D&D 5E Dragon Talk on Tyranny of Dragons

[Urriak Uruk]

For those curious, D&D 5e adventures ranked by Amazon reviews (if tied, the higher one has more reviews);

Tomb of Annihilation: 4.7
Dragon of Icespire Peak: 4.7
Lost Mine of Phandelver: 4.6
Curse of Strahd: 4.6
Storm King's Thunder: 4.6
Ghosts of Saltmarsh: 4.6
Tales from the Yawning Portal: 4.5
Princes of the Apocalypse: 4.5
Out of the Abyss: 4.5
Rise of Tiamat: 4.5
Waterdeep Dragon Heist: 4.4
Hoard of the Dragon Queen: 4.2
Waterdeep Dungeon of the Made Mage: 4.1
Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus: 4.1

 

[cmad1977]

Heck, it got mostly good reviews,though reception was mixed and even those of us who enjoyed it had complaints.

Amazon, after 298 reviews, is at 59% 5 star, 20% 4 star, 10% 3 star, 7% 2 star and 4% 1 star. While this does make it the least well received of the 5E Adventure products.... that's pretty good.

Only 79 percent of those people REALLY liked it. And a mere 89 percent at minimum thought it was at least ‘pretty good’.

 

[Parmandur]

For those curious, D&D 5e adventures ranked by Amazon reviews (if tied, the higher one has more reviews);

Tomb of Annihilation: 4.7
Dragon of Icespire Peak: 4.7
Lost Mine of Phandelver: 4.6
Curse of Strahd: 4.6
Storm King's Thunder: 4.6
Ghosts of Saltmarsh: 4.6
Tales from the Yawning Portal: 4.5
Princes of the Apocalypse: 4.5
Out of the Abyss: 4.5
Rise of Tiamat: 4.5
Waterdeep Dragon Heist: 4.4
Hoard of the Dragon Queen: 4.2
Waterdeep Dungeon of the Made Mage: 4.1
Baldur's Gate Descent into Avernus: 4.1

4.1-4.7 is a pretty good window.

 

[Urriak Uruk]

Only 79 percent of those people REALLY liked it. And a mere 89 percent at minimum thought it was at least ‘pretty good’.

You know 79% is a lot right? I've never heard of any politician in recent memory win an election at 79%.

 

[Bolares]

You know 79% is a lot right? I've never heard of any politician in recent memory win an election at 79%.

I bet you he was being sarcastic

 

[jayoungr]

I am talking about Hoard of the Dragon Queen. The adventure that very nearly killed 5e.

Yeah, I'm joining the crowd who are calling BS on that one.

so on the rails that any deviation from the rails would completely break the adventure.

Um ... not really? Have you even actually read the adventure or are you just going on hearsay?

 

[Parmandur]

Hoard of the Dragon Queen didn't kill Tyranny of Dragons, let alone 5E.

 

[darjr]

Hoard of the Dragon Queen didn't kill Tyranny of Dragons, let alone 5E.

This is now my carved in Stone response.

 

[cmad1977]

Not saying the adventure didn’t have issues but the worst parts of it were really my fault.

 

[darjr]

Not saying the adventure didn’t have issues but the worst parts of it were really my fault.

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wut?

Elaborate?