[RPG]: Truth & Justice, reviewed by Baz King (3/5)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/13/13665.phtml

barry stevens's Summary:

This game is just right. It’s the closest I’ve seen to emulating and supporting the bonkers, colourful stories I read every month in the funny books. It’s charming, honest and full of passion for the genre. Sure the mechanics are a bit loose when run at speed, but since when did comics make any sense? This games embraces the madness and the affection for it's sources drips off the pages. Fantastic.

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[chadu]

Thank you for the wonderful review!

(Sorry about the Northrop Frye.)




CU

[The Fiendish Dr. Samsara]

Good review. You hit most of the points I have too: a great game; pretty much my default Supers game now (I'm running a 1970's marvel-style game right now; see sig; end plug); with some weird bits where it seemed the enthusiasm pooped out, particularly the Powers list.

One example of that: I had a player making a mentalist, who pointed out that there is no telekinesis power. Surely that's not right, I thought. But she was right: we have Energy Blast and Energy Beam, but no Telekinesis. Of course, this is T&J, so it was simplicity itself to make up the power, but I still had to do some heavy lifting (my call: TK lets you use lift objects with a weight and range from the Intensity Chart; damage is normal-scale, however, and not super).

Hmn, that all sounded negative: Chad, I love the game. But I hope for some tighter editing next time around.

[Baz King]

Originally Posted by chadu

Thank you for the wonderful review!

(Sorry about the Northrop Frye.)




CU

It was very much my pleasure! I loved your game and I hope that came through in the review.

Frye? I'm sure it's all well and good but it's your own analysis of tropes that I was interested in, and your take on them was the best bit of the book for me.