The Everlasting: Book of the Unliving

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Summary: Not bad(pretty damn good actually) from [e-mail]
Review: First off, it wasn't released in 1990. It was 1998. The Everlasting books are great (they just came out with Book of the Light). There are very few things I don't like about it. It is almost as if its creators made it around the idea of Live-action Roleplaying. In fact, one of its creators talks about being inspired by a speech made by Mark-Rein Hagen(White Wolf). It provides numerous different systems and even has personality traits to keep players in line with their characters. In fact, the only real complaint I have about it is that so far, VESI has only released 2 of The Everlasting's 4 Foundation Books. When all the foundation books have been released there will be character rules to play almost any creature there is. Ghuls, Vampires, Revenants, Dragons, Angels, Wer, Faeries, Orcs, Dead souls, Reanimates, Demons, and more.

Rating:
Summary: Not bad(pretty damn good actually) from [e-mail]
Review: I'm not sure if I take to everything that the Everliving has to offer -- the communal protaganists (i.e., everyone trades off characters) comes immediately to mind -- but the overall effect is well worth the time and effort to wade through the book.

This game is for those who wish to play a contemporary fantasy world (a la, White Wolf's World of Darkness) without the angst and goth overtones. Most importantly of all, the game has a setting that causes the players into doing something rather than bemoaning their existence.

The Book of the Unliving is a must buy for all RPG-philes.

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Summary: Greating Roleplaying Game
Review: The Everlasting is a great game for both beginning roleplayers and those playing since time began. There is not much you can't do with this game, and you can literally use it for many different kinds of gaming adventures from the medival dungeon crawl to a modern day war with a group of fallen angels. This game literally has everything.

Rating:
Summary: Greating Roleplaying Game
Review: The Everlasting is a great game for both beginning roleplayers and those playing since time began. There is not much you can't do with this game, and you can literally use it for many different kinds of gaming adventures from the medival dungeon crawl to a modern day war with a group of fallen angels. This game literally has everything.

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Summary: An extremely well done, fun and just flat out cool game
Review: Well, its about time someone did a good modern fantasy RPG. Good ol' Steve Brown really pulled something out of his hat this time. The Everlasting combines all the interesting things of the mythology of many different cultures, mixes them with some straight up fantasy and tosses in a very well-thought out, flexible game system to come up with a truly great game. You can play close to whatever you want, and the system and setting is so flexible you can go and do close to anything(hey, we've done some crazy stuff in our campaigns). Maybe I'm biased because I've been buying comics and Magic cards from Steve for years, but this game rocks. It is nifty. Buy the Game. ;)