| From: | "Dylan Norhtup (PHY)" <norhtup@*****.CAS.USF.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Germany review |
| Date: | Fri, 13 Aug 1993 11:02:57 -0400 |
I am forwarding his comments to you all because I thought you'd like to
see it. THe reviewer's name is Joachim Bartsch.
> First of all: Of course I own the german sourcebook.
> Second: All I can say matches the german version, the quality of the US
Version
> will be strongly dependant on the translation.
> OK:
> The sourcebook is somewhat large, and discusses germany 'in the shadows'.
Germany
> is still somewhat different from the US, and because of history there is not
> such shamanism like in the US (no native indians, you know...). So
non-shamanistic
> magic is based on european traditions (witches etc) and I think this is really
> positive. Most of the Sourcebook describes Berlin Sprawl, Rhein-Ruhr Sprawl
and
> Hamburg. I'm not glad about it, since the sections of Frankfurt Spawl (the
> city of money in europe!) and southern germany are too small in my opinion.
> Fact: Frankfurt spawl will cover Frankfurt to Mainz-Wiesbaden and
> Ludwigshafen-Mannheim - this one is a REALLY large area (about 70x70 km!!!)
> and handeled in a few pages. The same is for Munich, yet placement of most
> high tech companies (including Siemens).
> A few words about layout: some might like it, I don't.
> pictures: dito
>
> All that sounds very negative, I know. But, all in all, I enjoyed it and for
> non german players it'll be really another world (like seattle for germans).
> And: I'ts really playable.
>
> My main point is that they should have let some stuff out and make the price
> low. Thy didn't. Maybe in US edition, since there's a different market.
>
Whooot, there it is.
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