I desperately wanted to like this game, as the overarching story attracted my interest from the outset. The whole business of a secretive religious order intent on protecting the world from it's own ignorance and sin appealed to me. It's the sort of nonsense from which Dan Brown has made a very healthy living. While the Order maintain their age old pact to save the world with the tacit approval of the Church, they do so with questionable practices that if made public would set them up as an enemy alongside the very enemies the Order so fervently pursue. The motivations and clashes of interest, both individual and organisational, seem to offer up great potential for a developing campaign.

While written with rules for RuneQuest II, the material provides all the essentials to run the setting with whatever system you choose. You can salvage as much of the setting as you choose to keep, casting aside the elements that don't appeal. Admittedly, that considerably devalues the book as a package if you pay for the whole and walk away using only a fraction... but I see potential here. Mongoose obviously see potential here, too, as they have chosen to convert the existing material to the Legends system and published new adventures to support the line.

Worth a look if you can pick up a bargain priced copy, or consider the new Legend-driven PDFs.

(Part of a review originally posted at RPGGeek.com) ( )