Pyramid Review: Dogs o' War: All's Fair (for The Great Rail Wars)

Pyramid Review

Dogs o' War: All's Fair (for The Great Rail Wars)

Published by Pinnacle Entertainment Group

Written by John R. Hopler and Shane Lacy Hensley

64 pages; $15.00

Dogs o' War: All's Fair, by John Hopler and Shane Hensley, is Pinnacle Entertainment Group's long-awaited return to their Great Rail Wars miniature battles game. The supplement updates the timeline to the year 1878, following the setting-changing events of the Deadlands role playing game's recent adventure trilogy. More importantly for the players of The Great Rail Wars, however, is the updating of the Rail Barons' progress, the addition of new units and heroes for each of the railroads, including a handful previously scattered throughout other books, and the entrance of a new faction: the City of Lost Angels. Most of the new units detailed in this supplement have attractive corresponding miniatures available from Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Finally, Dogs o' War includes a short campaign, with briefings for each of the factions. While the book is physically thin for the $15 price tag, it is densely packed and a welcome return to an exceptionally fun game.

[SPOILER ALERT!]

Even longtime players of The Great Rail Wars will be surprised at some of the twists and turns the Great Rail Wars have taken. The coming of the cease-fire in the east, brought on by the deaths of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee (detailed in the Dead Presidents adventure) and the coming of the Cold War, . . .

This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.



Article publication date: March 8, 2002

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