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Abe
Rifts Mercenaries | Kevin Siembieda, C. J. Carella
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Great rifts rpg book about mercenaries!

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JoeMo
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Mehso-so

D&D truly changed the world of strategy and RPG games. Unfortunately, the tale behind its creation was not as exciting as it had been billed to me. I felt this book was a textbook-like retelling of facts to include annual sales numbers. The game‘s very slow build from mocked fantasy game to cultural icon is interesting. Overall though I just felt like something was missing…like any type of connection to the creators.

JoeMo There seems to be a market out there for this story , as I noted at least three recently published books about the creation of D&D. Maybe this is the kind of book and subject that fans of the game are ravenous about…and folks like me who have never played it….not so much 🤷‍♂️ 3mo
TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 3mo
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PuddleJumper
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Mehso-so

I am finally able to review this! I‘ve been running the campaign for close to two years now and we‘re going into the finale in July (which is not in the book). I replaced the Icewind Dale setting with Eiselcross from Wildmount. Nothing major was changed but I thought I‘d mention it.

PuddleJumper This cannot be run as written; it is a poorly conceived adventure and needs a lot of help from third party material. It felt more like random encounter after random encounter rather than a complete adventure. If you are looking for snowy side quests or ideas then grab a few from here and re-jig as necessary.
5mo
PuddleJumper Ten Towns is problematic. I would grab either an expanded version of them or write your own as some of the stuff included in the book did not make sense or was unnecessary. Looking at you incest town.

The middle part has nothing to do with the main plotline. It‘s essentially a side quest to grind levels. The players had no motivation to engage with it. It was mostly dungeon crawls, fortresses, nothing unusual or special.


5mo
PuddleJumper My players had a lot of fun in Ythryn, though mine was Aeor and I took a lot of inspiration from what was done in Critical Role. They did not enjoy hitting specific locations to find bits of poetry. Again, they weren‘t fully interested in the plot.

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PuddleJumper There were fun elements but get third party stuff to help restructure it and make Auril an interesting BBEG. Her stat block was a joke. If your characters are level 15 when they encounter her, she won‘t be a challenge at all.


5mo
PuddleJumper The art work was amazing. I loved flicking through this book because it was so colourful. It does add depth to a tundra/snow setting, the monsters are fun, and you can transplant the dungeon crawls into other settings. The maps were really good as well so the locations could be useful in other campaigns.


5mo
PuddleJumper I would definitely run it again but I would make changes before we even start.

Also, if your players/characters like animals ignore the awakened animals part because that is all they will focus on.
5mo
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Abe
Gurps Bestiary | Steve Jackson, Steffan O'Sullivan
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Great collection of creatures from around the world for gurps!

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Kshakal
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When one of your students makes you a dungeons and dragons character, you realize just how well they know you! #teachersoflitsy

BookmarkTavern Amazing! 🤩 6mo
KadaGul Wow 🤩 🐲🐉 6mo
AnnCrystal 👏🤩👍. 6mo
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AmandaBlaze
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My library has a Dungeons and Dragons Volunteer position. I just spent my hours playing DnD with a librarian, another volunteer, and a bunch of teenagers. It was a lot of fun.
#WhatsNewWednesday
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude
@Read4Life

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CoffeeK8
Book of Challenges: Dungeon Rooms, Puzzles, and Traps | Skip Williams, Daniel Kaufman, Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel, Mike Selinker
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Here is my list for #readyourkindle thanks at @CBee for organizing!

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Abe
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Great dungeons and dragons book about elves! There‘s a couple of monstrous compendium style monster entries in the back of the book (winged elves and an elvish style feline respectively).

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Abe
New West | Kevin Siembieda, Christopher R. Kornmann
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Great rpg rifts book about the area west of the coalition states!

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Abe
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Great collection of wizard and rogue kits for forgotten realms (dnd)