While I found most of the book easy to understand, one weakness, in my opinion, was the lack of more complete examples of conflict. While there were examples of individual steps in conflicts, I had a hard time putting it together. It would be good to provide an extended example of a duel (start to defeat of one of the participants) and possibly the other conflict types. Note that I did find some online, but it would be good to have them in the book, perhaps as an appendix.

While I found most of the book easy to understand, one weakness, in my opinion, was the lack of more complete examples of conflict. While there were examples of individual steps in conflicts, I had a hard time putting it together. It would be good to provide an extended example of a duel (start to defeat of one of the participants) and possibly the other conflict types. Note that I did find some online, but it would be good to have them in the book, perhaps as an appendix.

I’m glad I bought the pdf version. This allowed me to look at the content without spending too much. The artwork is phenomenal and the attention to detail is stellar; which is great if you know nothing about Dune and have never played any RPGs or read any of the books in the series. The first 3 Chapters are devoted to that end. Character creation starts in Ch4 and is very well done. It goes through all 8 steps necessary to create a character and begin playing. Ch5 is devoted to rules, Ch6 conflict, Ch7 assets what they are and how to use them. Ch8 is on gamemastering,. Ch9 describes Allie’s & adversaries and Ch10 wraps it up with starting adventure. The book is very good about portraying the galactic scale and has ample character , NPCs and Archetypes available. The book is pricey because of the number of pages and the quality of artwork. I wish they offered a print friendly version like they did for Star Trek Adventures as that would help using less ink. I’m satisfied with it but noticed that it was offered for less $ on Drive Thru RPG, same with the Gamemasters toolkit it was a$3 difference.
The book goes into detail about conflict both open and hidden, giving info on Kanley and the War of Assassins. Also dueling, skirmish combat, tactics and politics. Chapter 8 and beyond are for the game master so spoilers if the player reads further. Very well done but can be boring if you’re a big fan. It was worth the sheckles but barely. Price point should have been $15 for the pdf.

I’m glad I bought the pdf version. This allowed me to look at the content without spending too much. The artwork is phenomenal and the attention to detail is stellar; which is great if you know nothing about Dune and have never played any RPGs or read any of the books in the series. The first 3 Chapters are devoted to that end. Character creation starts in Ch4 and is very well done. It goes through all 8 steps necessary to create a character and begin playing. Ch5 is devoted to rules, Ch6 conflict, Ch7 assets what they are and how to use them. Ch8 is on gamemastering,. Ch9 describes Allie’s & adversaries and Ch10 wraps it up with starting adventure. The book is very good about portraying the galactic scale and has ample character , NPCs and Archetypes available. The book is pricey because of the number of pages and the quality of artwork. I wish they offered a print friendly version like they did for Star Trek Adventures as that would help using less ink. I’m satisfied with it but noticed that it was offered for less $ on Drive Thru RPG, same with the Gamemasters toolkit it was a$3 difference.
The book goes into detail about conflict both open and hidden, giving info on Kanley and the War of Assassins. Also dueling, skirmish combat, tactics and politics. Chapter 8 and beyond are for the game master so spoilers if the player reads further. Very well done but can be boring if you’re a big fan. It was worth the sheckles but barely. Price point should have been $15 for the pdf.