I have access to several issues of the French magazine Backstab thanks to archive.org, and game reviews have been added to some of the following articles. [1]
Backstab
edit1997
editBackstab #1: Le Monde des Ténèbres: France, Polaris, Deadlands, The X-Files Collectible Card Game, Murphy's World, Inferno, Honor of the Samurai, Clanbook: Tremere, The Shadow Court, Mystery on the Nile, Elixir, Metropolis Sourcebook, Aventures à Samarande II, Serenissima, The Cairo Guidebook, GURPS Psionics, Warhammer, GURPS Vampire: The Masquerade, Caerns: Places of Power, Constantinople by Night, L'ivresse des Profondeurs, Heir to the Empire Sourcebook, Apocrypha Now, BattleTech Collectible Card Game, Arwoor, Dark Age, Ye Booke of Monstres, Diablo, Arms Companion, Le Livre des Schèmes, Middle-earth: The Wizards, One Stage Before, Les Pierres Elfiques, Wailin' Dead, The Hunted, Midnight Express [2] Aquablue, Etoile Blanche, Tome 2, Aux Ombres d'Abymes, Le seigneur du Rim, Bloodline Tome 1, Eclipse, Les méandres d'un long fleuve tranquille, Tengu, Armagédon (Tome 1 & 2), Thorgal: Les géants, Le Serment Orphelin, Les Guerriers (T1) [3]
Backstab #2: Empire Galactique [4] In Nomine, Chivalry & Sorcery (3rd Edition), Warhammer Armies: Lizardmen, Warhammer Armies: Bretonnia, Valar & Maiar, Swamp Stalkers, Digital Web, Age of Renaissance, Jena!, L'Armee' du Nord: the Belgian Campaign, Ars Magica (4th Edition), Home of the Brave, Alambic, Liber des Goules: The Book of Ghouls, Scandinavia, Star Trek: The Next Generation Collectible Dice Game, Bubblegum Crisis, Dark Minions, Instants Ardents, Fields of Fire, Magic The Gathering: Battlemage, Magic: The Gathering, Quests of the Round Table, Polaris: l'écran, Mists of Betrayal, Visions, La Bataille de Friedland, Conspiracy X, Mythos: Dreamlands, Castles & Ruins, Shadow Players Guide, Heroes of Steel, The Dying of the Light, Mummy: The Resurrection (2nd Edition), Land of Giants, Shaan: l'écran [5] La Tour de la désolation, La romance du Démiurge, Fondu Déchainé, Kookabura, Neuvieme cercle, Carnets de route du chasseur de lutins, Les ailes du phaeton, Ghost in the shell, Agence Arkham, Nash, Angel Dick [6]
Backstab #3: Atlantys, Cthulhu Live, In the Shadows, Trolls, Galactic Empires, Heroic Fantasy Vol III, The Judas Grail, Middle-earth: The Wizards Companion, Noir, Demonworld, Charnel Houses of Europe: The Shoah, Clanbook: Ravnos, Terre, Africa 1880, Twin Stars of Kira, Archeos ou le cycle d'Odea, Delta Green, Dicemaster: Cities of Doom, Dicemaster: Doom Cubes, Dicemaster: Wilds of Doom, Le guide des profondeurs, GURPS Warehouse 23, Formula D, Battle Cattle, Fudge, Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game - Revised Edition, Dark Eden, Arnor: The People, Magic: The Gathering 5th Edition [7] Les Foudres de l'abîme, Chaos Puissance 5, Vingt ans Après (graphic novel), Le château des Poissons, No Pasaràn, La cité des âmes, Le sabre et le fou, Le prix du sang, Lumière du matin, Chronique de la Lune noire #17 [8]
Backstab #4: Waste World, Werewolf: The Wild West, Arnor: The Land, Spell User's Companion, Pirates, Earthdawn Companion, Wanted by Cracken, The Book of Mirrors: Mage Storytellers Handbook, Atlas of the Young Kingdoms, Vol. 1: The Northern Continent, Les Guide du Conjureur, 10.13.61, Warzone: Dawn of War, Les Héritiers de Kadesh, Les Humains, La Bataille d' Eckmühl, Kult: Second Edition, Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game, Epic 40,000, Lordly Domains, Ghouls: Fatal Addiction, Vengeance!, The Babylon Project, Edenia ou le cycle d'Odea, Mémoires de Sang, Dune: Eye of the Storm, Dark Ages Companion, Weatherlight, Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 2nd edition, Mississippi Fortress, Autumn of Glory, Super Vache, Shogun [9] Atlantis T1: La Sheb, Bunker Baby Doll T1: Coka, Black Deker: Yellow Moon, Elminster – The Making of a Mage, Les rives d'Antipolie, Number Nine, L'Apothicaire de Londres [10]
