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FictionalReality-MAGAZINE-13, Fictional Reality Gaming -Magazine

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1
Campaign 7 / Games Unplugged 25
44
NON D20 PRODUCT REVIEWS
Review by: Mark Theurer
Devil Player’s Guide
From the Editors
2
45
Kryomek USA
www.kryomek.com
Kryomek & Hivestone
d20 Modern Miniature Options
3
Review by: Mark Theurer
Games Unplugged 26 / Campaign 8
45
60
by: Mark Theurer
Review by: Mark Theurer
Encyclopedia of Prestige Classes
Review by: Mark Theurer
46
Confrontation Game Example
6
Review by: Christopher Carr
Heresy Gaming
www.osseum.com
Victoriana
by: J Michael Tisdel
RPG Objects
www.rpgobjects.com
Blood and Fist
MINIATURE REVIEWS
62
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
46
Devil Dog Design
16
Review by: Mark Theurer
Louis J Porter Designs
www.ljpdesigns.com
Haven, City of Violence
www.devildogdesign.com
Review by: Mark Theurer
Kryomek
17
Mythic Design Studios
www.mythicdreams.com
Dark Inheritance
64
Review by: Mark Theurer
Bulletproof Screen
www.kryomek.com
Review by: Mark Theurer/J Michael Tisdel
Tactical Miniatures
47
65
Review by: Mark Theurer
Review by: Mark Theurer
21
www.tacticalminiatures.com
Review by: Mark Theurer
Excalibur Miniaturen
22
Mystic Eye Games
www.mysticeyegames.com
Behind The Gates
48
FANPRO / WK Games
www.classicbattletech.com
Battletech Maps Comp
65
www.exalibur-miniaturen.de
Review by: Mark Theurer/J Michael Tisdel
100 Kingdoms
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
Heart of the Machine
Review by: Gabe Ratliff
MechWarrior Record Sheets
48
66
24
Review by: Graham Platt
Artificier’s Handbook
Review by: Mark Theurer
3060 Technical Readout
www.100kingdoms.com
Review by: Mark Theurer/J Michael Tisdel
Maidenhead Miniatures
49
66
Review by: Gabe Ratliff
Classic Battletech Companion
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
26
67
www.maidenheadminiatures.com
Review by: Mark Theurer/J Michael Tisdel
The Assault Group
Review by: Joe Jeandervin
Green Ronin Publishing
www.greenronin.com
Character Record Folio 3.5
27
50
Fast Forward Entertainment
www.fastforwardgames.com
Demon Dice
www.theassaultgroup.com
Review by: Mark Theurer/J Michael Tisdel
Games-Workshop
Review by: Mark Theurer
Unholy Warrior’s Handbook
50
68
Review by: Mark Theurer
29
Review by: Mark Theurer
Fang & Fury
www.games-workshop.com
Review by: Mark Theurer
Reaper Miniatures
51
FANPRO / WK Games
www.shadowrunrpg.com
Dragons of the 6
th
World
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
Tales of Freeport
30
51
69
www.reaperminiatures.com
Review by: Mark Theurer
Dark Age
Review by: Mark Theurer
Testament
Review by: Duffy Carter
Sprawl Survival Guide
52
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
69
35
Review by: Duffy Carter
www.dark-age.com
Review by: Mark Theurer
Living Imagination
www.livingimagination.com
Pirates!
Mystic Eye Games
www.mysticeyegames.com
Giant Monster Rampage II, World War
70
Review by: Mark Theurer
D20 PRODUCT REVIEWS
53
Review by: Mark Theurer
Sovereign Stone
www.sovstone.com
Marauders of the Wolf
40
Bastion Press
www.bastionpress.com
Into the Green
53
Games Workshop
www.games-workshop.com
Sword & Flame
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
70
Review by: Larry Naeyaert
Torn Asunder
Review by: Mark Theurer
Warhammer General’s Compendium
Eden Studios
www.edenstudios.com
Secrets of the Ancients
54
Review by: Mark Theurer
Wrack and Ruin
71
54
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
40
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
www.peginc.com
Evernight
Fast Forward Entertainment
www.fastforwardgames.com
Sundered Reaches
Bard’s Productions
www.bardsproductions.com
Epic Tales: Race for Retribution
72
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
55
41
Review by: Adam Brooks
Review by: Mark Theurer
Dungeon World: Catacombs
Reaper Miniatures
www.reapermini.com
CAV: Journal of Recognition 2
42
ADVENTURE
Review by: Clay Richmond
Treasure Quests: Secrets of Ra
73
43
Savage Worlds
www.peginc.com
Dangerous Dealing and Marvelous
Maidens
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
Paint Set 2
Review by: Mark Theurer
Devilish Devices
73
43
Review by: Christopher Carr
Review by: J Michael Tisdel
Demonwars
44
56
Review by: Larry Naeyaert
Written by: J Michael Tisdel
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FICTION
Hello, and welcome to the lucky thirteenth issue of
Fictional Reality
. Okay, since we
started with issue 0, this is actually the fourteenth issue, but being this close to October,
we'll go with Lucky Thirteen! And, what an issue it is - not only do we have our usual
collection of game, miniature, and RPG supplement reviews, but we've also got a few
special articles.
