Deadlands Reloaded Player's Guide Explorers Edition (Savage Worlds, S2P10206) Perfect Paperback – January 16, 2011

Deadlands Reloaded Players Guide makes player character creation alot easier and indeed a great buy for someone who is just going to go the PC route. It cantains all the necessary info to outfit Hucksters, Martial Artists, Harrowed, Blessed, Mad Scientist, and other Arcana Magics. It basically has about oh 50 powers and tells if they are available to a specific background and what way it manifests itself. Some other rules that come along like how hangings, gun duels, and gamblin' are handled. It has more guns and gear listed and recounts almost all the information from the original Reloaded book. Almost all the art is recycled art from original deadlands books and those that aren't would have been better excluded (in my oppinion). That being said the price is right $25 and it is a great tool to have in Deadlands Reloaded, everyone should have it. When another book hits the shelfs I would like to see more art and more perspective from the characters in it to flavor out the book. I would also like for them to cover more of the varmits and to touch upon more regions and characters from those regions.

Savage Worlds is a pretty great system, and they business model Pinnacle uses is even better.For twenty bucks you get the core rules, and they can be adapted to run pretty much anything. Plus, there's so much user created content out there that if you want to run something, there's rules someone has made for it.What really makes Savage Worlds shine is all the settings for it. Deadlands is one such setting. Magic, technology, weirdness, and cowboys. It's great, really. If you're into Weird West stuff like Jonah Hex, you'll like Deadlands.What I REALLY want to talk about, though, is the Explorer's Edition format. The concept is just wonderful. While I love my huge, hardcover RPG books, the convenience of the Explorer's Edition stuff is wonderful. They're cheap, they're small, and they have everything I need to run the game. I'm actually at the point where I don't want to buy Savage Worlds stuff if it doesn't come in an Explorer's Edition size. It's really just a great model.Anyway, this book is great. Gorgeous full-color, wonderful art, and wisely has just enough information to let the players play what they want, but keep most of the fun, super-natural secret.

I was recently snared by Savage Worlds (Deluxe), so I began buying up a number of the game settings. I grew up watching many of the classic Westerns, so Deadlands Reloaded was one of Pinnacle's settings near the top of my list. This book contains everything the players need to know to get started. The book is well laid out, the table of contents and index are sufficient, there's some nice art, and the binding on my copy is currently holding up. I know other reviewers have mentioned it falling apart and mine may after heavier use, but I've had it for a month or two now and it's survived a read through and frequent referencing.I confess it took me a while to buy this and the Marshal's Handbook because I did not know that I needed these books instead of the single Deadlands book that is now out of print. So, here's the heads-up if you're in the same pickle I was.If you're looking for some campaigns to throw at your posse, check out the Flood or Last Sons.

This is what you need as a player to be in a Deadlands campaign, that and the base SW rules. I'm a fan that the Civil War has been wrapped up and Lee, Lincoln and Davis have been removed (for the most part) from the action. While the War Between the States is still there (and very active at times), the actions of the Reckoners has taken on even more priority.If you want Weird West action, Deadlands Reloaded is the place to start. I've enjoyed the SW rules more than the original Deadlands rules, so great pick up for me.142 pages, and as noted, the smaller Explorer size.

First off, I'd like to say that the game itself, aside from a couple minor quibbles, and the interior artwork were excellent. I definitely look forward to trying to run this for my buddies. Unfortunately that'll be difficult as a section of the book fell out on the third day after I received it. The small perfect-bound format is great for fitting on the shelf, but that does me no good if I can't consult the darn thing at the gaming table because it's reduced itself to a pile of unbound pages.The quibbles with the game itself are the lack of documentation of the Guts skill which has been removed from the latest edition of Savage Worlds, but remains an important feature of Deadlands, but the solution is easy enough to reckon out with a quick internet search. My other issue is the use of Texas Hold 'em as a game mechanic when that particular form of poker didn't emerge until the middle of the 20th century, but that, again, is a truly minor issue.In short, great Weird West setting, good rules, fantastic art, falls apart immediately. If I were you, I'd try to rustle up a hardback copy, the old hardback Deadlands Reloaded, or purchase the pdf version.

I got this for my boyfriend for Hanukkah, and for the most part we love it. The rules are interesting and creative, the setting loads of fun, and definitely complex enough to appeal to experienced RP gamers.The only thing I'll say is - read carefully! (We didn't...) This is NOT a complete rules system. This is a setting for the Savage World rules set. You'll have to buy the Savage Worlds rulebook separately. It's not expensive - I think you can get a paperback for about $10 - but still, this book is completely worthless without it.

ProsThe content of the book is riveting and feeds you an incredibly well thought out world. The text covers thoroughly the known history of this demon infested western dystopia, character roles, an expanded view of character creation, rules specific to the setting, and magic rules.ConsBinding did not make it through a day. The book construction is dreadful.Final thoughtThe binding is a nuisance, but the content of the book is among the best in the genre. I'd highly recommend purchasing the content of this book. Your RPG table will thank you.

Great quality product, small but still covers all the information you need.