Doctor Who Adventures in Time and Space Limited Edition Rulebook
I bought this RPG core book for less than the cover price on
Amazon. I saved about $15. Now as for the book itself, it’s one of the
better written and laid out RPGs I’ve ever read. The layout is easy to read and the contents are well
organized. The table of contents is as
standard in these books and the index is more useful than other RPGs I’ve
played and run.
The actual game itself is easy to learn and character
creation is very easy and should be no problem for newbies to understand. Making a character takes maybe ten minutes
and if you already have a clear idea of who or what kind of character you want
to play it should take less than that.
It did for me.
This system being so simplified compared to other games may
turn off veteran gamers with its simplicity.
I found it refreshing and having a new life. This is a sort of
regeneration of RPG gaming.
There are characters presented in the book for play and yes
you can play as the Doctor and you have three choices of Doctor characters,
Ten, Eleven and the War Doctor. My
first disappointment with the game is that the Ninth Doctor isn’t a
pregenerated character. There are a
number of companions included so you can recreate favorite episodes with your
outcome. However not every companion of
the included Doctors are presented.
Rose, Amy, Rory, Clara, K-9, Sarah Jane and few NPC original characters
round out the rest of the cast for this book.
My other complaint about the book is the anti-gun view of
the author. I understand that the Brits
have a disdain for firearms but the author seems to feel that guns have a mind
of their own and are inherently dangerous by themselves. I may or may not buy other books from this
series based on their political views.
In general this is a good RPG and easy to run and set
up. I haven’t yet actually run a game
but can easily conceive of a storyline to go with it. I do recommend it for Whovian gamers and other sci-fi
gamers. I’d give it four out of five
stars. It loses one star for it’s
political views.
