Pyramid: Pyramid Review: Cartoon Action Hour Presents Metal Wars

Pyramid Review

Cartoon Action Hour Presents Metal Wars

Published by Z-Man Games

Written By Cynthia Miller, Eddy Webb, & Chase Miller

Cover By Rain Beredo, Dennis Crisostomo, & Mico Suayan

Illsutrated By Oliver Castañeda, Dennis Chacon, John Huff, Michael Jason Paz, Cristian Saksida, Geoff Senior, & Mico Suayan

64-Page Saddlestitched B&W Book; $16.95

There are those that lament the fact that they cannot buy a Transformers RPG. Personally, this is not great loss as, (a) I am slightly too old to really appreciate the delights of the giant transforming robot cartoon; (b) I have grown sick of listening to conversations about it at work (but hey, I have since changed jobs and no longer have this problem); and finally, (c) I consider the Transformers as little more than a marketing exercise designed to sell plastic crud. Which in the sense of the latter, it is.

But then, what do you do if you want a GTR (or Giant Transforming Robot) RPG in the mode of the Transformers? Either design your own, or pick up a copy of Cartoon Action Hour: The 1980's Action Cartoon RPG, Spectrum Games' RPG of 80's Saturday morning cartoons, which lets you game in worlds and styles similar to that of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe, and Transformers. Pyjamas and sugar encrusted breakfast cereal all optional, of course. Yet that still leaves all the hard work to do, and thus makes Cartoon Action Hour Presents Metal Wars just what you want.

Subtitled a "Transbot Series Book," Metal Wars is the supplement . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.

Article publication date: June 9, 2006

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