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Pan Pacifica sourcebook extended review

I was conflicted over whether to give this a 4 or 5 rating and the only reason for the "4" rating is somewhat unfair.. the torg eternity writers raised the bar so high with the outstanding Orrosh and Living Land sourcebooks (which you should absolutely purchase and read if you haven't already) that I feel like I'd be saying Pan Pacifica is as good as the two aforementioned titles if I gave it a "5" rating... but if it wasn't for that this would get a "5"... maybe I should say a 4.5 rating? Which isn't to say this is a "bad" book by any means, as I've mentioned in my other reviews of the torg eternity cosm sourcebooks they are absolutely required reading in order to enjoy the torg eternity campaign to it's fullest.. old school Torg players in my opinion will find this to be a wonderful improvement to the original "nippon tech" sourcebook of the 1990's , superior in every way, although you don't have to be

Tharkold sourcebook extended review notes

  I should start out by saying I'm probably holding this, and other Torg Eternity cosm sourcebooks, to a rather unfair standard .. the torg eternity writers raised the bar so high with the excellent Orrosh and Living Land sourcebooks that I feel like giving this a "5" rating would mean I liked this as much as those two other cosm sourcebooks which, unfortunately, is not the case here.  And when you read my comments below you may feel like I'm telling you not to buy the book despite the "4 out of 5" rating I gave it.  That is absolutely not the case.. while I would argue a GM has his/her/their work cut out for them in order to drive home the "mad max Apocalypse" feeling that a Tharkold adventure is supposed to convey, a GM who's willing to put in the work can make it happen either though their ability to "off the cuff" come up with interesting but doomed NPC's that elicit sympathy from the players or for GM's who don't have