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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Harlequin" data-source="post: 158940" data-attributes="member: 955">My Quest for the Unknown ReviewFirst i would like to thank Kenzer and Co and Noah for the opportunity to have a look at their Hackmaster Product.Im an aussie and i only just got them today <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" />Im an old 1E player and when i opened up the module and saw those BIG beautiful BLUE maps i was back at home <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> This module really gives you the feeling that your playing something cool and nostalgic and it would kind of add to the fun of playing it.I am unfamiliar with the rules of Hackmaster 4th Edition so i dont know about gameplay mechanics but after reading thru the module here are my opinions:* The artwork is very cool and has that old school feeling. I like the gore and blood and it just makes the feel of play a little more hardcore.*Some very cool monsters in the module which im sure would be convertable over to 3E but looking at the back of the module i wasnt too happy to see 8 Volumes for the moster books. This just reminds me of the old milking days of TSR. One Monser Manual would of been much cooler.After reading thru the module i am tempted to check out the main rule sbooks but the 8 books i would have to buy for all the monsters REALLY stops me from doing this.*I really liked the battle sheet at the end of the module. Very helpful for keeping track of whats happening.*This is a great start up adventure to introduce your players to Hackmaster. The humour sread throughout the book is tounge in cheek and its a cool Dungeon Crawl that brought back memories of old school times.The adventure is $11.99 and has 44 pages of material. Its chock full of material here and has very little wasted space, which is very cool. If its one thing i hate its product that claims to be ? pages but 1/4 or half is wasted on artwork or columns or just blank pages.In Conclusion i would say that if your an old school 1E player that cant get into all the stats of 3E then Hackmaster just might be for you. If you like the powergaming and Stat heavy game of 3E then maybe this is not your cup of tea.The only thing that would stop me picking Hackmaster up would be the lots and lots of Monster Books. If i want to pick up the game i would like to spend as little cash up front as possible. I think the only mistake Kenzer has made with this product line is intsead of having the three main core books for people to pick up and play straight away they (in a sort of funny/humor attempt to mock the old milking process TSR had) has shot themselves in the foot.All in all a great module, thanks Kenzer for the module and bringing back that old 1E feel <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Harlequin</blockquote>

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