The good:
- Layout, illustrations and writing are generally good. (Although one illustration, a pose copy of a somewhat well known photo of Adolf Hitler, was in bad taste.)
- Updates older material for use with a 3067 era game.
- Offers game information as well as background.
The bad:
- Does not rise above the older material, in some cases being directly copy-pasted. This sometimes clashes with the alleged change of perspective from a less than sympathetic outsider (ComStar) to an official Kurita court history.
The ugly and nitpicky:
- The gratuitous false Japanese used in the book is both bad and largely unnecessary.
In conclusion: I would not generally recommend this book at the price of $25, which I paid for the PDF. People who just want general information about House Kurita could get some of the older material (the FASA era Kurita Housebook, which is still available as a PDF, and/or the Draconis Combine Field Manual.)
I would only recommend getting this for people who definitely want 3067-era information and do not own the aforementioned preceding works.
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