Backstab #5: In Nomine Satanis/Magna Veritas, The London Guidebook, Book o' the Dead, Deadlands: The Great Rail Wars, The Quick & The Dead, Changeling: The Dreaming Second Edition, Men in Black: The Roleplaying Game, Warhammer Armies: High Elves, Book of Storyteller Secrets, Elminster's Ecologies, Euthanatos Tradition Book, Order of Hermes Tradition Book, Blue Planet, Shadowrun: The Trading Card Game, Infected (Earthdawn), Dragon Dice, Hedge Magic (Ars Magica), Planescape Campaign Setting, Barsaive Campaign Set, Eye Witness, Liege, Lord and Lackey, Les salauds se cachent pour mourir, Babylon 5 Wars, MoonDragon, Throneworld, Clash of Wills, Mekton Zeta Plus, X-COM: Apocalypse, Shadowrun France, Quest For Power, Clanbook: Giovanni [11] Le troisieme testament, Rafael, demiers jours (The Brave), L'Eveil de la magie, Nosferatu, Trolls de Troy, Sanctuary: Black suchi, Les Matres du Jeu [12]
Backstab #6: Aeon, Rolemaster Companion VII, Princess Ryan's Star Marines, Planescape Monstrous Compendium, Transylvania by Night, Werewolf Storyteller's Handbook, Cities of Darkness Volume 2, Kithbook: Nockers, World of Darkness: Sorcerer, Libellus Sanguinis 1: Masters of the State, Laws of the Wild, Mediums: Speakers with the Dead, Clanbook: Gangrel, Technocracy: Syndicate, The Realm of Shadows, Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, Warlords III, Hexen II, Pirates des Caraïbes, Dark Reign: The Future of War, Dark Colony, KKnD, Total Annihilation, The Complete Druid's Handbook, GURPS Ultra-Tech, Middle-earth: The Wizards Player Guide, Gorkamorka, Hispania, Against the Shadows, Tempest, The Theran Empire, Orcs & Trolls, The Shire, The Dreaming Stone, The New Orleans Guidebook, Heavy Gear, Jovian Chronicles, Armageddon: The End Times, Kath, Revelations II: The Marches, Family Business [13] Sidney et Howell T1: Le vaisseau fantome, Darkwalker on Moonshae, Black Wizards, Darkwell, Le serment de l'ambre T2: Portendick, La planete des vents, Les portes des limbes, Les memoires du Roi Berold, Noces d'enter, I, Strahd: The Memoirs of a Vampire, Le maitre des mensonges, Mickey Mickey, Sous une Lune de Sang et La Directive Pandora, Exit, L'Aube Incertaine, Nord-Sud: Los Angeles, Les Maris Morgans et autres legendes de la mer, L'atoll des bateaux perdus, Petit precis de cuisine elfique, Damoiselle Gorge: La forest qui dansait, L'enigme de l'univers, Les Sorciers de l'Epee de Crystal: Lorette et Harpye, La jeune fille et les clones, Memoire vagabonde, Les psychopompes de Klash, La pierre et la flute: livre premier [14]
1998
editBackstab #7: Alternity Player's Handbook, Dark Force Rising Sourcebook, Essence Companion, Three Pillars, Clans Orcs, Armée Impériale, Constantinople by Night, Kinfolk: Unsung Heroes, Dreams and Nightmares, The Northern Waste, Les vertiges du KA, Firestorm: Shockwave, 1920s Investigators' Companion, Equinoxe, Dossier Confidentiels, Hannibal: Rome vs. Carthage, Hands of the Healer, Cloud City, Starship Troopers: Prepare for Battle!, Lordly Domains, Hystoire de Fou, C.N.C.S. Leaguebook One: Northern Lights, Southern Leaguebook One: Southern Republic, The New Breed, Jovian Chronicles Companion, A Medieval Tapestry, Cyberpirates!, Over the Edge Second Edition, Le Seigneur des Sans-Masques, Castle Spulzeer, The Forgotten Terror, Heroes of Defiance, Secret Societies of Barsaive, The Great Modron March, Of Ships and the Sea, Close Combat II, Age of Empires, Rigger 2, Player's Guide to Tapani [15] Agyar, La Chanson d'Arbonne, La Saga des Bannis: T.1 Le Batard T.2 L'Exil, The Iron Throne, Greatheart, Chute libre, Dead Hunter T1: Meme pas mort!, Delius une chanson d'ete, Vampire Dracula et les siens, Le Der des ders, Jordan Fantosme, The Arthurian companion, L'Odeur de la haine, Dragons of Summer Flame, Feu d'enfer, Operation Nemrod Les foudres de l'abime - tome 2, Sourvenirs sous controle, Iceflyer, Les Cantiques de Mercure, Thorgal La Cae, Je pense donc je nuis, Relic [16]
