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Review: The Lost People
Today we’re looking at The Lost People by Nick Campbell. It’s the 3rd in a series of underdark adventures and although it has some ties to the previous entries, could easily be played as a one-off. It is lacking any explicit hooks, though. A few of the rumors could serve that purpose (protip: they’re in the back…
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Review: Righteous Vow Vol. 2 – The Whispers of Minh
Today we’re looking at Righteous Vow Vol. 2: The Whispers of Minh, the second in a series of adventures by Bill Harvat. This one centers around a conflict between a kingdom of ratkin and an evil empire of lizardmen. As with Vol 1, the production value here is very high. There is a buttload of original…
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Review: Tomb of the Moon Knight
Today we are looking at Tomb of the Moon Knight by Aaron Botter, a short 11-room adventure for levels 1-2. The party will explore the tomb of a long-dead Robin Hood type figure while contending with Sky Pirates and other hazards. It’s pretty straightforward but also has some nice bursts of creativity and weirdness that set it…
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Review: Soulblight – The Dying Vale
Today we are looking at Soulblight – The Dying Vale by Laurin-David Weggen. This is a smallish hexcrawl and hefty dungeon for his Soulblight setting, but also works as a standalone adventure and does not require any other books besides the Shadowdark core rules to run.The premise of this setting is compelling to say the least. “Rulakham…
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Review: Shadows of Camelot
Today we’re looking at Shadows of Camelot by William Harshman. Mr. Harshman also has a Youtube channel called Runeforged Tabletop gaming. Dungeontubers have a pretty spotty record when it comes to writing adventures. Will we buck the trend?! It’s tempting to say that Shadows of Camelot is similar to the Cursed Scrolls, but that’s not exactly fair.…
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Review: The Blackbridge Labyrinth
Today we’re looking at The Blackbridge Labyrinth: Expanded Edition by Connor Ludovissy. This was originally published in the Shots in the Dark compilation but has been revised with “a more compelling narrative, an easier-to-run labyrinth for tabletop play, and more powerful treasure to boot.” We start with a rumor table and a mix of true and false…
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Review: Letters from the Dark Vol. IV: Borderlands
Today we’re looking at Letters from the Dark Vol. IV: Borderlands by Chris Powell. This is the fourth in a series of nine (at the time of writing) supplements that include an adventure as well as a bunch of optional rules, classes, setting info, etc. As the title implies, this particular supplement is an update on the…
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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…