Simple, fast, easy game that encapsulates the 'Feel' of everyones favorite Science Fantasy Space Opera. Really, the only negative I could give it is there lack of "Adversaries" but even with that, there's enough information given throughout the book that it's only a minor issue.

Great stuff!

This is my first Zweihander System game, but I've played quite a bit of it's ancestor system Warhammer. Overall, the system feels streamlined and much more user friendly than that earlier system. The magic system is very "flavorful" but might feel too complicated for some tables.

The world Lore really does a great job of evoking a world where things have just gone seriously wrong and places the player characters into the job of trying to "fix" it...or, at least alleviate some of the worst things happening. From the background material, to the race descriptions and history to the descriptions of towns and cities, everything is reinforcing the central idea that the players, as some of the few still connected to Fate, must be the ones to try and restore at least some of what was lost and oppose the Oligarchs responsible.

Overall, the game is presented will and has beautiful art through out. I do wish that chapters had more bookmarks in the PDF as it isn't necessarily easy to find information when it is needed. Perhaps that will come with more experience with the system, but it doesn't help now.

TL;DR - Great Setting, Great Art, Moderate to High Complexity

EDIT: 1/31/23 - After having played the game for some time now and participating in the Discord forum, I'd reduced my rating from 4 to 2 mainly due to missing and poorly edited rules. There are many issues which have required clarifications and, to date, there is no published errata, making finding these fixes problematic. Additionally, the PDF has virtually no hyperlinking or bookmarks, making it difficult to use.

I still love the setting, but I won't be playing any further Blackbird games once this current run ends.

I picked this and By This Axe, I Hack up last week and have been spending the last several days reading through them. Both games are simple, easy to understand and, most importantly, extremely evocative of the worlds being emulated. All this is done in a short, cohesive ruleset.

You won't find a lot of Lore and Backstory here; what you will find is classes/archetypes that evoke the characters from Lord of the Rings and Conan (respective to the game) while providing solid amounts of variation. Combat resolution isn't complex, yet has enough depth to have the different character types feel different.

Overall, highly recommended.

I picked this and There and Hack Again up last week and have been spending the last several days reading through them. Both games are simple, easy to understand and, most importantly, extremely evocative of the worlds being emulated. All this is done in a short, cohesive ruleset.

You won't find a lot of Lore and Backstory here; what you will find is classes/archetypes that evoke the characters from Conan and Lord of the Rings (respective to the game) while providing solid amounts of variation. Combat resolution isn't complex, yet has enough depth to have the different character types feel different.

Overall, highly recommended.

I'm a long time fan of Supers RPGs, starting with V&V back in '81, moving through Champions, DC Heroes, FASERIP, M&M and many, many others. "Enemy Books" have been a mainstay of these games since the beginning and having a good stable of bad guys to pull from and/or provide inspiration is great.

Pinnacle Cities Most Wanted provides that in a near perfect manner.

Each Villain is given a background, stats, a brief discussion of motivation and methods and a set of potential plot hooks. There is a good variety of enemies across a wide range of power levels, from minor threats to epic world conquerers.

Lastly, Pinnacle Cities Most Wanted includes a write up and details on a vast assortment of minion/agent level types from AEGIS Agents through Ninja and Alien Shock Troopers.

If you like Supers Role Playing, in any system, this book is worth picking up.

I really love what PPUE does. It's a fantastic mix of light crunch, narrative systems and a solid core mechanic. It avoids the pitfalls of systems like Champions or Mutants and Masterminds by focusing more on what your powers and abilities enable you to do, rather than focusing on minutia of each effect. Simple but effective and satisfying character creation.

Highly recommended!