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Originally Posted by Rel Fexive
smascrns: I suspect by "introduction game" he didn't mean "introduction to Starblazer Adventures" or "introduction to FATE" or whatever, but "introduction to playing role-playing games" - that was the initial thrust of the review, after all. In that it is large, yes, but clear, comprehensive and complete. And fun. And thus a good place to start one's possible role-playing "career".
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Rel Fexive, I perfectly understood that the reviewer ment introduction to playing role-playing games. IMO a 632 game book that's comprehensive and complete is not an introduction. It's the full product. An introduction is something between some tens and 100 pages. After reading and playing that the prospective player may make up his mind and decide if he is into rpgs or not. If he is, then he buys the 632 book. That's why I think it is disengenious to try to present the Starblazer book as an introduction book. (Note this says nothing about the quality of the game or about the way it is being promoted by the people behind it.)
Thanks for the table of contents. I like the way the content is distributed, it's done in the way I prefer to find it, it's a good int that this game book may be worth getting.