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Old 09-25-2006, 09:02 AM
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Re: [RPG]: Ptolus: Monte Cook's City by the Spire, reviewed by bergec (5/5)

Sounds like an interesting product.

Marketing-wise, this product seems directed at people like me - middle aged, married, professionally employed, have several social outlets other than gaming.

I'd love to design something myself, but the simple fact of the matter is I never will. I can GM Star Wars only by downloading free adventures from WOTC, and the fact that I know the setting cold. I just don't have the TIME.

That said... I find myself reticent to drop this much money. What makes this doubly ironic is that model railroad locomotives run about $85 to $150, and I have nearly a hundred.

The unstated assumption on my part, of course, is that I'll get that much fun out of those engines, but not $110 worth of fun out of this book.

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