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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shadowslayer" data-source="post: 2709765" data-attributes="member: 8400">(I have the Wilderlands box and use it for my campaign. I didn't play the old Wilderlands, so its not nostalgia for me...except for maybe the old school feel of it. I cut my teeth on homebrew and 1e FR. Aside from hearing the odd reference to it, didn't even know much about Judge's Guild until this new stuff started cropping up.)  With regards to the question, I'm going to say yes...and no. I believe the setting suffers more from the way its presented than what's actually in it, with regards to new players. Using the hex with the giant frogs as an example...An inexperienced DM, or one weaned on later settings may look at the entry and just take it as "if the PCs pass through this hex, they will be attacked by giant frogs" End of story. An experienced DM knows that there may be more to it than just giant frogs. There will be stories told about the giant frogs in taverns. There may be a legend about them, such as X people were turned into giant frogs eons ago by some amphibious god worshiping evil person, or maybe that the giant frogs are the pets of a current amphibious god worshiping evil person, who lairs in a ruin thet the DM generated from the Random Ruins table. OR perhaps its just that a lot of giant frogs live there.  It could be anything, really...but its not presented that way. I think the Box set really suffers from not containing a small "DM's guide to running the Wilderlands" or some such. This would've given newer people some guidance on how to apply the imagination and actually use all the scads of information you get with the set.  As far as the content and style, thats a matter of taste I suppose. I'd guess that someone who's only known the 3e Realms and Eberron and their products may find the Wilderlands wanting for a hook of some type. Later campaign settings spelled things out a lot more fiction/storytelling wise, and made the setting more integral to the stories being told. If that's what you're used to, well....Wilderlands may not be your cup of tea.  I love it though. And I have a few younger (weaned on Everquest) players who are having an awesome time with it too. Now if only one of them would step up and DM.My 2 cents</blockquote>

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