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BattleTech: Handbook: House Kurita $25.00
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BattleTech: Handbook: House Kurita
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
by Cungr V. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 06/19/2015 13:05:29

I found this to be a worthy addition and completion of the Handbook series. There are lots of updates to the information found in the original House books and a variety of new vehicles and tech to use in your games at home. As I don't speak Japanese, any problems with the language (See other review) doesn't bother me in the least. I think this book is fairly priced and only wished there were more in the series.



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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BattleTech: Handbook: House Kurita
Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs
by Tobias R. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/20/2015 08:56:21

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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