Enjoying Retirement
75
Written by: Robert J. Santa
BATTLE REPORT
Reaper Miniatures
www.reapermini.com
Warlord
79
Written by: Mark Theurer/J Michael Tisdel
The first these special articles is one for whic a lot of people have been asking. Here at
FR
,
we have often published articles and battle reports for Rackham's
Confrontation
. This
time we're publishing a complete example of play. The
Confrontation
game mechanics
are vastly different from most other miniature games and this causes quite a bit of
confusion. We hope that this article helps new players (and maybe old hands) understand
the game a little bit better.
GAME PREVIEW
Excelsior Entertainment
www.excelsiorentertainment.com
Ultimate Warzone Preview
86
Hot off the presses from Excelsior, we've got the
Ultimate Warzone Primer
- so you can
get ready to take your Megacorp troops out to face the forces of the Dark Apostles. Me?
My Brotherhood army is ready to see some action again after an extended R&R. As
Gunny R. Lee Ermy says, "Oo-rah!"
Written by: Excelsior Entertainment Staff
CONCEPT ARTWORK
Excelsior Entertainment
www.excelsiorentertainment.com
Ultimate Warzone and Chronopia
89
The
d20 Modern
RPG brought orcs to New York in a way we've not seen before. So,
what to do for miniatures? Where can you find a roller-blading gnoll? We've got the
answer in a little article on figures for d20 modern. [Ok, maybe not a roller-blading gnoll.
Mark]
Written by: Excelsior Entertainment Staff
GAME BACKGROUND
Before you read any further, go find a deck of cards - because you'll need 'em. No, not
collectable cards or even oil change discount cards, I mean playing cards - you know, the
ones with spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs. You'll need 'em for two of our featured
articles. First off we have part one of an adventure for Pinnacle's
Savage Worlds
RPG.
Dangerous Dealings and Marvelous Maidens
is an adventure in the style of the 1930's
movie serials - that borrows heavily from both Flash Gordon and Sam Spade.
Excelsior Entertainment
www.excelsiorentertainment.com
Ultimate Warzone Background
91
Written by: Excelsior Entertainment Staff
The other featured article is a battle report for Reaper's new fantasy miniatures skirmish
game
Warlord
. Mark and I played in a 3-way game of Warlord with Ed Pugh and Anne
Foerster of Reaper. This is a brand new game for Reaper - and we had the opportunity to
play on the table Reaper used for the pictures in the rule book. Who won? Was it the
Reaper home team or the visitors from FR? Read the BatRep to find out!
ADVERTISER INDEX
Now, I bet your wondering what a deck of playing cards has to do with
Savage Worlds
and
Warlord
? Well, both systems use decks of cards to determine who moves when
during the round. These games didn't invent this mechanic, heck it's as old as miniature
games themselves. I wouldn't be surprised if H.G. Wells used it in his
Little Wars
book
waaaay back when. Personally, I like the mechanic. It's much better than rolling a die -
you get randomness without the you-go-I-go monotony of other systems.
Great Canadian Miniatures
IFC, 74
WarZone GTS
14, 16, 28, 84
I won't take up any more of you time - I'm sure you're anxious to see what all we've
crammed into this collection of bits and bytes. Take a good look at what we've brought
you - and then take a moment to let us know what you liked and what you didn't like. We
take that kind of input and use it to make a better magazine.
Tactical Miniatures
14
Privateer Press
15
Kryomek USA
20
Pinnacle Entertainment Group
23, 57
Excalibur Miniaturen
23
100 Kingdoms
25, 71
And remember, while you're reading this magazine, those of us here in the FR cloister are
already hard at work on the December issue. I won't say what we have in store for issue 14
- you'll just have to look at the previews page on the Fictional Reality web site.
