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<blockquote data-quote="teitan" data-source="post: 1497881" data-attributes="member: 3457">Yes and no. I recently wrote a review <a href="http://www.enworld.org/reviews/index.php?sub=yes&amp;where=active&amp;reviewer=teitan&amp;product=DCS" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/reviews/index.php?sub=yes&amp;where=active&amp;reviewer=teitan&amp;product=DCS</a>The review seems rather dim on the product, but I gave it a four. It doesn't have a very good geography section and is missing a full map of the continent of Ansalon (one is on the way in an upcoming Fifth Age gazetteer) which is a BIG ol' minus from me and my boys. There just doen't seem to be enough detail which is a shame considering the low page count, big ol' font of doom and the sheer amount of material they had to draw from when writing the book.The setting is a lot friendlier to D&amp;D gaming, but still has issues with the reliance on novels, NPCs from novels (not as Uberish as Raistlin or Goldmoon anymore though) and sweeping changes. The upcoming Key of Destiny trilogy of adventures kind of take care of the novel issue in that it is a big story that changes the face of Krynn but only helps in that you can run your own pcs (previous adventures, particularly Dragonlance Classic, required you use THEIR NPC characters like Tanis and Raistlin) and it is a grand cycle to take your players through as opposed just reading about in a book. But again, it isn't your story that affects Krynn, but theirs. I am sure you can ignore it, kind of like gaming in the post War of the Lance series gaming was quite fun, NPCs included, and that maybe KOD won't change the political climate so much as be an epic adventure...Prices are a bit high on some of the products considering the page count, War of the Lance is going to be 224+ pages (they added to it) but costs 44.95. They are including a pull out map but the price is still HUGE for a 250 page books, full colour map or not.I would suggest Dragonlance immensely if you are a fan, if not... stick with your favorite setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="teitan, post: 1497881, member: 3457"] Yes and no. I recently wrote a review [url]http://www.enworld.org/reviews/index.php?sub=yes&where=active&reviewer=teitan&product=DCS[/url] The review seems rather dim on the product, but I gave it a four. It doesn't have a very good geography section and is missing a full map of the continent of Ansalon (one is on the way in an upcoming Fifth Age gazetteer) which is a BIG ol' minus from me and my boys. There just doen't seem to be enough detail which is a shame considering the low page count, big ol' font of doom and the sheer amount of material they had to draw from when writing the book. The setting is a lot friendlier to D&D gaming, but still has issues with the reliance on novels, NPCs from novels (not as Uberish as Raistlin or Goldmoon anymore though) and sweeping changes. The upcoming Key of Destiny trilogy of adventures kind of take care of the novel issue in that it is a big story that changes the face of Krynn but only helps in that you can run your own pcs (previous adventures, particularly Dragonlance Classic, required you use THEIR NPC characters like Tanis and Raistlin) and it is a grand cycle to take your players through as opposed just reading about in a book. But again, it isn't your story that affects Krynn, but theirs. I am sure you can ignore it, kind of like gaming in the post War of the Lance series gaming was quite fun, NPCs included, and that maybe KOD won't change the political climate so much as be an epic adventure... Prices are a bit high on some of the products considering the page count, War of the Lance is going to be 224+ pages (they added to it) but costs 44.95. They are including a pull out map but the price is still HUGE for a 250 page books, full colour map or not. I would suggest Dragonlance immensely if you are a fan, if not... stick with your favorite setting. [/QUOTE]

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