dungeonsanddragons

Game Wizards: The Epic Battle for Dungeons & Dragons | Jon Peterson

so-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 🤷‍♂️ 4w

JoeMo #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks 4w

TheAromaofBooks Great review!!! 4w

31 likes3 comments

Twainy

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves: The Road to Neverwinter | Jaleigh Johnson

pick

“He was a thief after all.”

Now I want to go watch the movie again!!! Fun book and added to the movie. Less about the characters though they were likable and more about the journey. D&D-like so it fits and I‘d read more! Good narration.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/4

19 likes

Abe

The Quintessential Elf | Alejandro Melchor

pick

Great d20 book on how to use and build a 3.5 dnd elf!

9 likes

MissHel

The Adventure Zone: Murder on the Rockport Limited! | Clint McElroy, Griffin McElroy, Justin McElroy, Travis McElroy, Carey Pietsch

pick

I binged TAZ this past winter. I love that I can relive the series in graphic novels! The illustrations are cute and colorful and NOT traditional DnD (if that‘s your bag, cool no hate) just like TAZ.

BookmarkTavern I love this series! 💖 2mo

13 likes1 stack add1 comment

Abe

The Quintessential Bard | Various, Alejandro Melchor

pick

Great d20 book about the building and usage (in-game) of the bard!

12 likes

alexus_sb

Dungeons and Drama | Kristy Boyce

pick

Gamers, theater geeks and fake dating all in one adorably funny and sweet teen romance.
5/5 stars and HIGHLY RECOMMEND!

3 likes

Abe

Legends & Lairs: Path of Magic | Fantasy Flight Games

pick

Great collection of optional rules for bards,sorcerers and wizards for dungeons and dragons d20 games!

7 likes

PuddleJumper

Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden (D&D Adventure Book) (Dungeons & Dragons) | Dungeons & Dragons

so-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.
⬇ 3mo

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.

⬇
3mo

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.

⬇ 3mo

See All 6 Comments

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.

⬇
3mo

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.

⬇
3mo

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.
3mo

20 likes6 comments

Airykah13

DnDoggos: Get the Party Started | Scout Underhill

pick

I know nothing about DnD but I found this story super enjoyable and I can‘t wait to read the next one

#ReadAway2024

9 likes

Doppoetry

Lord of the Necropolis | Gene DeWeese, Eugene Deweese

(Not sure how to attach a photo in Canva) but for my next #Book20 read I got a nat20. That means my next book is Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk. I didn't expect to be jumping back into horror but I'm sure it will still be refreshing.

2 likes

Welcome to Litsy!

Trending Hashtags

Trending Books