Thanks for the review, Tim!
I bought my copy from my FLGS about a week ago, and I've read through it innumerable times already! I've all but convinced my gaming group to go out and get copies as well, and I'm running our first session in early December. I've been building the pulp setting up in their minds by simply talking about character development, and that's really gotten them going, so when they finally get their books, it will likely be an incredibly cool thing for all!
Exile Games (
http://www.exilegames.com) is also doing a wonderful job on their website forums in addressing game questions, future product release schedules, and the fans on the site have also been cranking out a fair amount of unofficial support material (character gen cheat sheets, action charts, etc.). The website also has innumerable links and references to all kinds of pulp-alicious goodness available as supplementary or background material for a HEX campaign.
This is an excellent game with a superb support network already in place... and the game has only been out for about three months!
Sure, there are scads of pulp games already out there, and more coming everyday, but I don't think you're going to find one as well-developed, one as streamlined and accessible without being simplistic or sacrificing "realism", or one that is just so d@mn cool in its production values and interpretation of setting.
Yup, gotta agree with you... 5 out of 5!