Fanasic Locations - What do you think?

[Angel Tarragon]

So, I'm contemplating buying this supplementary line this month. I'd like to know a little before wading into it. Also, would you consider these products to be "edition-less"?

 

[Kae'Yoss]

I like them. The maps look really nice. Jason Engle is a master of the light.

As for edition-less: The short "adventurettes" are 3.5e, but I'd say you could easily convert them to 4e (or anything else) or just mine them for ideas and use the maps for your own adventures.

 

[Nifft]

They're pretty. As accessories go, I've gotten more use out of two of them than some whole monster books... and the players like the surprise when I pull one out. I think it makes me look organized.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Dragon Snack]

I guess I'll be the dissenting voice...

I've used Dragonsdown Grotto (I won it) a few times, however I'm not enamoured enough with it to buy other books in the series. For the price I think there are other products you can get more use from (like Dungeon Tiles). Since the maps aren't customizable, they're either 'not quite right' or end up being a little 'familiar' to your players. Personally, they also seem 'square' to me, a legacy from being legal as skirmish maps for the DDM game.

They should be 'edition-less' though...

 

[JoeGKushner]

A little expensive if all you want is the maps.

In terms of the actual adventure, there fairly generic. I liked the city one the best due to the reuseability of the maps there as opposed to most of the line which is fire and forget.

 

[Dykstrav]

I originally purchased the Fantastic Locations products because they contained adventures, and I'm all for getting more adventures. Unfortunately, they don't hold full adventures, only adventure-shaped encounter nuggets. And you have to have specific miniatures from the DDM game if you want to run the encounters as written.

I liked Fields of Ruin, because it has a generic wilderness road that I've used several times to represent the road the PC's travel on. It also has a ruined keep that (when supplemented with dungeon tiles) quickly becomes a ruined abbey, a ruined fortress, ruined whatever in the wilderness. Anyway, Fields of ruin is the only one that I've ever liked.

 

[Alnag]

I like the city quite a lot. Also the road is nice and dragon lair. (Sorry don't remember the correct names). I don't like the drow, the frosty one and that lava prison. But it is quite a lot a matter of preferences. I am lot for urban/wilderness adventures not so much for dungeons.

I use just the maps. The adventures are bit poor in my eyes.