Looks Like Goodman Games Has Another 5E Adventure!

Goodman Games has another adventure for D&D 5E - and this one's for 12th level characters! For $9.99 you get a 16-page adventure called Into the Dragon's Maw. The cover says it's by Chris Doyle, although the preview page says it's Michael Curtis. Into The Dragon's Maw has a Free RPG Day logo on it, which is Sauturday, June 20, 2015. (Thanks to Jeremy for the scoop).

This follows on from Goodman Games' existing five adventures for 5E, all under its Fifth Edition Fantasy line. Glitterdoom and The Fey Sisters' Fate launched last year at Gen Con (August); and The Pillars of Pelagia and War-Lock came from a successful Kickstarter earlier this year.

Into The Dragon's Maw was one of the stretch goals for the earlier Kickstarter (the other stretch goal was the 6th Fifth Edition Fantasy book, Fantastic Encounters, which will be a book of drop-in encounters).

"Your stalwart band treks through the trackless jungle seeking the Dragon’s Maw Waterfall. At the base of the falls, behind a massive curtain of water, is rumored to be the cavern lair of a great wyrm. The local Xulmec tribesmen say the great dragon has not been seen in nearly 100 years, so perhaps its hoard lies unguarded and ready for plunder. But what role do the heroes play in a blind shaman’s prophecy foretold a century ago?

This all-new 5E adventure module includes seven new magic items, and pre-generated characters can be downloaded from www.goodman-games.com to start playing right now!"

Still not "the only third party publisher to continuously support Dungeons & Dragons in every edition since 3E", though!

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[Mad Zagyg]

The covers for these adventures are bad in the kind of way that requires an enormous amount of effort. By my reckoning, this is the fifth adventure they've put out with this same style of cover art. By now, at least one of them should have been okay by accident. Nope. Each one has achieved precisely the same level of terrible.

Usually, art is subjective. But these covers manage the impossible: they are bad as an objective fact. They are more definitely bad than the Earth is spherical.

 

[mach1.9pants]

I got the first two from RPGNow, and cannot say I was impressed at all. Nothing like the adventure (and esp art!) quality of the DCC line.

 

[RevTurkey]

I'll say this much for the art on this series...it is distinctive. I kind of like this cover., nice choice of colours. I think it is the best of the five covers for sure. One or two of them are just a bit ugly. I can't say much about the adventures themselves as I haven't read them. As to price per page...and value for money...that just depends on the quality of content surely? Some of the old AD&D modules were very slim but still very enjoyable etc. Not that I am saying these are good or bad as I haven't a clue

 

[delericho]

But these covers manage the impossible: they are bad as an objective fact. They are more definitely bad than the Earth is spherical.

Heh. Well said, sir - most amusing.

 

[Doctor Futurity]

I think GG's idea is to have some distinctive look to each line of modules that make them stand out. This is sound strategy in principle, except when it doesn't work (like here). I don't think it's bad art, fyi (and I do say it is subjective, at least in this case....the Sears portrait looks fine to me) it's just missing that thing that makes me want to buy a module (namely, art representing something cool inside the module).

 

[SkidAce]

Yea. The photo has neither a dragon or a maw, let alone a dragon's maw. I say take neuronphaser's hint and rename it "Into the Sears Photobooth". Too rich for me for 16 pgs.

It has a picture of the waterfall where the lair is...I like it.

 

[Morlock]

"'Bad art'; you keep using that term, but I don't think you know what it means."

- a large man.

Good art that has nothing to do with what's inside the package is bad art direction, not bad art.

 

[graves3141]

How does it work if something, like this adventure, is free on RPG day? Could I walk into a FLGS and just ask for a free copy? (assuming they have them) Or, is it more like I have to buy something there and then they throw in the adventure for free?

Reason I ask is that this looks pretty cool and I'd like to snag one if possible.

 

[Wik]

How does it work if something, like this adventure, is free on RPG day? Could I walk into a FLGS and just ask for a free copy? (assuming they have them) Or, is it more like I have to buy something there and then they throw in the adventure for free?

Reason I ask is that this looks pretty cool and I'd like to snag one if possible.

Way I understand it, you walk in and they have it on a table for free, like with free comic book day. That being said, there's a shortage of game stores (at least in my area) that actually participate.

 

[Delandel]

Does GG have a deal with these forums or can anyone advertise like this? Speaking as a person looking to publish my own stuff.