Backstab #8: Kindred of the East, Elfes, Groo: The Game, GURPS Black Ops, Myth: The Fallen Lords, Final Liberation: Warhammer Epic 40,000, Lands of Lore: Guardians of Destiny, Horrors, Diablo: Hellfire, Crisis of Faith, The Making of a Universe: Heavy Gear Design Works, Titan: The Arena, The Last Tower: The Legacy of Raistlin, Heroes of Sorcery, Bubblegum Crisis Before and After, Final Fantasy VII, Babylon 5 Collectible Card Game, Forgotten Lives, Instants Ardents 2 / Instants Lointains, Smith & Robards, Zero, Champions: New Millennium, Alliances, Heavy Gear 2nd edition, Lionheart, Player's Option: Combat & Tactics, Aliens Predator Customizable Card Game, Hidden Agendas, GURPS Bio-Tech, The Way of the Dragon, The Way of the Unicorn, Honor's Veil, Paranormal Animals of Europe, Corax, Résistance, Stronghold, Fallout, The Great Maze, The Book of Legions, The Fallen Angel, The White Hand, Utatti Asfet, The Complete Masks of Nyarlathotep, Escape from Innsmouth, Successors, Hell On Wheels, Edenia [17] Les Trois Coups du Demon, Death of a Darklord, Corps Etranger, Scars: A Lost Novel of Earthdawn, Les Cendres du Soliel, Blue, Aux Yeux de la Lune, La Pierre Makatea, Un genie Deux Accocies Trois clones, Foudre Tome 4, Le Jeu du Cameleon [18]
Backstab #9: Arsenal, Oriental Companion, College of Wizardry, Chronopia: Dark Fantasy Miniatures Battles, GURPS Russia, Underworld, Wizard's Spell Compendium Vol. III, Southern Leaguebook Two: Humanist Alliance, Jakandor, Island of War, Liber Reliquarum, Merchants of the Jumpweb, Shades of Darkness, Big Eyes, Small Mouth, Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix II, Strange Bedfellows, The Complete Barbarian's Handbook, Doomtown, Courtisans of Versailles, Moonlight Madness, Servants of Darkness, Confrontation, Atlantis Rising, Forsaken Rites, Darkness Revealed 1: Descent Into Darkness, Tigris and Euphrates, Children of the Gods, Cities of Darkness Volume 3, Die by the Sword, Heroes of Hope, Löwenherz, Mage: The Sorcerers Crusade, Warzone: Beasts of War, Hellgate Keep, Kithbook: Satyrs, The Eternal Boundary, Maelstrom Storytelling, Joan of Arc, Cult of the Dragon, Noblesse Oblige: The Book of Houses, Technocracy Assembled 1, Elixir: Mandragore, MAX 2, Transylvania Chronicles I: Dark Tides Rising, The Book of the Shadowlands: The Writings of Kuni Mokuna, Shockforce: Battles in the Remnants of America, A Fist Full o' Ghost Rock, Blood in the Boardroom, Elminster's Ecologies Appendix I: The Battle of Bones / Hill of Lost Souls, Predator and Prey, Royaumes Nains, Crystal Raiders of Barsaive, The Shining Host, Cloaks, StarCraft, The Everlasting: Book of the Unliving, Ghost Towns, Werewolf Players Guide, Player's Option: Skills & Powers, World of Darkness: Hong Kong, Nocturnum: Long Shades, The Illithiad, Kit de Survie, Savage Passage, The Technomancer's Toybox, Wings of Fury [19] Dark Prince, Little Treasures, SDF truands et assassins dans le Paris du Roi-Soliel, War, The Hag's Contract, Dragonlord of Mystara, Le Chevalier, Les Mysteres du Ver, Les Soldats du Crepuscule, The Oath and the Measure, The Abduction, The Paladins, Le Cycle de Cthulhu, Prophet of Moonshae, Le tueur d'ennemis [20]
