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Review Standards
It’s difficult to describe exactly what goes into writing a good adventure, as there isn’t one true method. Gavin Norman’s adventures look very different from Gus L.’s but they are both masters of the craft and I enjoy their work immensely. But I do think it will be useful if I try to enumerate what…
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Review: Sanctum of the Undertoad Queen
Today we’re looking at Sanctum of the Undertoad Queen – a 3rd level adventure by Ross Mahler and Matthew Mahler. This one checks a lot of boxes on my personal “would I run this?” checklist. New and interesting monsters, creative environmental puzzles and hazards, a general competency in writing and layout, original art (just look at that gorgeous…
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Review: Righteous Vow Vol. 1
Today we are looking at Righteous Vow Vol. 1 by Bill Horvat. It consists of 6 dungeons meant to take the PCs from levels 1-5. Did ya ever notice how everything is a zine now? Let me start off by saying the production value is very good. Art is abundant and excellent. Layout is pretty much copied from Arcane…
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Review: The Frozen Ascent
Today we’re looking at The Frozen Ascent by JP Coovert. This adventure was also reviewed on the excellent Between Two Cairns podcast. Though I’m a regular listener I have avoided that particular episode in advance of this review. Maybe it will turn out that we have similar thoughts. Maybe I will find myself at odds with two…
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Review: Adventure Anthology for Shadowdark
Today we’re looking at Adventure Anthology for Shadowdark by Stephen Grodzicki. It is a collection of 22 adventures first written for Low Fantasy Gaming (which became Tales of Argosa) and “converted to Shadowdark” by William Murakami-Brundage (of Menagerie Press fame). I’m not going to review all 22, but let’s take a peek at the first two: Call…