Not all that.
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I bought this book for the information about the empire. I wanted maps of the provinces, the cities. What I got was a 100 odd page book that skims the top off the empire adn gives me teh basics. I cna get that from the main rule book thanks.
I'm determined not to just rant about the book, so I'll go over it's good points:
It has a few ready to use NPC's for your adventures, it has some useful sayings adn views on some provinces. It gives us notable towns in all provinces, their rulers, trade and overall wealth. It has a few new careers and a nice adventures.
The problem is, for all the information about provinces, theres so much mroe that could be written or drawn. We're lacking maps and actual information. I've found that, for example in teh section on the moot, what we get is an expanded few pages on the paragraphs at the start of the core-book on halflings. Pretty useless to me.
We get 3 pages on some boring cults, one that worships the horned rat.
Then, a nice adventure 'Ill met in Bógenhafen'. That's msot likely this books redeeming feature.
Oh, and we get 3 new absic careers and 5 advanced,
Apothocary, gambler and Racontuer.
Astrologer, excorcist, forger, knight of teh blazing sun and a verenean investigator.
In summary, not the most important WFRP book you'll buy, bit it disn't offer much.
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Rather good
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What we have here is a decent book detailing the Empire and it's cults, as well as it's history. It's a little bit sparse in area's, especially on settlement details and maps, but if WFRP follows it's current trend it will do this in additional adventures/campaign supplements in the future (such as Terror in Talabheim).
It's a good collection of material altogether and is a good starting point for those running a campaign in the Empire. However, should you want more detail on the things covered in this book then I would suggest other sourcebooks such as the 'Tome of Salvation' for priests and religions and the various other adventure supplements such as 'Spires of Altdorf' and 'Terror in Talabheim' etc. for settlement details.
A good sourcebook overall ****
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Good, but no useful maps
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Anthony Ragan is a familiar name to veteran WFRPers, having written the excellent Marienburg sourcebook under Hogshead Publishing. He certainly doesn't let us down here.
The book begins with the history of the Empire and an outline of the cults and races within it. This is all fine, though the observant will notice that history has changed much since the Warhammer 1st Edition. Now there are many more battles and obvious foes - an unfortunate progression, due to the influence of WFB on the game background. Still, experienced GMs can scrap the parts they don't like, as ever.
The bulk of the book describes each province in some detail, with a useful gazeteer. Alas, no decent maps are included - an ongoing bane of 2nd Edition products.
The booklet is rounded off with a decent little scenario based around Bogenhafen, with a nod towards those players who remember the old Enemy Within campaign.
Overall it's very good - far better than the Bretonnia sourcebook. If only it was a little meatier, with some maps...
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useful
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Quite a useful book, mainly for the GM, for players it is not quite as useful. Personally I'd rate the Bretonnian book much higher, and if given a choice would recommend you purchase the guide to the land of Bretonnia instead. Still quite useful though.
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