Pyramid Review
Victoriana -- A Roleplaying Game of Vile Villainy & Glorious Adventure
Published by Heresy Gaming
Written by John Tuckey with Richard Nunn and Scott Rhymer
Illustrated by Tara K Labus, Kelly Hamilton, Svetlana Chmakova, Ursula Vernon, Matteo Lolli, Samuel Araya, Ed Davis, Shawn Brack, Fufu Frauenwahl, & The Illustrated London News Archive
304-page perfect bound softback; $29.99
As the surviving British RPGs of the 1990s -- primarily Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay and SLA Industries with an honorable mention to Dark Continent -- are all relegated to the status of an uncertain future, the actual state of the British roleplaying industry looks surprising rosy and could be said to be undergoing something of a resurgence. At the head of the charge is surely Mongoose Publishing, the UK's most prolific of publishers with d20 System adaptations of 2000AD's Judge Dredd and Sláine (as well as forthcoming adaptations of Babylon 5, Lone Wolf, and Conan) and the self-developed and recently released Armageddon 2089 RPG all to its name, but alongside Mongoose have appeared several new independent publishers. These include Bottled Imp Games, with its d20 System vampire sourcebook The Lords of the Night: Vampires and self-published Crimson Empire, but perhaps the game that will have the broadest of appeal is Victoriana -- A Roleplaying Game of Vile Villainy & Glorious Adventure.
Originally self-published in 1997 with a limited print run of 20 copies, Victoriana joins a growing number set . . .
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Article publication date: July 18, 2003
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