I’m extremely late with this review of Legends of Baldur’s Gate #4 – which is mostly due to being very busy with The Book of Lost Spells – but it’s worth noting that this is a great issue. The story kicks into high gear with this instalment, getting ready for the Big Finale in issue #5. “Boo, if he does not help us, you must … Continue reading Comic Review: Legends of Baldur’s Gate #4
The Blacksmith’s Burden is a short, sidetrek adventure by John Rossomangno for characters of levels 2-4. The players must investigate why a blacksmith is working day and night – but has nothing to sell to his fellow villagers. When John describes this adventure as “short”, I immediately compared it to the other adventures that I’ve been reviewing recently. At 24 pages, this is quite a … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Blacksmith’s Burden
A few months back, there was a kickstarter for a book of monsters, a book of adventures and a book of spells. Who ran the kickstarter? Necromancer Games, a company that rose to prominence in the earliest days of 3E as a provider of old-school inspired adventures (“Third Edition Rules, First Edition Feel”). They went quiet during the 4E era, although part of the team … Continue reading Quests of Doom: The Noble Rot
Under the Horn is the latest adventure by Johua de Santo of Genius Loci Games. Although this review is of the Pathfinder release, there is also a Swords & Wizardry version and Johua assures me the 5E version will be available in the near future. The Horn series often combines technological elements with fantasy adventure. In this adventure, people have been going missing near the … Continue reading Pathfinder Review: Under the Horn
The Lizardmen of Illzathatch is a short adventure by Shane Ward for Labyrinth Lord and other variants of the original D&D. It is written for a party of 4-6 level 3 characters. The main adventure takes up 6 pages, including one for a map. The basic premise is simple: a green dragon, Illzathatch, has been killed by a band of adventurers, but the adventurers then … Continue reading OSR Adventure Review: The Lizardmen of Illzathatch
The first adventure of Paizo’s Giantslayer adventure path, Battle of Bloodmarch Hill is a 96-page book with typically excellent production values. The adventure portion of the book takes up 52 pages, with the remainder of the book presenting NPC profiles, a “giant primer”, more rules for giants, a 10-page bestiary, and a short piece of fiction. The adventure covers levels 1-3, with characters advancing to … Continue reading Pathfinder Adventure Review: Battle of Bloodmarch Hill
There are D&D adventures I am intimately familiar with. I3 Pharaoh is one of those. It’s an adventure I’ve read many, many times, and DMed on two separate occasions. Other adventures I have known only through their product code. X6 Quagmire is of that latter sort. I never owned it during my early days of D&D, nor did I play it or run it. So, … Continue reading D&D Basic Review: X6 Quagmire!
When I was younger, I wasn’t that impressed with The Isle of Dread. I purchased it as part of the Expert D&D set, and although the idea of going to an island inhabited with dinosaurs sounded pretty fun, the actual presentation did not inspire me very much. I was very young at the time. Many years later, during the 3E era, I took a party … Continue reading D&D Basic Review – X1 The Isle of Dread
The Temple of Qultar is the first release from Matt Jackson of Chubby Monster Games for the new edition of D&D. It’s a four-page pdf, consisting of an unkeyed map and three pages of description of the temple and the dungeon beneath it. No level is given for the adventure, but as there’s a Challenge Rating 5 monster in the adventure, I’m calling a 5th-level … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Temple of Qultar
Until February 22nd, 2015, there’s a sale of Wizards’ D&D pdfs at DriveThruRPG. The discounts are variable – The World of Greyhawk Fantasy Setting (AD&D 1E) is $8.49, down from $9.99, while the D&D Rules Cyclopedia (D&D Basic) is $4.99, down from $9.99. Every title is at least 15% cheaper. Note that the “cover price” is the price the book was originally published with; a … Continue reading Sale of D&D pdfs at DriveThruRPG!
