in rec.games.frp.announce
which I believe was about a new RPG called Waste World
I surfed to their page Waste World
Datacore to check it out. Awesome artwork there. Cinematic Anime
inspired Violence. Sounds good to me. So I called Pinnacle Entertainment,the US
distributors, and ordered it for myself.
The artwork is wonderful. Captures the mood and feel of this
Post-Apocalyptic world nicely. Odd, European spellings to words. All
helps to lend a feeling of a different planet descended from our own
(US Centrism there).
Rules: Well laid out. Simple to understand. On the web site is a short
article on quick character creation. Makes it easy for people like me
to get started.
So, awesome artwork. Decent system. Good buy. The setting has lots of
good mental images for me to use in the setting or to use in another
system if I wanted. There are 6 main factions, each embracing a
different point of view. From the very strict Shogunate to the ruined,
landscape dwelling Skavengers, there should be something here for about
everyone. With a little thought, long campaigns of deceit and intrigue
could be run. Or tons of good, mindless, violence. All possible in the
Waste World.
Style: 4 (Classy and well done)
Substance: 4 (Meaty)
