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Pharazia, Survey of a Sun-Scourged Land Of all of Ian Fordam's work, his take on Pharazia is the one I was not only looking forward to the most but also the most pleased with. For full disclosure's sake, I helped with part of the editing process and idea brainstorming, but really it was more in twe...

RED LIKE COPPER I find it hard to properly review an adventure without actually playing it, but I will go over this one briefly. After all, it doesn't take much - an intriguing set up, multiple chances to interact with NPCs, a couple of cool combat set pieces, and a compelling Big Bad is all you re...

Codename Requiem Let me preface my remarks by confessing that ten years ago I played Alien vs. Predator on repeat until the DVD player died. Despite my overfamiliarity with the franchise, I found much to appreciate about this article, including the mimicry of a military bureaucratic tone, the detai...

From the Collection: Font of Mercurial Tears The problem with being the fourth person to review an article is that the best parts have already been mentioned. So let me start by adding to the previous reviewers' praise of the strength of the narrators' voices. They were the best part of this articl...

Six Persons of Ill-Repute I have to confess that Six Persons is one of my favorite kinds of articles, featuring NPCs that can be dropped into a campaign wherever they might seem to fit. None of them are tightly bound to any one place, although they have connections throughout the setting as a whole...

Does anyone have a problem with this or maybe wants to have their names written differently or not at all (if you don't like my writeup)? I can also have it as co-written if you want and have each item's author mentioned in the end of each description. I'm all in favor of this, in fact. Please feel...

Larva and Satyral Larva made its debut in QtR29, and its re-release in QtR30 shows how the story has not only expanded but matured. For example, Stanton F. Fink has added three paragraphs to the beginning which help to define the location and the tone. I particularly enjoyed the snide restaurant hu...

The Mist-Borne Post This is an interesting mechanism to tie Darklords together, especially ones that reside in the (relatively) more inaccessible Islands of Terror. I appreciate the callback to Kislova, as well. I might balk at the idea of the Dark Powers aiding the Darklords in such a fashion (aft...

Sanguinia: Survey of a Snow-Bound Land History – I like the brevity of Sanguinia's backstory. Not sure if this is false or true history, but it gives the domain some much needed depth. And while it focuses exclusively on different eras pf the royal family's rule, that tracks along with the darklord...

I'm very grateful to both your review AND to the help that you've given me throughout the creative process, at least regarding Vorostokov. Without such input I definitely wouldn't have had such a polished product (especially in figuring out where to put the Birthright source material and balancing ...

Secrets of the Phantasmal Forest In this article Speedwagon offers a selection of more than two dozen places which might be found in the Phantasmal Forest of the Shadowlands. Each of these locations has some tie to Kateri Shadowborn, whether extrapolated from canon or a product of the author's own ...

Well it was what I had ready for that particular adventure, unfortunately because of copyright I couldn't disclose more on it. One has only to find a copy of Dungeon Magazine #53 to make it complete :P. It is true that I could have written a complete new adventure for it, but that was not my intent...

Behind the Mask I find this article fascinating because it introduces a new mechanic to influence the path of a game. In fact, it reminds me of the first time I read the original Ravenloft module and discovered how Tracy and Laura Hickman had incorporated a card deck into the adventure. Nonetheless...

Speedwagon wrote: ↑Wed Nov 15, 2023 4:08 pm Me too! That also reminds me that I need to finish my own reviews and thoughts on everyone else's work, I've been busy with grad school finals

As excuses go, that's a pretty good one. May all go well for you!

Tepest, Land of Fairy Tales and Folklore I will admit that I quite enjoyed playing "spot the fairy tale" as I read through this article. At the same time, though, the heavy reliance upon specific fairy tale references also made the article harder for me to take seriously. Since Keening is...