Category Archives: Reviews

Dungeon Magazine #70

Posted on February 20, 2016 by Bryce Lynch

This issue of Dungeon is worth seeking out. Homonculous Stew by Andrew DiFiore Jr AD&D Levels 2-4 This is trying to be good, but six pages for three encounters is pushing my tolerance for text. There’s a talking ogre who … Continue reading →

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Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands

Posted on February 17, 2016 by Bryce Lynch

by Creighton Broadhurst Raging Swan Press Pathfinder Level 1 A ruined monument to folly and ego, the Shadowed Keep stands atop an isolated bluff deep in a mist-wreathed forest. Sacked by marauding goblins decades ago the place was thought abandoned, … Continue reading →

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The Black Monestary

Posted on February 15, 2016 by Bryce Lynch

by Mark Shipley & Scott Stabbert Frog God Games Swords & Wizardry Level 7 … But the Black Monastery was not gone forever. Over nearly two centuries since its destruction, the Black Monastery has returned from time to time to … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Magazine #69

Posted on December 19, 2015 by Bryce Lynch

Blame Fallout. I wrote ahead but missed by schedule by 48 hours. Slave Vats of the Yuan-Ti by Jason Kuhl AD&D Levels 3-5 “Keep a calculator at hand during this adventure, for the math.” Oh, joy … DERP! This three-parter, … Continue reading →

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Maiden Voyage

Posted on December 9, 2015 by Bryce Lynch

by Chad Brouillard Penumbra d20 Levels 1-3 There’s a tale you might hear in a tavern by the docks if you catch an old sea dog on a dark night laden with rum. He’ll tell you of an all but … Continue reading →

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Road of the Dead

Posted on December 7, 2015 by Bryce Lynch

by Creighton Broadhurst Raging Swan Press Pathfinder 3rd Level Centuries ago, the Tuath were a mighty folk who strove against the goblins of the Tangled Wood for dominion over that ancient place. Defeated by treachery and their feral, warlike enemies … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Magazine #68

Posted on December 5, 2015 by Bryce Lynch

OMG! Why am I writing this instead of playing Fallout! The Artist’s Loving Touch by Charles C. Reed AD&D Level 2-4 An adventure with no redeeming qualities. A sculptor is turning people into statues. (Weird, never seen that one before.) … Continue reading →

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Scenic Dunnsmouth

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Bryce Lynch

by Zzarchov Kowolski LotFP LotFP Dunnsmouth is diseased and rotten to the core. Beset by malefactors supernatural and mundane, Dunnsmouth slowly dies in the swamp. But within the rot are mysteries to be solved, evil to be fought, and the … Continue reading →

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Three Days to Kill

Posted on November 30, 2015 by Bryce Lynch

by John Tynes Penumbra d20 Levels 1-3 Deeptown lies in the shadows of mountains, a town where anything is for sale if you can only meet the price. But in the wild surrounding valleys of the Deeps, it’s the bandits … Continue reading →

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Dungeon Magazine #67

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Bryce Lynch

Several adventures in this issue that come pretty close to being usable. Witches’ Brew by Steve Johnson AD&D Levels 3-5 This is a charming and delightful little adventure ruined by the verbosity. It’s one of the lamest of hooks: you’re … Continue reading →

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