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Available Now for Frag! Once you’ve obliterated your friends a few dozen times, you can enhance your Frag games with any of these expansions from your local game store. If you tragically don’t have a local game store, you can order on the web at www.warehouse23.com. Frag Expansion Set 1: Death Match – This set adds 56 cards, rules for team play, and new board features like barrels, color-coded doors, and water. #1341, $14.95. Frag Deadlands – A complete game! Combines the great Frag system with the Deadlands background . . . play undead gunmen, magical hucksters, or mad scientists. Shoot em down and hang em high! #1342, $34.95. Frag Expansion Set 2: Fire Zone – New maps. More rules, more mayhem. Lava! A favorite with dedicated Frag fans. #1343, $6.95. Frag Miniatures – Six murderous metal miniatures for your next Frag game. This set also includes new rules and a special ability for each character! #16-0201, $24.95. FRAG WEB RESOURCES Begin your online Quest for Frags by visiting the official site at www.sjgames.com/frag/. From here you’ll find links to the Frag mailing list, the high-score page, and lots of free downloads (includ- ing blank Frag sheets, duplicate counters, and fan-created character standups). The casual Frag player could make this his first and only web destination and never tire of the possibilities. When you’re ready for the next power-up, hop on over to Pyramid Magazine, Steve Jackson Games’ online magazine. The Pyramid archives include lots of Frag arti- cles . . . rules for grenades, ways to mix Frag with other games, Capture the Flag, and rules for the characters from John Kovalic’s award-winning Dork Tower. It’s all at www.sjgames.com/pyramid/. If you’re still itching for more, visit the designer’s website at www.philipjreed.com. Here you’ll find rules for constructing your own 3d Frag boards, new weapons for Frag, alternate fire rules for the Frag and Death Match weapons, and several other articles, all com- pletely free. Illustrated by Scott Kurtz Designed by Philip Reed Frag created by Philip Reed and Russell Godwin Miniatures sculpted by Richard Kerr Edited by Steve Jackson Cover colored by Jim Zubkavich Playtesters: Michelle Barrett, Richard Kerr, William Toporek Managing Editor Andrew Hackard Miniatures Division Manager Paul Chapman Project Administrator Monique Chapman Production Manager and Art Director Mia Sherman Production Philip Reed Production Assistance Wayne Barrett Print Buyer Monica Stephens Sales Manager Ross Jepson Copyright © 2002 Steve Jackson Games Incorporated. Frag is a trademark of Steve Jackson Games. PvP is a trademark of Scott Kurtz. The PvP characters are copyrighted property of Scott Kurtz and used under license. All rights reserved, ISBN 1-55634-481-3 Frag PvP is an expansion for Frag, the first-person shooter boardgame. Now, Frag players can take the roles of Scott Kurtz’s lovable characters from his comic, PvP. Or they can play Brent and Francis. This expansion includes 56 cards, this rulesheet, and five metal miniatures of your favorite PvP characters (go on and drool, we’ll be here when you’re finished). If this is your first look at PvP, you’re in for a treat. The adventures of the highly dysfunctional gaming geeks who staff “PvP Magazine” have become a daily addiction for an ever-growing group of fans. Here are three exclusive strips . . . and hundreds more can be read free at www.pvponline.com. And look for the PvP comic book from Image Comics at your favorite comic shop or game store! TM

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hile

.Fr

anci

s kn

ows

ever

ythi

ng t

here

is

tokn

ow a

bout

gam

ing.

Mos

tly b

ecau

se h

isw

hole

life

rev

olve

s ar

ound

it.

Star

ting

Wea

pon:

Hac

ked

Pist

ol.

Fran

cis’

geek

budd

ies

hack

ed th

e ga

me

code

, and

now

he

begi

ns e

very

gam

e w

ith a

pis

tol t

hat’s

just

slig

htly

bet

ter

than

the

stan

-da

rd s

tart

ing

wea

pon.

3d

dam

age.

Unl

imite

d am

mo.

One

bonu

s at

tack

with

the

pist

ol e

very

turn

.Sp

ecia

l A

bilit

y:Tw

itchy

. Fr

anci

s is

one

of

thos

e da

mne

dtw

itchy

kid

s w

ho r

ules

the

gam

e. M

ovin

g fa

ster

and

with

mor

esk

ill th

an o

ther

s, h

e ra

cks

up fr

ags

so fa

st th

at th

e ga

me

ends

bef

ore

the

olde

r pl

ayer

s ev

en g

et s

tart

ed. F

ranc

is g

ets

a +4

to h

is d

ie r

oll

at th

e be

ginn

ing

of th

e ga

me

to s

ee w

ho g

oes

firs

t. A

lso,

he

begi

nsth

e ga

me

with

two

wea

pon

card

s, o

ne g

adge

t car

d, a

nd o

ne s

peci

alca

rd. Dis

adva

ntag

es:

No

soci

al s

kills

. It

isn

’t j

ust

that

he’

s yo

ung,

Fran

cis

real

ly I

S a

jerk

. Eve

ryon

e fe

els

mot

ivat

ed t

o at

tack

him

eve

n be

fore

he d

oes

anyt

hing

to th

em. A

ll pl

ayer

s ge

t a+2

to

the

resu

lt of

all

atta

ck r

olls

(bu

t no

t da

mag

e ro

lls)

whe

n at

tack

ing

Fran

cis.

