Adventures in High Wold is a 9-page adventure and sourcebook for a small town by Corey Ryan Walden. It’s attractively presented, and is designed to be used with any fantasy RPG. This means that it lacks any statistics past terms like “1st level fighter”. It wouldn’t be hard to adapt it for use, but it does require some work on the part of the DM. … Continue reading Adventure Review: Adventures in High Wold
The sixth part of Dan Hass’s Dimgaard series, And the Dwarf Thane Slept, finds the party hired to acquire and transport a supply of gems so that the clerics of the land can cast raise dead again (they’ve run out!). Persuading the dwarves to help is likely to be easy, as their Thane has recently died and the clerics can raise him! This is an … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: And the Dwarf Thane Slept
The fifth adventure by Dan Hass (and the second in the Red Blade War series), And the Goblin Boss Wailed, has the characters dealing with a displaced goblin tribe, the Horned Skull. Written for 1-8 characters of level 2, the adventure is 25 pages long and is a significant amount of work. It is also available as part of a package that includes all four … Continue reading 5E Adventure Review: And the Goblin Boss Wailed
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!
