Wrath of the River King

[Crothian]

It's a review, it tells us about a book. A review does not have to be about books in print or that are easy or possible to get.

 

[Man-thing]

This seems like a great adventure, but it seems like there is absolutely no possible way to purchase it at this time, which really make the whole thing into a kind of insulting tease. I disagree that a review makes sense, if I'm correct that there is absolutely no way to purchase it - a review with a massive disclaimer saying "You cannot purchase this or in any way legally get hold of a copy at this time or for several months" would have made sense.

Not true at all. Become a basic patron of the Halls of the Mountain King and you will be able to purchase Wrath of the River King.

 

[Aberzanzorax]

It is certainly purchaseable. It requires that you purchase another adventure at this time.

It would, in fact, be impossible to review one of these adventures (from Open Gaming) until after they become "unpurchasable" (i.e. only available if you patronize a later adventure) because they don't exist in final form until that point.


Should this have been reviewed? Absolutely.


Open gaming has consistently been nominated (and won) ennies, and for good reason. The adventures from them/Wolfgang Baur are consistently 5 star quality.

I have to agree with the wiki that this is likely the best 4e adventure in existence at this time (from what I have seen). For many people, the cost and complications of the Open Gaming business model are well worth it.

 

[terraleon]

It is certainly purchaseable. It requires that you purchase another adventure at this time.
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I have to agree with the wiki that this is likely the best 4e adventure in existence at this time (from what I have seen). For many people, the cost and complications of the Open Gaming business model are well worth it.

I should also note that if you sign up for Halls of the Mountain King, you can get it as the 4E conversion that will be done when the OGL version is complete.

-Ben.
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Small but Fierce.
Kobold Quarterly News Minion.

 

[terraleon]

Open gaming has consistently been nominated (and won) ennies, and for good reason. The adventures from them/Wolfgang Baur are consistently 5 star quality.

To be fair-- Open Design has been nominated, but it hasn't won an ENnie (yet!) for any one of the three projects that competed-- Castle Shadowcrag, Empire of the Ghouls, and Six Arabian Nights. Since last year, Open Design won the Diana Jones award and has produced Blood of the Gorgon (by Nick Logue), Tales of Zobeck and Gazetteer of Zobeck, and this, Wrath of the River King. You can bet that it's going to get at least one nomination this year.

Halls of the Mountain King promises to be just as good, with an accompanying gazetteer that will be publicly available and a 4E conversion. It's currently in playtest, so there's still time to have yoru voice heard. Get in there and support it!

-Ben.
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Small but Fierce.
Kobold Quarterly News Minion.

 

[Aberzanzorax]

Whoops on the winning. Thanks for the correction. I guess I was thinking of the Diana Jones award that OD has won.

Still, OD projects have certainly, IMO, been as good or better than some of those they have been up against (he types after checking the archives for the ennies).

 

[terraleon]

Again, though, don't just take my word for it... read Jack99's review of _Wrath_ in Level Up#1!

-Ben.