Orc Warfare

author: Chris Pramas
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.40
book published: 2015
rating: 3
read at: 2015/07/18
date added: 2015/07/18
shelves:
review:
'Orc Warfare' by Chris Pramas is strategy guide written to understand orcs and how they fight. Sure they are fictional, but you never know when something like this might come in handy, right?

The book is broken into four sections. You'll learn about types of orcs, types of orc troops, orc strategies and tactics, and some sample orc victories. Orcs are not pretty, and neither are their tactics. They are dirty fighters and chaotic. They are also not afraid to eat their own. The description of orc types and troops rings true from fantasy books and movies, but I didn't see any kind of appendix or bibliography. It would be interesting to know if any of the battles listed were from books or just invented for the sake of the book. The art in the book is of orcs, so it is gloriously ugly.

It might make a good source-book for a game master or someone looking to write about orcs. It's a quick enough read, and I liked the fact that it completely played itself off with the gravity of non-fiction. It is funny that this fictional race that Tolkien created seems to continue to operate in a very similar manner all these years later.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Osprey Publishing and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.


via Wayne's bookshelf: read http://ift.tt/1fffQSY