in the january 1984 edition of "white dwarf" (issue #49), john sutherland found the rules to be badly organized, and attempted to cover too much, with the result that little of substance was revealed. sutherland gave the system an overall rating of only 4 out of 10, saying, "these rules try to offer too much and end up providing very little. the game concept is good, but the execution is poor... the immense area of diversity that should be available from agatha christie to james bond, is absent. by casting the net too wide, the author captures nothing."