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Steamworks review

If you’ve been interested in Steamworks but still want more information before you put down your hard-earned cash, RPG Resource has just posted a detailed Steamworks review.

This is a book to read carefully and think about before adding technology to your game, but once you have decided that you want it, you are provided with just about everything you need to both choose what goes in and then make it work during gameplay. It’s good to see both well-constructed rules AND a thought-provoking discussion of how to use them in the same book.

Read the Steamworks review, then buy it.

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