Excellent!  I was one of the playtesters, excellent system...The world of Artesia is a very rich fantasy world indeed, complex, colorful, and with great depth and characters.

This book has amazing art and it's an overall great read.

Mark Smylie's Artesia world known as The Known World is very well built and complex!

The rpg is very interesting, perfect for the collector and fan.

I had been reading the Artesia comic books that Mark had put out - I bought this for the information it would provide, as I no longer roleplay. Lots and lots of good stuff in here, I'm satisfied with what I got. But I cannot say how well it would work for anyone looking to run a campaign.

I really love looking through this game, really love making characters for it, really love the idea of playing in this world.  But the system (which was borrowed from another game with some modifications) doesn't really work for me, and although I tried to run the game, it never worked out.  Still, it's lovely, the sort of thing you can keep on your shelf with joy just for the prospect of looking through it.  That's why I still have it, long after many other RPG books are gone.