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A review by tiggum
Cortex Prime Game Handbook by Amanda Valentine, Cam Banks
2.0
This game system seems to have a lot to recommend it and I'm looking forward to trying it out, but this book is terrible. It's extremely hard to understand: partly because of how non-specific they've tried to be about everything but mainly because of how it's organised.
Reading through the book from start to finish, you find yourself wondering what the terms they're using mean, because they frequently refer to things that haven't been explained yet in their explanations of other things. It all does make sense eventually, but you will have to flip back and forward and probably reread entire chapters.
The system is actually pretty easy to get to grips with once you know what all the jargon means, so it certainly could have been explained in a simpler way, and there's a lot to like about it. But if you're trying to learn it from the book, you're going to have a hard time - at least to start with.
Reading through the book from start to finish, you find yourself wondering what the terms they're using mean, because they frequently refer to things that haven't been explained yet in their explanations of other things. It all does make sense eventually, but you will have to flip back and forward and probably reread entire chapters.
The system is actually pretty easy to get to grips with once you know what all the jargon means, so it certainly could have been explained in a simpler way, and there's a lot to like about it. But if you're trying to learn it from the book, you're going to have a hard time - at least to start with.