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Title: Jack Vance's The Excellent Prismatic Spray II by Gary Gygax, Robin D Laws, Steve Long, Phil Masters ISBN: 0-9539980-2-9 Publisher: Pelgrane Press Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 August, 2001 Format: Paperback List Price(USD): $9.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Mostly disapointing
Comment: I think genius is never more obvious then when average people try and duplicate it and fail. Jack Vance's books are brilliant, full of questionable morals, great dialogue, and more awsome RPG ideas in each book then most authors have in their lives. But this book is a poor attempt at immitating it. Basically it is ridiculous dialogue, without any believability. And the RPG ideas within are more like bits of shiny glass then hidden gems. If you really want some great RPG ideas, read one of Jack Vance's books, not a poor shadow.
Rating: 5
Summary: A great souce for any role playing game
Comment: The Excellent Primsatic Spray is a very appealing read, and a useful source work for nearly any rpg of even remotely similar genre. It is written throughout in a remarkable imitation of the original witty, sardonic style of Jack Vance, the author whose work the Dying Earth Rpg is based. At worst, this is still nice for the background feel, at best, it's gut wrenchingly hilarious.
But most important, the short adventure "seeds" and "expedients" in the magazine are suitible short adventures or encounters for most any campaign, and since they rarely emphasise a lot of hack and slash, can easily be adapted to say D20 rules or GURPS.
These little mini adventures are almost universally well written, rich in detail and background ambiance, and some of them are true gems. If you want to bring some wit and culture to your game, wake your players up with some immensely clever plot twists and adventure hooks, pick up this magazine.
Even if you don't play an rpg at the moment, pick it up anyway and enjoy the read, it's one of the best you will find related to any game anywhere.
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Title: Jack Vance's The Dying Earth Roleplaying Game by Robin D. Laws ISBN: 0953998002 Publisher: Pelgrane Press Ltd. Pub. Date: 01 March, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Sequel to Ports of Call by Jack Vance ISBN: 0312867271 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: December, 2003 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Blue World by Jack Vance ISBN: 0575073489 Publisher: Gollancz Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Big Planet by Jack Vance ISBN: 0575071176 Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Alastor by Jack Vance ISBN: 0312869525 Publisher: Orb Books Pub. Date: July, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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