You'll get that money back just playing demos in the dealer's hall all day. To register for games you'll have to pay a bit more, but for $10 or $15 there is a LOT of gaming you can get in. A day pass is only $10 and a family day pass is a whopping $15. The cool thing is that there are a lot of vendors and games to see, demo, and play. The show seems a little smaller than in years past, which is understandable with the jump ahead to a much earlier time-slot. I will be doing demos at two local stores to help gamers decide if HackMaster is right for them.The Origins Game Fair is going on right now. The question for whether you pick up this book is no longer is it a good value and well-written, it is 'Do I like the style of play presented within?' The production values are as good, if not better, than the Aces & Eights book.
The inside front cover has signatures of alpha testers and the inside back cover has a black-and-white map of the Kingdoms of Kalamar setting. Since chapters are generally arranged according to character generation ordered (spells are appendices), the 400-page PHB is user-friendly. There's a table of contents and thorough index, making navigation easy. You know right away that the clerical spells are the white pages. The cleric spell section is in white, which is great since it's an alphabetical section.
The physical book is even better-the art and brownish (sepia perhaps) pages look so much better as paper than on a screen.
I've used it a lot since the initial review. I purchased a store copy yesterday-one distributor failed but a different distributor had the book to me within 24 hours at no extra charge (they are only a few hours drive away). I'd moved, so the book had to be forwarded to my new address. They might just punch your character to death. Don't be at two hit points underestimating that halfling. In HackMaster, even if your PC is amazingly powerful, the opposed roll system means one bad roll can end your PC's life. Unarmed characters of all races can fight effectively.įighting armed characters unarmed is presently perilous, but I figure that when monk rules come out, the monks will be able to beat up sword-wielding foes with their fists and feet. It works pretty well in play and characters can specialize in unarmed combat.įighters are better at unarmed combat than mages, but otherwise it doesn't matter who is fighting unless you're talking about dwarves holding down ogres and other issues of versimilitude. There is an unarmed combat system with basic attacks such as strikes, holds, grabs, throws and flying tackles. I did not discuss the HackMaster unarmed combat system in my review due to lack of space. Re: : HackMaster Player's Handbook 2012 PDF Version, reviewed by baakyocalder (4
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