Game Geeks #148 A Song of Ice and Fire Campaign Guide by Green Ronin

[RCAUTELA007]

Kurt: How do you compare this to Guardians of Order's version?

[ShubertCVGC]

Dig the beard.

[keithalanjohnson]

To put it bluntly, I can care less about the setting from the books, but I really dig the idea of low magic fantasy filled with intrigue and brutal combats. If I use SIFRP in my own setting, how useful is the Campaign Guide?

[knwiegel]

@keithalanjohnson again- decent. The names and houses themselves would work well for any such setting.

[keithalanjohnson]

So you don't recommend using it for a different system, but what about it's utility to SIFRP GM's that are using their own homebrew setting? While the exact houses, locations and motivations aren't going to be useful, do they have well developed stat blocks which can easily have the serial numbers filed off? Can the writeup for Evil Count Whatshisname in the book can be quickly used as your Evil Tyrant of Meanville that you just made up for your own setting?

[knwiegel]

@keithalanjohnson High- the politics, names and family would work well with minimal name changing.

[drryot]

kurt, i think i should tell you. That voice molested me...when i was a child ;-;

[clayisajedi444]

good stuff.

[OriginalNeomoon]

Kurt, I love your reviews and they have helped me make a few decisions when it came to get or not get a game.

Now then, you sound like you're swallowing glass when you do the drivethru spot at the beginning.

[knwiegel]

@OriginalNeomoon Gah- I do sound bad! This was actully the last one we filmed in the set, and I was quite tired. I'll work harder at NOT making it so poinful sounding.

[ThePenWolf]

Great review, as usual! My thing about doing campaigns set in something that is supposed to be happening during a novel or TV show or film is that you end up getting players who sit there and insist on something that ought to happen rather than what is happening as you're describing it. My sadism usually takes care of that, but it is annoying.

[TacticusPrime]

Rocks. Everyone buy this and the new short story called Mystery Knight. Rock on Kurt. Rock on.

[Tboysupreme]

not my cup of tea but i really like the artwork