Backstab #10: Reunion, The Shadow Rift, World of Darkness: Demon Hunter X, Might & Magic VI, Sanitarium, Ghost Dancers, Hucksters & Hexes, Luna Rising, Les Akasha, Giovanni Chronicles III: The Sun Has Set, Marvel Super Dice, City of Lies, Dungeon Master Option: High-Level Campaigns, Trinity Technology Manual, Fire & Brimstone, Uktena Tribebook, Champions of Chaos, Greyhawk Player's Guide, Cartes pour Demonworld, Kingdom of Willows, Isthak, Resident Evil 2, La Croisade de la Ville Mouvement, Jabba's Palace, Cormanthyr: Empire of the Elves, Gamemaster Guide, Sweetrock, Tales from the Infinite Staircase, Soldiers at War, A Saga Companion, The Judas Grail, Providence: Main Rule Book, The Recognizers, Providence: Main World Book [21] La nuit d'Utopia, L'armure de vengeance, Yurlunggur, Chroniques du petit peuple, Le roi de l'hiver, Pendragon, La mort dans l'ame, Vestiges d'Arcadia, Les conjures de Florence, A chacun ses dieux, Macno 1: Consciences virtuelles, Les danseurs de Lorgol, Cyberkiller, Samba pour les etoiles [22]
Backstab #12: Polaris Second Edition, Storytellers Handbook to the Sabbat, The Bygone Bestiary, Liber Ka, The Return of the Stormrider, Les Mers du Destin, X-Men Roster Book, X-Men: Who Goes There?, A Paladin in Hell, America Offline, Lord of the Fries, Safari Jack, Ben Hurt, Dataware, Dominion: Storm Over Gift 3, Empires of the Shining Sea, Tribe 8, The Great Maze, Inanimae: The Secret Way, Loa, The Bestiary, Parlainth: The Forgotten City, Legend of the Five Rings Roleplaying Game, Kabbalah: Mythic Judaism, Festival of the Damned, The Wizard's Grimoire, Seasons, Tales from the Empire, Wizard's Spell Compendium Volume 4, Fields of Fire: War Along the Mohawk, Warhammer Armies: Dogs of War, Incubation: The Wilderness Missions, AD&D: Initiation au Jeu de Rôles, Transylvania Chronicles II: Son of the Dragon, HârnMaster Religion, No Man's Land, Realms of Arkania Trilogy, Unknown Armies, Urza's Saga, The X-Files Game, Carmageddon Splat Pack, Star Trek: The Next Generation Narrator's Toolkit, Chronopia: Sons of Kronos, Jakandor, Isle of Destiny, Gaïa, The Star Cairns, Warhammer 40,000 3rd edition, Des Recettes de la Folie, The Way of the Lion [23] Dagon, In Memoriam, Redemption, L'Heritage de Saint Leibowitz, Embuches, Psychoville, Neverwhere [24]
1999
editBackstab #14: Half-Life, Surface, Digital Web 2.0, Nocturnum: Hollow Winds, Authentic Thaumaturgy, Land of Eight Million Dreams, The Sailor Moon Role-Playing Game and Resource Book, Codex: Blood Angels, Vampire Storytellers Companion, Gurahl, Libellus Sanguinis 2: Keepers of the Word, Azteca, Le magot de pépé, Revelations of the Dark Mother, Guide to the Sabbat, Guide to the Camarilla, Thain, Tombeurs, Wolves of the Sea, Tales of Magick: Dark Adventure, The Tomb of Iuchiban, The Way of the Phoenix, The Orphans Survival Guide, Crimson Skies, Arcane Majeur 01: le Bateleur, Arcane Majeur 02: la Papesse, Arcane Majeur 03: l'Impératrice, Arcane Majeur 04: l'Empereur, Arcane Majeur 05: le Pape, Arcane Majeur 06: l'Amoureux, Arcane Majeur 07: le Chariot, Arcane Majeur 08: la Justice, Arcane Majeur 09: l'Ermite, Arcane Majeur 10: la Fortune, Arcane Majeur 11: la Force, Arcane Majeur 12: le Pendu, Arcane Majeur 13: la Mort, Arcane Majeur 14: la Tempérance, Arcane Majeur 15: le Diable, Arcane Majeur 16: la Maison-Dieu, Arcane Majeur 17: l'Etoile, Arcane Majeur 18: la Lune, Arcane Majeur 19: le Soleil, Arcane Majeur 20: le Jugement, Arcane Majeur 21: le Monde, Arcane Majeur 00: le Mat, Darkness Revealed 3: Ascent into Light, Shattered Europe, GURPS Technomancer, Les Templiers, Rage across Las Vegas, Vox Populi, Demihumans of the Realms, Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four, Wrath of the Minotaur, Codex: Chaos Space Marines, Black Hand, Black Heart, Testament, Die Siedler von Catan: Historische Szenarien, The Lost Shrine of Bundushatur, The Shattered Circle, Palanthas, Starships, Twilight Honor, Avengers: Masters of Evil, Tribe 8 Weaver's Screen and Assistant, Vimary Sourcebook, Warzone [25] Rush, Les Futurs Mysteres de Paris, Le Corps et le Sang d'Eymerich, Histories de Cochons et de Science-fiction, Les Post-Humains, Feerie, Kwaidan, Les cieux decouronnes, Le Baron Rogue Sang [26]
