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In my opinion, WDH is interesting as a mini-setting for Waterdeep, rich with NPCs and especially villains. Great art, also. WDotMM is interesting as a mini-setting for Undermountain. You can always borrow from its dungeons, designed up to LVL 20. As adventures, they are NOT that great. All in...

5e adventures are usually sort of mini-setting sandboxes, while Pathfinder's are usually railroady. That said, from my particular point of view, I love 5e simplicity, as opposed to PF complexity. I simply cannot go back to that quantity of math. I also love d&d settings, while I don't like...

4 out of 5 rating for Ghosts of Saltmarsh - The adventures included are of variable quality; the good ones, in my opinion, are only two: Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh and The Styes. - This book is good to have - and it's better than Tales of the Yawning Portal - because it connects the...

I think it'll be an adventure that will also cover a new region of the Realms. Sea of Fallen Stars coming?

3 out of 5 rating for Volo’s Guide to Monsters - I really don't like the composite nature of this product: in part Lorebook (for DMs), in part presentation of new player races (for PCs), in part bestiary (for DMs). - I don't find very useful the first part dedicated to Monster Lore. - I don't...

2 out of 5 rating for Guildmasters Guide to Ravnica First of all, I'd buy this book for the art alone. Yes, it's so good. It's a gorgeous piece for my collection. The authors actually made a good job with the new races and backgrounds. And the monsters are beautiful. But. As a setting, this is...

4 out of 5 rating for Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage The adventure in itself is pleasant, because the dungeon levels are original and intriguing, and each one has its own factions, themes and secrets. But in the end, spending your time all in the same dungeon is really fatiguing. Maybe...

4 out of 5 rating for Waterdeep: Dragon Heist "Average Adventure; Excellent Tool for Waterdeep Campaigns" - First of all, the art is stellar, and I'd buy this product as a collectible alone. - It's a pity, but the adventure is NOT well executed. The idea of a Heist was great, but this is a...

THE BEST - BECMI: I have a soft spot for the Mentzer Red Box because I started there. Great introduction to the game; great Elmore illustrations. My favourite BECMI adventure is Test of the Warlords (followed by other classics: the Isle of Dread, Master of the Desert Nomads, Red Arrow Black...

"If you had to choose only one of your dear Bestiaries to bring in a lost island, what would you chose and why?" Present your Top 10 for Bestiaries! Any variant D&D is admitted, so Pathfinder, 13th Age and Hackmaster are welcome. My choices: 10) Monster Manual 3, D&D 3.5. It presented a host...

3 out of 5 rating for Carrion Crown Adventure Path I remember that the FIRST adventure was really great, one of the best 1st-Level modules I ever experienced. That level of excellence was kept for the first half of the SECOND module, "Trial of the Beast" (second part was a slog). Adventures 3...

4 out of 5 rating for Jade Regent Adventure Path I have fond memories of a caravan crossing the North Pole to reach the far East! Besides the Marco Polo experience, I enjoyed the relationships with the caravan members. And the art is really good. All in all, this AP was not groundbreaking, but...

5 out of 5 rating for 13th Age Bestiary This is an excellent bestiary, one of the best. Written in a witty, funny way; with consistently beautiful art; the true valor of this bestiary consists in the many creative ideas given with every monster. They are also provided with Icon connections...

3 out of 5 rating for The Shackled City Adventure Path This is the first Paizo Adventure Path (3.5 rules), back then when they published Dungeon Magazine. It's written for a party of 6 characters. There are some great moments in the series (one above all: when you have to attack all the evil...

5 out of 5 rating for Savage Tide Adventure Path IMO, the second-best ever written adventure for D&D, any edition (after Age of Worms). Very cinematic, if you play it you have the clear feeling of acting in a movie. A blockbuster, adventure-packed movie. It's also one of the most difficult...

5 out of 5 rating for Age of Worms Adventure Path IMO, the best campaign ever written for D&D, any edition. Try it if you can.

1 out of 5 rating for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Mythic Adventures Beware! This book is gorgeous, and the power it offers to the players is very tempting. But if you use it in your campaign, it'll break your game, as the rules are so broken, that the players after Tier 2 will become...

5 out of 5 rating for Dragonlance Adventure Series They experimented so much in this string of adventures! - It's the very first Adventure Path. - The story was so good that an entire Setting came out of the novels and the adventures. - More importantly, first came the story and then the...

4 out of 5 rating for 13th Age Core Book Good points (beside the amazing writing style): the Icon Relationships points, the One Unique Thing, the Escalation Die (true reason: because it adds the variability of the time factor to fights!). However, Backgrounds are too much free-form IMO...

5 out of 5 rating for D&D 5th Edition Starter Set Does the job right as an introduction to 5th Edition. In particular I loved the Boxed Set format with the front picture reminescent of Elmore's, from Mentzer's Red Box "Lost Mines of Phandelver" is actually one of the best introductory modules...