Jade

Fon

tain

e“W

omen

pla

y ga

mes

, too

.” T

hat’s

wha

t Jad

e Fo

ntai

ne w

ants

the

wor

ld t

o kn

ow. A

n av

id g

amer

, Jad

e ca

n fr

ag w

ith t

he b

est

of t

hebo

ys, b

ut p

refe

rs t

he e

scap

e of

a g

ood

onlin

e R

PG. J

ade

is h

ope-

less

ly a

ddic

ted

to e

-mai

l and

cha

t. St

arti

ng W

eapo

n:L

ight

Dis

rupt

or P

isto

l. T

his

wea

pon’

s da

m-

age

is p

itifu

l (2

d da

mag

e) b

ut i

t do

es h

ave

a sp

ecia

l ab

ility

tha

tm

akes

it

wor

th u

sing

. O

n an

y su

cces

sful

hit,

the

tar

get

mus

t ro

llon

e di

e; o

n a

4-6,

Jad

e m

ay r

ando

mly

sel

ect o

ne c

ard

from

the

tar-

get’s

han

d an

d st

ealt

hat c

ard.

Unl

imite

d am

mo.

Spec

ial

Abi

lity:

Rut

hles

s.

Jade

lik

es

prov

ing

that

a

wom

an c

an b

e as

dan

gero

us i

n a

gam

e as

any

man

. Eac

hfr

ag J

ade

scor

es e

arns

her

one

die

that

can

be

adde

d to

any

die

roll

she

mak

es. H

er e

arne

d di

ce s

houl

d be

set

to

one

side

to

crea

te a

spe

cial

poo

l of

bon

us d

ice

that

onl

y sh

eca

n dr

aw f

rom

. D

isad

vant

ages

:T

ryin

g to

o ha

rd.

Jade

kno

ws

that

wom

en a

ren’

t ex

pect

ed t

o do

wel

l at

thi

s ki

ndof

gam

e,an

d it

mak

es h

er s

elf-

cons

ciou

s. I

f sh

e m

isse

s an

atta

ckro

ll, s

he m

ust

roll

one

die.

On

a 6,

her

tur

n en

ds a

s sh

ede

scen

ds in

to s

elf-

doub

t.

OPTI

ONAL

RULE

:FR

AG20

03Pr

epar

e fo

r th

e fu

ture

! Th

e ne

xtge

nera

tion

of F

rag

play

s fa

ster

and

with

mor

e vi

olen

ce th

an e

ver

befo

re.

Each

fig

hter

sta

rts w

ith 9

poi

nts

for

stat

s, ra

ther

tha

n 7,

and

do

uble

the

star

ting

num

ber

of c

ards

. You

r Fr

agga

mes

are

now

rea

dy f

or 2

003!

(If

itca

n w

ork

for U

nrea

l Tou

rnam

ent.

. .)

OPTI

ONAL

RULE

:O F

F-TH

E-SH

ELF

S YST

EMS

Bef

ore

star

ting

play

, re

mov

e al

lSy

stem

U

pgra

deca

rds

from

th

esp

ecia

ls d

eck.

Eve

ryon

e’s

play

ing

with

the

sam

e co

mpu

ter

syst

em.

OPTI

ONAL

RULE

:M

ILIT

ARY

EXOS

KELE

TON

Bef

ore

play

, al

l pl

ayer

s m

ust

agre

e th

at t

he E

xosk

elet

onca

rd i

sac

tual

ly a

mili

tary

ver

sion

. W

hen

the

card

is

draw

n, i

t fo

llow

s th

eru

les

as w

ritte

n on

the

card

plu

s:●

The

pla

yer

may

dra

w t

he t

opth

ree

card

s fr

om th

e w

eapo

ns d

eck

and

sele

ct o

ne c

ard

to p

ut in

to p

lay

imm

edia

tely

(an

d it

does

n’t

take

any

spac

e). T

he o

ther

two

card

s ar

edi

scar

ded.

●O

ther

arm

or c

ards

may

be

used

in

conj

unct

ion

with

th

e m

ilita

ryex

oske

leto

n.●

Frag

ging

the

Exos

kele

ton

wea

rer

coun

ts d

oubl

e fo

r vi

ctor

y, a

nd y

oudr

aw tw

oSp

ecia

ls.