[RPG]: Blue Rose: The Roleplaying Game of Romantic Fantasy, reviewed by Dan Davenport (4/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13057.phtml

Dan Davenport's Summary:

Before Green Ronin turned its Mutants & Masterminds d20 variant into the generic True20 system, it applied it to the romantic fantasy subgenre. So what does that make this? A chick-flick with dice? A roleplaying “gayme”? A d20 game I’d enjoy running and playing? The Hard-boiled GMshoe is on the case.

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[C.W.Richeson]

Another unbelievably comprehensive review that's both easy on the eyes and fun to read, what with its rhy humor and all. Great job!

I've enjoyed Blue Rose in play, though I'm not sure it's a game I'd want to run or play more than once.

[Wood]

Originally Posted by C.W.Richeson

I've enjoyed Blue Rose in play, though I'm not sure it's a game I'd want to run or play more than once.

Rhy's that, then?

I showed the review to one of my regular players, knowing full well that it's basically what DnD would be like if she wrote it. She was sold pretty early on.

[C.W.Richeson]

Part of the fun was the nature of the world - it's a little different from other fantasy settings, especially with a bit more focus on good organizations and corruption being so difficult to uncover. Talking animals and pure hearted adventures help round that out for a unique feel - but after having run it once I feel like I got my feel for the world. I think it would require a narrowly tailored campaign pitch to get me interested again, as I feel like I got the "Blue Rose experience."

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by C.W.Richeson

Part of the fun was the nature of the world - it's a little different from other fantasy settings, especially with a bit more focus on good organizations and corruption being so difficult to uncover. Talking animals and pure hearted adventures help round that out for a unique feel - but after having run it once I feel like I got my feel for the world. I think it would require a narrowly tailored campaign pitch to get me interested again, as I feel like I got the "Blue Rose experience."

On the other hand, it sounds like a refreshing change from the typical FRPG I've seen all too often -- "you're a bunch of black hearted bastards killing anything that moves."

[Wood]

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

On the other hand, it sounds like a refreshing change from the typical FRPG I've seen all too often -- "you're a bunch of black hearted bastards killing anything that moves."

...and taking their stuff. Don't forget that part.

[Dan Davenport]

Originally Posted by C.W.Richeson

Another unbelievably comprehensive review that's both easy on the eyes and fun to read, what with its rhy humor and all. Great job!

Thanks, Chris!

[Dan Davenport]

Originally Posted by Old Geezer

On the other hand, it sounds like a refreshing change from the typical FRPG I've seen all too often -- "you're a bunch of black hearted bastards killing anything that moves."

Interesting point, OG... I can't see a whole lot of slaughter-for-profit going on in this game. (Well, not without missing the point completely, that is.)

[Mark Krawec]

Originally Posted by Dan Davenport

Interesting point, OG... I can't see a whole lot of slaughter-for-profit going on in this game. (Well, not without missing the point completely, that is.)

"I pull my axe out of 'is head & rifle 'is corpse!"

"He's got a ring worth ... uh ... +1 wealth."

"..."

Yeah, not much of a thrill there.

[Old Geezer]

Originally Posted by Dan Davenport

(Well, not without missing the point completely, that is.)

And that became rare when?