Pyramid Review
The Collectors -- the burning house
Published by Rogue Publishing
Written by Thomas MacKay
Illustrated by Eric Lofgren with Todd Downing
84-page perfect bound book; $17.95
At one time or another, we have all held jobs that we consider to be Hell, or at least an aspect of it. So imagine if your job really is Hell? This is the premise for The Collectors -- the burning house, one part source book and campaign setting, three parts scenario for the Fudge system. From Rogue Publishing, who have released a number of other Fudge sourcebooks as well as a pair of similarly themed card games in the form of Den of Thieves and Rival Den of Thieves. In The Collectors -- the burning house, the players take the roles of demons with a job: collecting souls that are owed to Him . . . and he is the Master, the Chair, the Executive, or the Home Office. Since the business of calling in contracts made decades or even centuries before has got bigger than any one minion can cope with, Home Office sends out pairs of Collectors to do the job. Assigned Contracts by a Receiving Officer, the Collectors must fulfil this Contract and return their Client to Processing. Of course, no Collector in his right mind likes to give any thought as to what happen once a Client has been Processed . . .
Every Collector gets a suit, a set of wheels for the pair -- highly durable, never needs refueling and built like a Volvo whatever the shape (even if that of an ice-cream van!), a Contract pertaining to the Client, . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: October 31, 2003
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