Pyramid Review
Army of Darkness Roleplaying Game
Published by Eden Studios, Inc.
Written by Shane Lacy Hensley
Illustrated by C. Brent Ferguson & Jon Hodgson
242-page full-color hardcover; $40
"So listen up you primitive knuckleheads, here's how it is. Being god's gift to tool users, you're be able to take that big ol' file and apply it to one of them games like Buffy the Vampire Slayer Roleplaying Game or Angel Roleplaying Game until ya got all the purple and other goffic stuff off. Then take what's left and use a nail gun to get all the campy action horror I know you goofballs like from Army of Darkness stapled down good 'n' hard, and make it something all new. When you're done give a fresh lick of paint so it kinda reminds you of that corner of Medieval Merry Olde England right here in dusty California. Now you almost got yourself a whole new game. Just get some other bigger knucklehead to tell you lesser knuckleheads how the game goes . . . And hey presto, ya got yourself a copy of the Army of Darkness Roleplaying Game. Groovy . . ."
Of course, I could carry on like this in-voice for the remainder of this review, but since this is neither April 1st nor bearable for either reader or reviewer, I shall desist. Instead, I shall settle down and get on with telling you things that really need to know. Like the fact that this is not the author's first book for Eden Studios (he even gets to peddle his own games), and that this new game employs the publisher's same Cinematic UniSystem mechanics . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: November 2, 2007
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