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Old 10-07-2008, 10:44 AM
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Re: [RPG]: CthulhuTech, reviewed by C.W.Richeson (4/3)

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Soldiers, occultists, Tagers (super soldiers), mecha pilots, and Engel (super mecha) pilots don’t mix well together mechanically or thematically, and there’s little guidance from the book as to how to structure a gaming group with these extremely varied options.
The book recommends that you play the game in 3 different levels. One is playing mechs, another is playing on a super human level, the Tagers, and finally as a regular soldier. It is not meant to be played mixing them up.

Also, it says up front that it is a storyteller system (which I interpret as meaning the rules are very simplified). Combat mechanics relies much more on description since combat is the same whether playing mech, Tager, or regular Joe.

I do agree that Tagers are not as flexible in chargen as we would like.

Nice review by the way!
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