Pyramid Review
EarthAD: Post-Holocaust Adventures
Published by Politically Incorrect Games
Written by Mark Bruno, Brett M. Bernstein & Matt Drake
Cover by Chris Martinez
34-page 691-KB PDF file; $4.00
Coming in the wake of major releases such as Gamma World and Redline -- High Speed Road Duels In A Post-Apocalyptic Future, EarthAD: Post-Holocaust Adventures is the non-d20 System entry into the post-apocalypse genre. Like Vice Squad: Eighties Police Adventure before it, EarthAD is another game in Politically Incorrect Games genreDiversion QUICK FIX GAMES series designed to facilitate both easy play and adventures or mini-campaigns that can be run between longer, more substantial games. It comes with no little pedigree, the trio of authors possessing plenty of experience in terms of creating and designing RPGs in the PDF format. Mark Bruno with his own Armada X and Vice Squad; Brett M. Bernstein with other Politically Incorrect Games titles that include The Colonies RPG and the recently published Iron Gauntlets: Heroic Fantasy Roleplaying; and Matt Drake with his contribution to the comprehensive treatment of the classic pulp genre, Two Fisted Tales Roleplaying Game, also released in electronic format.
EarthAD uses the same easy mechanics seen in Vice Squad and also seen in a slightly more complex form in The Colonies RPG. They are light and simple, but are not as clearly and immediately explained as the format warrants. However, once understood, they should not get in the way of the game's . . .
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Article publication date: June 25, 2004
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