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I by Martin Ouellette

tween Dougrarn and VOTOMS was staggering. Instead of showing the hardship of a group of characters, Takahashi's story concentrated on one character, Chirico Cuvie.

All VOTOMS is based on one question: if a soldier Imows nothingSample but war all file his life, what happens to him when the war ends and he must rejoin society (as formulated by writer and artist Tim Eldred)?Takahashi thought it would be nice to give the feel of Blade Runner to the setting of his story and this is when the idea of the Perfect Soldier (an artificial being created for war) came to him. After a lot of work and character development, this Perfect Soldier became Chirico Cuvie. Through his eyes and experiences, Armored Trooper VOTOMS was not only a war/robot story, it became Takahashi's vision of what war is: cruel, vicious and driven by men hungry for power and obsessed with domination. In a certain way, VOTOMS is probably one of the most realistic war stories in and is the proof of Takahashi's fantastic talent in the field. He recently worked on Kidou Senshi 0083: Stardust Memories and a new installment of Armored Trooper VOTOMS is now out. Wonder what will happen to Chirico this time? ill

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E 9. The system, written by Jean Carrieres, was ed and playtested in Part I1 of the Deck Plans boolc series is on the us conventions over the last two years and adyfor official release! way. This book presents the remaining capital ships used by the UN Spacy and the Marduh. O1 games are not collector card game h game is packaged in The books includes ships such as the UNS s an easy-to-carryplastic case which conrainseverything you need to play, making Battleship, UNS Cornmand Carrier, UNS Cor- . additional money expenses unnecessary. vette, Zentrari Flagship and the Zentran Car- rier. The Mardulc are not forgotten with the ter: Badlands DuelsT ard FighterTM combat game inclusion of the Destroyer, Scout Ship and the mecha from ’sHeavyGeorscience-fictionuniverse. terrifying Mardulc Dreadnought1 Included are 181 It is a 2 ptayer game with 8 Gear cards and over playing cards, a11 in full full stas and deck plans, as well as crew and color on quality stock. Everything needed to play ded in the box1 mecha complements, and a short adventure . (“AllThat Glitters...”) rhat’sgaranteedtoshol

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