I'm not going to review the contents of this decades old book.
If you don't know it, there are tons of reviews out there. Look up some, make sure this is the right edition for you (and make sure this is the right version of Mage for you too, because there's also Mage: the Awakening which is moderately similar to this game. Read up on about that too.)
If you know Mage, though, you know why you are here.
What my rating and my very short, cautionary review is about is the current pdf presentation of the game.
The pdf is a scan. That would be OK, if only
...the font wasn't a bit blurry, making it tiring on the eyes
...the pdf had actual bookmarks (you know, it's 2024)
...the OCRed text would actually match what's on the page (proof: select a paragraph, copy and paste it into a plain txt file, or try and have a sceen reader read it, notice chances are you won't be getting exactly what's on the page)
...there was a (form fillable) character sheet included with the download.
The game itself is awesome (imo, but see my 2nd paragraph above), but for this price, in 2024, from a company that (used to be) a big name in the gaming industry, I'd have expected much better quality, UX, and accessibility, especially for the current price. I'm a little disappointed, really. Which won't stop me from playing the game, but I bought the pdf copy for searchability and such, because it's faster than paging thru my old, old, beloved physical copy, but it was a bit of a waste of money.
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