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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 7844444" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>Here where the top reviews I got in my search results;</p><p></p><p><em>There is a lot of great material in The Rise of Tiamat. And I think the book is worth picking up even if you only want to steal some of the great adventure locations out of it. But to run it as a full campaign will require the GM to heavily re-work the finale so that what the PCs have done with the Council of Waterdeep actually matters. </em>- Strange Assembly</p><p></p><p><em>I’ll admit I strongly prefer Hoard of the Dragon Queen to this as it’s a better overall product quality wise (take that for what you will) and it’s certainly better laid out and far friendlier to the non diehard crowd. Still, once you get past the obvious layout and editing issues, you’re getting an exceptional amount of content and value for a relatively small price tag. The Rise of Tiamat is certainly a fine way to end The Tyranny of Dragons and it will keep you occupied for several months to come.</em> - DieHard GameFan</p><p></p><p><em>I think The Rise of Tiamat is a solid game. It feels like great value for money with the hardback, high paper quality and full colour illustrations. I found the ambush, the steepness of the learning curve, to be quite unsettling though.</em> - Geek Native</p><p></p><p><em>I'm excited. It's exciting. I don't think I'll need to make any changes or alterations in the second part of the module, running it as is with the background I'm building in Phandlever and Hoard is enough. Now that I know the endgame, I can start to foreshadow it in my weekly game. This is the campaign that involves Dragons and Tiamat. I'm sure Wizards of the Coast will go back to the well at some point, but this is the only time I'll be drinking from it. It will be a while (a long while) before it sees play, but I'm looking forward to it.</em> - Hack & Slash</p><p></p><p>But it doesn't even matter if my results are good or yours are bad; Google curates different results for everybody based on your search history. Not to mention, the only results your getting are ones with good SEO, which doesn't actually equate to a quality review. And most importantly of all, all of these reviews were made before actually running the game, as a key point behind a review is getting it out as early as possible rather than actually running the whole thing.</p><p></p><p>So honestly, everything you've just said about Google's reviews being more reliable than an Amazon average is complete bunk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 7844444, member: 7015558"] Here where the top reviews I got in my search results; [I]There is a lot of great material in The Rise of Tiamat. And I think the book is worth picking up even if you only want to steal some of the great adventure locations out of it. But to run it as a full campaign will require the GM to heavily re-work the finale so that what the PCs have done with the Council of Waterdeep actually matters. [/I]- Strange Assembly [I]I’ll admit I strongly prefer Hoard of the Dragon Queen to this as it’s a better overall product quality wise (take that for what you will) and it’s certainly better laid out and far friendlier to the non diehard crowd. Still, once you get past the obvious layout and editing issues, you’re getting an exceptional amount of content and value for a relatively small price tag. The Rise of Tiamat is certainly a fine way to end The Tyranny of Dragons and it will keep you occupied for several months to come.[/I] - DieHard GameFan [I]I think The Rise of Tiamat is a solid game. It feels like great value for money with the hardback, high paper quality and full colour illustrations. I found the ambush, the steepness of the learning curve, to be quite unsettling though.[/I] - Geek Native [I]I'm excited. It's exciting. I don't think I'll need to make any changes or alterations in the second part of the module, running it as is with the background I'm building in Phandlever and Hoard is enough. Now that I know the endgame, I can start to foreshadow it in my weekly game. This is the campaign that involves Dragons and Tiamat. I'm sure Wizards of the Coast will go back to the well at some point, but this is the only time I'll be drinking from it. It will be a while (a long while) before it sees play, but I'm looking forward to it.[/I] - Hack & Slash But it doesn't even matter if my results are good or yours are bad; Google curates different results for everybody based on your search history. Not to mention, the only results your getting are ones with good SEO, which doesn't actually equate to a quality review. And most importantly of all, all of these reviews were made before actually running the game, as a key point behind a review is getting it out as early as possible rather than actually running the whole thing. So honestly, everything you've just said about Google's reviews being more reliable than an Amazon average is complete bunk. [/QUOTE]
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