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Beware! This review contains spoilers (there is an adventure within the book). This is not a playtest review. Oathbound: Plains Of Penance, is a sourcebook covering the lands surrounding the city of Penance in Bastion Press' Oathbound campaign setting. Readers are advised to first read some of...

Beware! This review contains major spoilers. This is not a playtest review. Sanctuary is an adventure deisgned for 4-6 characters of levels 4-5 from Auran d20. Sanctuary is a 110-page mixed mono/colour softcover product costing $19.95. It also contains a CD with the adventure in .pdf format...

ASEO/Arnwyn Thanks for your comments. I will take what you have said into consideration in future reviews - I hope you will see a continuing improvement in the area of more detailed explanations of my comments/opinions. Its detail like you've given above that helps improve things, and I take...

Arnwyn Here is a list of the errors in the stat block for the first character, Dagan the 14th-level Dwarven Fighter: 1. Entry that reads hit points instead of hit dice - this listed as 14d10+140. This character has a Con of 22 - therefore should be 14d10+84 (and therefore 245 hit points also...

ASEO What do you get from me listing what's broken that you don't get from me telling you it's broken? Except eyestrain ;-) Simon Collins

This is not a playtest review. This review contains spoilers. Denizens Of Freeport is a book of NPCs for the Freeport setting by Green Ronin Publishing. Denizens Of Freeport is a 96-page mono softcover product costing $18.95. Space usage, font size, and margins are all fine. Artwork runs from...

This is not a playtest review. Allies & Adversaries is a collection of mid to high level NPCs from Bastion Press, under the Legends Collection series. Allies & Adversaries is a 32-page full-colour softback product costing $14.95. The layout is attractive with a standard font size, but large...

DDK Could you say a little bit more about what the book is actually about - e.g. what time frames does it cover exactly, what cultures/countries, etc. What does each chapter roughly cover? It seems interesting, I'd like to know more. Thanks in advance.

Beware! This review contains spoilers (one of the chapters is an adventure). This is not a playtest review. The Slayer's Guide To Undead is Mongoose Publishing's look at a range of undead creatures - notably, it is written By Gary Gygax, along with his co-author Jon Creffield. The Slayer's...

This is not a playtest review. Power Classes: Knight is the fifth of Mongoose's power classes series, providing a single 20-level class in a short space. Knight is a mono softcover product costing $2.95. It consists of 16 pages, which are the same height as A4 but only half the width...

This is not a playtest review. Power Classes: Artificer is the sixth book in Mongoose's Power Classes series introducing new 20-level classes in a short space. Artificer is a mono softcover product costing $2.95. It consists of 16 pages, which are the same height as A4 but only half the width...

This is not a playtest review. Power Classes: Hedge Wizard is the 7th of Mongoose's 'Power Classes' series providing new 20-level classes in a short space. Hedge Wizard is a mono softcover product costing $2.95. It comprises 16 full-height, half-width pages (equivalent to eight A4 pages). The...

This is not a playtest review. Power Classes: Explorer is the eighth book in Mongoose's Power Classes series introducing new 20-level classes in a short space. Explorer is a mono softcover product costing $2.95. It consists of 16 pages, which are the same height as A4 but only half the width...

This is not a playtest review. The Second World Sourcebook is an unusual campaign setting from Second World Simulations that posits the existence of two connected worlds - a D&D style fantasy world and a d20 Modern-style near-future alternate Earth setting. The Second World Sourcebook is a...

This is not a playtest review. Celtic Age is a sourcebook on Celtic culture for d20 from Avalanche Press. Celtic Age is a mono softcover product costing $29.95. Though it is 192 pages, the size of the book is about 3/4 the size of A4, maybe a bit bigger - a rough guess would be about 150 pages...

This is not a playtest review. Plot & Poison is a guidebook to drow from Green Ronin Publishing, another in the OGL Interlink series. Plot & Poison is a 160-page mono softcover product costing $24.95. Margins, font size and space usage are all good - my only complaints would be about the odd...

This is not a playtest review. The Quintessential Guide To Paladins is the twelfth in Mongoose's class guides covering standard and new core classes. The Quintessential Guide To Paladins is a 128-page mono softcover product costing $19.95. Margins, font size and space usage are all fairly...

This is not a playtest review. Beware! This review contains spoilers. The Dancing Hut is a sequel to Monkey God's 'Tsar Rising' adventure, but can be run as a stand-alone adventure. It is influenced by Russian history and folklore, and is suitable for characters of levels 8-9. The Dancing Hut...

This is not a playtest review. Heroes Of High Favor: Elves, is a collection of rules ideas and prestige classes based around the concept of mixing the elves' favored class, Wizard, with the other available classes. HOHF: Elves is a 78-page softcover mono book, whose size is slightly larger...

This is not a playtest review. Swords Of Evil is an accessory detailing twenty two evil-aligned blades from Fast Forward Entertainment. Swords Of Evil is a 96-page softcover mono product costing $19.99. Margins, text and white space are all fine though the OGL and ads take up four pages. The...