[UA] Ghost Dog RPG as a UA resource

[Dylan Craig]

Hi all

Kinda in response to Patrick's questions about this RPG:

Allow me to put forward a vote in its favour. For a Mafia-centred game, or in
fact any street-level game where crime is not all high jinks and jewel
robberies, GD is full of good detail on organised crime and the various
non-Hollywood rackets many gangsters run to make money (cigarette machine and
jukebox rackets, waste disposal fraud, freon smuggling, bank fraud, etc.). The
rulebook also includes one very good and one medium-good adventure, but because
GD's focus is on solo play some extra work may be required to reconfigure these
for a group. Quality-wise the book is quite gorgeous, with an incredible blue
photocover, and inside b&w illustrations of moderate to good quality (mostly
stills from the movie).

Also, the Tri-Stat system is quite lenient as far as conversions to UA go, which
is a bonus. A nice touch is that character 'balance' is, as a rule, discarded;
there's no problem with creating N/PCs as weak or strong as you need them.
Equipment is divided into minor and major items, which is just begging for the
inclusion of 'significant'. More on the RPG, and less frantic ranting (I'm late
for work!) at http://www.eyeballkid.co.za/modules.html .

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Dylan Craig · Writer and Historian · Cape Town, South Africa
Contact Details: http://www.eyeballkid.co.za/contact.html

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