Category: Review

D&D 5E, D&D Adventurers League, Review

5E Adventure Review: Moonshae Treasure Hunt

Moonshae Treasure Hunt is the first of the Moonshae adventures written for D&D Adventures League play under the aegis of Baldman Games. It is intended to introduce the setting’s themes and presents four 90-minute scenarios written by different authors for beginning characters; preferably level 1 or 2. As you might expect, such short adventures give each designer limited opportunities to introduce characters and themes. All … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Moonshae Treasure Hunt

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Call of Cthulhu, Review

The Room with No Doors review

I recently ran M.T. Black’s Call of Cthulhu adventure, “The Room with No Doors”. We had fun. I see this as a single-session adventure. The text says it runs in 3-6 hours, but we ran it in about three, perhaps a little under. At its heart, it is a ghost story. The characters need to investigate a haunted house and stop the haunting there. However, … Continue reading The Room with No Doors review

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D&D, D&D Basic, Review

D&D Adventure Review: The War Rafts of Kron

X7 The War Rafts of Kron was released in 1984 as part of the “Expert” line of adventures; that is, wilderness-based adventures for the Dungeons & Dragons line rather than the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons line. It is for characters of levels 9-12. In this adventure, the characters venture beneath the waves to save a princess from the tritons who have kidnapped her. However, the … Continue reading D&D Adventure Review: The War Rafts of Kron

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D&D, D&D 5E, Review

5E Supplement Review: My Dad’s Monster Manual

My Dad’s Monster Manual is a monster book. It has monsters. It has art you will recognise, coming as it does from the official 5E Monster Manual. And it gets you to look at those bits of art differently. The book started with James Introcaso showing the Monster Manual to his father, and his father coming up with his interpretation of what each piece of … Continue reading 5E Supplement Review: My Dad’s Monster Manual

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Board Games, Review

Board Game Review: Friday

Friday is a solo board game designed by Friedemann Friese (designer of Power Grid) with an amusing concept: You take the role of Friday, a native to an island on which some fool called Robinson Crusoe has been shipwrecked. To go back to your untroubled life, you need to help Crusoe survive the perils of the island, as well as two pirate ships that happen … Continue reading Board Game Review: Friday

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Curse of Strahd, D&D, D&D 5E, Review

5E Review: Blinsky’s Toyshop

Blinsky’s Toyshop is an adventure for level 3 to 7 characters set in the land of Barovia. As it is centred around a somewhat cursed toy shop, I see no difficulty in playing this adventure in most settings, except perhaps Dark Sun. It might feel too light-hearted for there! The basic idea is that the characters visit Blinsky’s Toyshop, one of the more memorable locations … Continue reading 5E Review: Blinsky’s Toyshop

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D&D, D&D 5E, Review

5E Adventure Review: Quite the Pickle

Quite the Pickle is a collection of four, linked one-hour adventures set in the town of Saltmarsh. All revolve around a local tavern, the Snapping Line, which employs two dwarven brothers with a secret. The adventures are for level 5 to 10 characters, and though optimised for a party of level 8 characters, containing scaling notes for other levels. The first two adventures feature tournaments … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: Quite the Pickle

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D&D, D&D 5E, Review

5E Adventure Review: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is an adventure for level 1 characters set in the world of Eberron. It is derived from the well-known story by Washington Irving. The adventure proceeds like this: The adventurers arrive in the village of Sleepy Hollow, where they discover the local school master, one Ichabod ir’Crane, has disappeared. As they investigate his disappearance, they uncover several odd things in … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

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D&D 5E, Review, Tasha's Cauldron of Everything

A Quick Look at the Dungeon Master’s Tools of Tasha’s

Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything has a lot of interesting material in it. As I am far more likely to be the Dungeon Master rather than a player, I thought I might share with you a few thoughts about the new material in the “Dungeon Master’s Tools” chapter. Note that I am deliberately excluding both Group Patrons (Chapter 2) and the new magic items of Chapter … Continue reading A Quick Look at the Dungeon Master’s Tools of Tasha’s

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AD&D, D&D, Review

AD&D Adventure Review: The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl

The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl was published in 1978 as the second of the “Giant” series. It one of the earliest Dungeons & Dragons adventures. Incredibly, to our modern eyes, it is a mere 8 pages, with maps printed on the interior of the cover. The plot of the adventure sees the heroes sent on a mission of revenge against giants that have … Continue reading AD&D Adventure Review: The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl

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