Pyramid Review
Ghostfighter (for a|state)
Published by Contested Ground Studios
Written by Gregor Hutton with Malcolm Craig & Mark Whalley
Cover by Paul Bourne
Illustrated by Paul Bourne & Gregor Hutton
40-page US Letter-size black & white 6.4 MEG PDF; $6.95
One of the most interesting games to have come out of Scotland since SLA Industries is Contested Ground Studios' a|state, best described as a dark and gritty RPG of Dickensian Science Fiction. Bar the supplement, The Lostfinder's Guide to Mire's End and several downloads available from the publisher's website, there is not a huge amount of support for the game. This is a shame as the game certainly deserves it. To counter this lack, Contested Ground Studios is producing a number of supplements in PDF format. The first of these is Ghostfighter.
The ghostfighter is one of the game's signature character types, the ultimate in melee combat specialists. He is a knife fighter par excellence, eschewing the use of the impersonal firearm and preferring to wield the ghostfighter's signature weapon, the Llife. Made of bonded layers artificial diamond and ceramics, the Llife is an extraordinarily sharp slashing weapon capable of slicing through dense materials and inflicting nasty cuts to a victim. Considering how sharp and painful a paper cut is, just multiply with a Llife . . . If you cannot get to a doctor or hospital for such a wound, then one solution is the use of Ghostfighter Glue, a flesh-bonding adhesive that binds the cut closed to . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: January 6, 2006
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