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03-16-2007, 06:40 PM
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Re: [RPG]: Daughters of Darkness, reviewed by Lev Lafayette (1/3)
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Originally Posted by JRM
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Lev appears to be giving Daughters of Darkness a style of 1 entirely because of the artwork. There's little mention of any other 'Style' issues (writing, grammar, spelling, quality of materials, layout et cetera). Doesn't that seem a little... unbalanced?
Now I've got Daughters of Darkness and although I think its contents are pretty low on the RQ "gaming goodness" scale it isn't badly enough put together to warrant a 1 in my humble opinion. As for the artwork, there're examples in some other Avalon Hill products that I consider considerable worse.
Yes, Troll Gods, I'm looking at you...    |
OK, very quickly. Binding is as dodgy as hell (significant), layout is dull (not too significant), scenarios aren't particularly imaginative (slight negative), but aren't awful either. Maps were quite ugly (significant). Cover wasn't exactly special either (slight negative).
But yes, the artwork is something truly special.
Oh, Troll Gods... Yes, I'll get there.
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