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Review: The Infected Abbey
Today we are looking at The Infected Abbey by Perdido Press – an ambitious level 6-8 adventure in which players explore a ruined abbey overcome by a mysterious madness. The adventure features over 60 areas to explore, spread out over 3 levels of the abbey and the environs beneath. A hundred years ago, the founder…
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Review: Trouble in the Tree of the Ancient Kings
Today we’re looking at Trouble in the Tree of the Ancient Kings, a journey through a 32-room dungeon inside of a giant tree by Emily Wynn for levels 3-5. A very old, very enormous tree with magical powers has begun to whither and brown out of season. Inside, an evil wizard has corrupted the trees…
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Review: Flameless Forge of the Dverg
Today we’re looking at Flameless Forge of the Dverg by Pakkanen. It’s a 23-room dungeon in an abandoned (OR IS IT?) dwarven forge for levels 1-3. It was originally written for the setting of Cursed Scroll #3 but could be dropped into just about anywhere. The setup is that, long ago, a community of dwarves…
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Review: Legacy of Iskald
Today we are looking at Legacy of Iskald by Brynjar Már Pálsson. It’s a level 3-6 viking-themed regional adventure covering 12 points of interest around the titular Iskald mountains, a 24-room dungeon and several smaller keyed locations. Hey, if you want a viking-themed adventure “Brynjar Már Pálsson” is probably the sort of name you should…
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Review: CozyBlight
Today we are looking at CozyBlight by Laurin-David Weggen. CozyBlight is billed as a “cozy reimagining” of the Soulblight setting – after constant complaints about the unrelenting bleakness of the original setting, and perhaps in consideration of the financial windfall a product with more broad appeal might bring, Mr. Weggen has taken an angle grinder…
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Review: The Shadowed Village
Today we are looking at The Shadowed Village by John Simpson, a short adventure for levels 3-5 that takes place primarily in a 21-room manor. The author describes the manor as a “puzzle box”. The setup is kind of cool. The local sorceress, Alana Field, tried to cast a spell to end a drought afflicting…
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Review: Sepulchre of Dusk
Today we’re looking at Sepulchre of Dusk, an “introductory” adventure by Scott Craig that consists of an 18-room dungeon. Introductory is a word which here means “level 1”. It’s a classic tomb-robbing, prisoner-rescuing, goblin-slaying romp. The adventure begins in medias res. The setup where a bridegroom is kidnapped by goblins, the party investigates the ambush…
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Review: Crawl from the Catacombs
Today we’re looking at Crawl from the Catacombs, a 12-room gauntlet by Connor McCloskey. The PCs wake up in a crypt, having died at some point, with no memory of their past selves. They roll names on two combined d6 tables with results like “mummy guts” and ” fungus ass”. And then they dive straight from the…
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Review: The Last Isle of the Dread Legion
Today we are looking at Last Isle of the Dread Legion, a level 1 adventure by Grim Games. This is a sort of point crawl across an orc-infested jungle island where the party has been shipwrecked. Check out that cover art. It looks like it was made by an extremely talented 6th grader and I…
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Review: Cursed Scroll 5: Dwellers in the Deep
Today we’re looking at Cursed Scroll 5: Dwellers in the Deep by Kelsey Dionne. This is the latest release in Arcane Library’s series of zines that include classes, monsters, and adventures focused around a particular theme or region. In this case, the focus is a sort of underdark analog called Morzomotha and a huge dungeon…