Pyramid Review
Angel Roleplaying Game: Corebook
Published by Eden Studios, Inc.
Written by C. J. Carella with Tommy Brownell, Jeremy Hunt, Robert Jonsson, Jack Kesseler, Jarrod Moschner, Andy Peregrine, Barbara Pollack and Robert "Hendersonman" Wood
Illustrated by C. Brent Ferguson and John Hodgson
258-page color hardcover; $40.00
In December 2003, Eden Studios brought another good year to an end with the release of the Angel Roleplaying Game: Corebook. This, in its own way is a spin-off to roleplaying's best-licensed RPG of 2002, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game, just as the Angel television series is a spin-off to the highly popular Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Where the latter has already come to an end after seven seasons, Angel is still on (for now) with four seasons already under its belt. Again designed by Eden stalwart, C. J. Carella, who also created the Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game, this RPG treatment covers the first three seasons only. In that time, Angel has grown away from its roots and shown itself to be a very different animal in comparison with Buffy the Vampire Slayer. It is much darker in tone and feel, with less of an emphasis upon growing up and female empowerment, and more about an adult world in which the protagonists must deal with demons within and without. Unlike Buffy the Vampire Slayer, vampires play a lesser role in Angel, with the cast interacting with, and often fighting the demon population that lives just outside of the bright . . .
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Article publication date: March 12, 2004
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