I love the adventure
I love the adventure and the physical maps and booklets and well, the entire box. My group and I are currently on box 1, but I've peeked into the first 4 (the ones I got delivered) and love them all.
My main complaint for this would be shipping. Not only does the box always get delivered without notification, which means I have to proactively ask at the post office if they have something (and at which post office location. apparently they rotate), but because I have to pay tolls when I pick it up one box ends up being around 45€ which feels a lot for D&D. Again, for the most part, I love the boxes enough to justify that.
While the maps provided are pretty great, they're very combat based. And don't get me wrong, combat maps are pretty cool - but in terms of games immersion, I feel like some maps for the world-building would have been helpful. Like, where is that map of grayhaven? or the blazing isles? It's not like the characters hypothetically spend an entire session there... In terms of combat, I find it pretty easy to draw on an empty map. But in terms of worldbuilding, that's where I feel I WOULD need the map. All-in-all, I think it's a pretty cool adventure to run, and I would never discontinue my subscription as long as I can afford it. I might consider going digital only at some point, but, whatever.
Also, I had a few very positive interactions with their customer service.
November 20, 2024
Unprompted review