Backstab #15: The Way of the Crab, The Way of the Scorpion, The Book of the Shadowlands: The Writings of Kuni Mokuna, Twilight Honor, Cainite Heresy, Winter Court: Kyuden Seppun, Abduction, Artefacts, Delta Green, La Croix & le Colt, Mokolé, Book of the Weaver, Blades, Metal Gear Solid, The Scarlet Brotherhood, Chroniques de l'Apocalypse I : Irysos, Le Compagnon, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Rage across Las Vegas episode 7-8-9, Rascals, Varmints & Critters, Dark Conspiracy Referee's Screen, First Run, Dungeons of Despair, TSR Jam 1999, Myth II: Soulblighter, Book of Artifacts, Mythes et Légendes des Profondeurs vol. 1, A Fragile Peace: The Neutral Zone Campaign Vol. 1, Planet of Darkness, Outbound: An Explorer's Guide, Splotch!, The Way of War, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Revolución, Fantastic Four Roster Book, A Guide to Marvel Earth, The Sylvan Veil, The Accursed Tower, The Price of Freedom: The United Federation of Planets Sourcebook, Button Men, Kill Doctor Lucky, The Way of Shadow, Walking the Way: The Lost Spells of Rokugan, War in the Heavens: Lifeweb, Close Combat III: The Russian Front, Mary - La voix de Mary Lynch, Liber Daemonis, StarCraft: Brood War, Trinity: Battleground Players Guide, New Seattle, Cry-Star: First of the Free [27] Erika, Invasion 99, Rouge de Chine, Ikkyu, Mort d'un president, Zombi Blues, Le fems des chevaliers, Fantome de lumiere, Le peuple du tapis [28]
2000
editBackstab #19: Delta Green: Countdown, Homeworld, Prophecy, Agone, Diskwars, Final Fantasy VIII, Tikal, GURPS Alternate Earths II, Alternity Science Fiction Adventure Game, Dirty Xmas, Cape Horn, Hunter: Storyteller's Companion, Horrors of the Z'Bri, Lawyers, Guns, and Money, Dark•Matter, Codex: Imperial Guard, Wettstreit der Baumeister, Mag Blast, Mokolé, Risk: Édition Napoléon, Victory: World War II, Void In The Heavens, The Accursed Tower, The Shattered Circle, For Duty & Deity, Exposé: Aberrants, Aberrant: Year One, Winter Court: Kyuden Seppun, Forgotten Realms Interactive Atlas, Masters of the Art, Pas de Caténaires pour les Mammouths, Carnival, The Way of Shadow, Warriors of Heaven, Hunter: Survival Guide, Dragon Magazine Archive, 7th Sea Game Master's Screen, Call of Cthulhu Edition 5.5, Kingpin: Life of Crime, Ji-Herp, Ecran Lyonesse [29]
Backstab #24: Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Game, Dungeons & Dragons Character Sheets, Dungeon Master's Guide, The Sunless Citadel, Dungeons & Dragons Gazetteer, Monster Manual, Marienburg: Sold Down the River, Eisen, Écran Hero Wars, Guildes, Guildes: El Dorado, Abyme, Le Monarque des Jonquilles, Orkworld, Big Eyes, Small Mouth second edition, Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai, The Way of the Wolf, The Way of Shinsei, GURPS Castle Falkenstein, GURPS In Nomine, Dacartha Prime, Further Information, Vampire Hunter$, Gimme a Stake, Medium Rare, Wind From the East, Clanbook: Ventrue, Les Royaumes de l'Est I, SLA Industries, Aberrant Worldwide Phase II, Outside Standard Channels, Word of the Fates, Wizard Kings, Lostech: The Mechwarrior Equipment Guide, Vegas, Space blabla, The Rose King, Elfes Noirs, Moon Over Thelgrim, BattleTech: Operation Flashpoint, Warhammer 6th edition, Clan War, VOR: The Maelstrom, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn, Chrono Cross, Warlords Battlecry, Final Fantasy IX, Wizards & Warriors, Star Trek: Klingon Academy, Anarchy Online [30]