Video Review – Ghosts of Albion RPG by Eden Studios

This is part four of our posts on Kurt Wiegel’s reviews of Eden Studios’ Cinematic Unisystem titles.  This time: Ghosts of Albion.

Set in London at the dawn of the Victorian age, players join in the fight to keep the ever-present forces of evil at bay. Whether fighting a demon prince or even a band of infant stealing faeries, the battle wages on. Characters can join the fight as normal humans, ghosts, mysterious faeries or even wield the magic of the Protectors themselves. All against a backdrop of Victorian England with a dark supernatural undercurrent.

Based on Amber Benson and Christopher Golden’s wildly popular BBCi drama “Ghosts of Albion” and includes new material from the creators themselves, featuring new fiction and a complete, ready to run adventure.

The “Ghosts of Albion RPG” features the Eden “Cinematic Unisystem” game system, designed by award winning game designer C.J. Carella, and written by Timothy S. Brannan (previous work includes the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer RPG”).

“Ghosts’” Other features include:

• New rules designed to fit the grittier Victorian age, but still compatible with other Cinematic Unisystem games from Eden.

• Rules for playing everything from a street-side flower salesgirl to ancient ghosts, and inhuman faeries all united for the cause of Humanity and Albion.

• Expanded rules on playing Faerie, Ghost and Vampire characters.

• Full character write-ups for William and Tamara Swift, their ghostly cohorts and the various vampires, ferals, ethereals and demons that stalk the night.

• Expanded magical rules for magical combat and battles.

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Video Review – Army Of Darkness RPG – Eden Studios

Part three of our posts on Eden Studios’ Cinematic Unisystem titles is here with Army Of Darkness. Kurt Wiegel’s reviews on role playing games leaves you with a really good idea about the game itself, the basic mechanics, fun factor, setting, and a host of other details.

Here is some information about the Army Of Darkness RPG:

• An introduction to roleplaying and the Army of Darkness story.
  A guide to character creation, including ready-to-play champions and companions, as well as specs on the Army of Darkness Cast, for your quick-play pleasure.
  The Army of Darkness Unisystem, streamlined for cinematic action and adventure.
  Guidelines for bringing the little people together, training them, and pitting them against the forces of evil.
  Blow-by-blow instructions for creating Army of Darkness roleplaying game sessions.
  A rundown on the Army of Darkness setting, places, people, events, including details on evil clones, demons, undead, and other critters.
  Fleshed-out new setting suggestions, taking your Army of Darkness game in freshly gruesome directions.
  A complete adventure to get the horror and hilarity under way right away.

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Video Review – Angel RPG by Eden Studios

This is part two of our posts on Eden Studios‘ line of Cinematic Unisystem titles. This time around it’s all about Angel, the RPG, the Core Rulebook.

Bright eyes, beautiful people, and broken promises fill the fabulous parties and elegant conference rooms. Loneliness, despair, and hunger haunt the city streets and tenement apartments. In Los Angeles, the facade makes the heartache all the more bitter.

Worse still, the shadows hide more than human misery. Vampires stalk alleys and boardrooms; demons linger over murders and plan conquest; evil lawyers cover tracks, set up schemes, and bring expensive brainpower to the diabolical. Over it all, the end of existence looms.

Inside this gorgeous tome, we’ll show you how. Here, you will find:

• An introduction to roleplaying and the Angelverse
• A guide to character creation, including pre-constructed Heroes and White Hats, as well as the entire Angel Investigations Cast, for your quick-play pleasure
• The Angel Unisystem, streamlined for cinematic action and adventure
• A primer on not-so-normal abilities, from magic and psychic arts to demon and supernatural powers
• Rules for creating special organizations-anything from law firms to detective agencies to hunter societies
• A guide to the people and places of the City of Angels
• A rundown on the wicked, including vampires, demons, zombie cops, and other critters
• Blow-by-blow instructions for creating Angel roleplaying Episodes, Seasons and Series
• A complete Episode to hit the streets and start investigating right away

Here’s Kurt Wiegel again to talk about the Angel RPG Core Rulebook: Read more