<a name="privateeye" title="privateeye"></a><dt><a name="privateeye" title="privateeye"></a><strong>Private Eye: Detektiv-Rollenspiel im Viktorianischen England </strong></dt><dd><i>1st ed</i> by Jan Christoph Steines, Frank Bezner (1990) <a href="http://www.starfrontiers.us/companies/alphabetical/B.html#bandb"><font color="#0066cc">B&B Productions</font></a> </dd><dd><i>2nd ed</i> (1991) </dd><dd><i>3rd ed</i> (1993) </dd><dd>A German-language crime-story RPG, set in historical Victorian England (1880 to 1900). The subtitle translates as "Detective Role-playing in Victorian England". <font color="#ff0000" style="background-color: #ffffff">It uses a percentile skill-based system, with non-percentile rolls only for damage and hit points.</font> Character creation includes six attributes, and a selection from a small set of professions including solicitor, policeman, journalist, and private detective. The core book includes an extensive introduction to Victorian society in general and London in particular. There is also a twenty page treatise on Victorian criminology, including advances during the period including fingerprinting, forensic chemistry, and ballistics. There were at least five adventures: Abenteuer 1 "Eine tdliche Wette" (A Deadly Bet), Abenteuer 2/3 "Der Schrecken von Randall Castle/ Der Millionencoup" (The Horror of Randall Castle/The Million Pounds Heist), Abenteuer 4 "Der doppelte Biber" (The Double Beaver), Abenteuer 5 "Auge um Auge" (An Eye for an Eye).<br /><hr id="null" /><br /><em><u>Does anyone have familiarity with this game?<br />Are there any printings outside of the German version?</u></em></dd>
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