Dark Basement Miniatures
29
Reaper Miniatures
32, 78
Fantization
34, 82
Dark Age Games
37
So, until next time, have a safe and happy Fall - and try to get in a few games between
now and December . 8)
Excelsior Entertainment
39, 87
RPG Objects
49, 55
Brok’s Armory
61
Zombiesmith
63
RPG Now.com
64
Michael Tisdel
Bring Your Miniatures to Life
67
Charon Productions
72
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In this article I’ll be talking about and showing you my picks for the most
usable miniatures in a d20 Modern game. None of them are Wizards of the
Coast figures as they do not produce a line of miniatures for that game. I do
hope that this changes in the future though. Ok, so without further ado we’ll
get started with the least, in my opinion, usable of the most usable figures.
Ok, maybe I need to clarify that last statement a bit. I think that all of the
figures presented in this article are perfectly acceptable for use in a d20
Modern game, but this will be sort of a countdown to what I consider the most
usable line of figures for that game. Alrighty then, off we go…
of this column) will
set you back about
$17.50 USD and
comes painted to a
very respectable
level. They are
certainly worthy of
being used in a
game. If you really
want to you could
strip them and re-
paint them yourself
though.
Games Workshop
To keep from having the GW-police come and beat me about the head and
shoulders (and to make sure that we’re not violating any of their rules
concerning any of their images) you’ll have to check out
www.games-
workshop.com
for pics of any of the figs in this article.
They also produce
standard unpainted
figures that are
worth checking out.
Necromunda
– My personal picks for most usable figures in d20 Modern
would be either the Van Saar (all of them), which would work marvelously
for a covert spy force or just a kick-ass bunch of mercenaries and the
chicks from the House Escher range. The weapons are going to seem a bit
large when compared to many other figure lines but I’m really ok with this.
The rest of the Necromunda range could probably find a home in your d20
Modern game, especially if you decide to screw with them and drop them
into a post-apocalyptic setting.
Above pictures from www.em4miniatures.com
I-Kore
Several ranges from the Void 1.1 game would make suitable characters or
enemies in d20 Modern. The single best figures from this game is probably
the VASA Militia, below. For around $8 - $9 you get packs of three males or
females (there is also a 7-figure pack), unpainted, that would take care of a
whole party of player characters perfectly.
Warhammer 40K
– Some of the Imperial Guard figures would do well as
single characters or as a police/security force and there are figures from the
Tyranid range that would scare the bejeezus out of a party of PC’s if they
ran into them in some military installation that was messing around with
genetics.
Excalibur Miniaturen
Excalibur has a line of Sci-Fi miniatures with many single figures that would
be very usable in d20 Modern as player-characters. Below you can see a
selection of five and yes, four of them are females of the scantily clad variety.
You’ll end up paying a couple of bucks each for these figures and they are of
limited availability here in the USA but they are worth checking out.
Regular Viridian Marines (below) could be used as enemy agents or military
type characters. You can
get them in packs of two
for around $5 USD or a
box of five for twelve
dollars. Not bad at all.
Many of them have some kind of cybernetic augmentation so they’ll also
work in a slightly futuristic game or one where you’ve gone for a whole-hog
d20 Shadowrun kind of thing using the d20 Modern rules.
As a final note, there is a section of their website that features erotic
miniatures. If this is not your thing or if you’re a parent please be aware of
this.
On the vehicle end of
things you’ll want to at
least take a look at the
Junker jeep that we
reviewed in the
previous issue of
Fictional Reality.
All above pictures from www.excalibur-miniaturen.com
It’s a multi-piece
vehicle that is really
worth every penny
of the $17.50 USD
that you’ll end up
paying for it. It
comes with a driver
and gunner and
while it’s most
suitable in a post-
apocalyptic setting I
would have no
problem at all using
it as part of a regular game in the hopes of making my players hate life just a
little bit more. The pictures in this section were taken from
www.I-Kore.com
Em4
Em4 also produces fantasy and science fiction miniatures, but has a line of
pre-painted figures that will definitely be of interest to the d20 Modern GM
that is looking for a very quick way to drop some figures on the table for a
shoot-out.
Excelsior Entertainment
Ultimate Warzone
There are so many figures in the Warzone range and there are literally dozens
of them that would be suitable in one fashion or another in a d20 Modern
game. Here are just a few, actually a bunch…
The figures come 5 to a pack and the most immediately applicable ones are a
police unit and a band of scummy scavenger types. Each set (seen at the top
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