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Gaming Frontiers (for d20)
Published by United Playtest Inc.
Edited by Robert J. Williams
140 full-color pages; $17.95
Gaming Frontiers is a bit different than the standard magazine. Many are thinking, at $17.95, it better be. Well, it's not really a magazine, but more like the Rifter from Palladium. This is a sourcebook not for one genre or setting, but for all things d20. But what's inside? Reading the back cover of Gaming Frontiers is like reading a who's who not only of the d20 system, but some of the founding fathers of the original Dungeons & Dragons game. Not only do you have well known d20 publishers like Green Ronin, Privateer Press, and Atlas Games, but also there are web-based companies like 0one Roleplaying Games and Bard's Productions.
Each of these companies has contributed something a little special to the first issue. Are you looking for prestige classes? Check out the Skval, a Norse Warrior with an affinity for water, or the Ehtzara, a unique Prestige Class from Arcanis campaign setting.
Those looking for monsters, get a sneak peak at Minions with four creatures in full color, as well as a section of Norse Specters, a hint of what's to come in the Codex Germania. Of course, dinosaurs might be more your style, and with the sneak peak at Dinosaur Planet: Broncosaurus Rex, we get to see five different dinosaurs at various sizes to throw into the d20 mix.
Some might be looking for more adventures. For them there are "The Tomb of Obrosh," an adventure . . .
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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