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<blockquote data-quote="TheSword" data-source="post: 9506430" data-attributes="member: 6879661">Interesting review. My hard copy arrived today was able to skim then read the review.A few thoughts and responses.I really like the section on game prep and what to focus on if you have 1, 2 or 3 hours between sessions.I like that the adventures are one column summaries as examples rather than whole cloth adventures. I didn’t want to see a chunk of the book taken up with one use Tales of the Yawning Portal style adventures. The Magic item section is great. As 2014. To be honest I don’t get what Beth is saying about the item art. My copy is really clear and smart. I can’t really tell the difference between the two. Though maybe my eyes.I feel like poisons have far more useful variations and different ways to approach poison which I like. Some delivering damage over varying lengths of time. Others are fire and forget.The Greyhawk section is all very nostalgic. As is the glossary. Not particularly useful but interested from a purely lore point. Plus importantly the size of the book and the fact that everything was do need is also there means I don’t resent its inclusion as depriving me of more relevant stuff.In summary it feels more of a primer to DMing than any DMG before. Which is what a lot of us asked for. My 6th incarnation of the DMG (2nd, 3rd, 3.5, 4th, 5th, 5.5) and definitely the best yet.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TheSword, post: 9506430, member: 6879661"] Interesting review. My hard copy arrived today was able to skim then read the review. A few thoughts and responses. I really like the section on game prep and what to focus on if you have 1, 2 or 3 hours between sessions. I like that the adventures are one column summaries as examples rather than whole cloth adventures. I didn’t want to see a chunk of the book taken up with one use Tales of the Yawning Portal style adventures. The Magic item section is great. As 2014. To be honest I don’t get what Beth is saying about the item art. My copy is really clear and smart. I can’t really tell the difference between the two. Though maybe my eyes. I feel like poisons have far more useful variations and different ways to approach poison which I like. Some delivering damage over varying lengths of time. Others are fire and forget. The Greyhawk section is all very nostalgic. As is the glossary. Not particularly useful but interested from a purely lore point. Plus importantly the size of the book and the fact that everything was do need is also there means I don’t resent its inclusion as depriving me of more relevant stuff. In summary it feels more of a primer to DMing than any DMG before. Which is what a lot of us asked for. My 6th incarnation of the DMG (2nd, 3rd, 3.5, 4th, 5th, 5.5) and definitely the best yet. [/QUOTE]

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