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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garnfellow" data-source="post: 3375260" data-attributes="member: 1223">I also think if Mike were to re-write that review today, it would read very differently. From the perspective he was working in -- second edition style emphasis on role-playing, background, plot and character development, and verisimilitude -- KotB does suffer, and mightily. But from a more contemporary design perspective -- with an increased emphasis on ease of use and ability to be quickly dropped into an existing game -- KotB actually holds up rather well. I have been able to use that module, or at least portions thereof, in almost every D&D game I've ever run in any edition and any setting.Too much background information can be just as bad as too little, because it makes it harder to quickly drop the adventure into an ongoing campaign. This is why second edition is generally known as an era of great settings but not so memorable adventures. Night Below, for example, has many wonderful things going for it, but it always seemed like such a pain in the butt to adapt the first few sections of that adventure that I never ran it. The few second edition adventures that do stand out in my mind (like "Kingdom of the Ghouls") are ones that were pretty consciously returning to the 1st edition mode.I have thought that the recent success of Dungeon magazine was due to the editors finding a real sweet spot between 1st edition and 2nd edition adventure backgrounds. If 1e had too little and 2e too much, their 3e adventures seem to be "just right."</blockquote>

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