Having known about the OSRIC project, and having kept up with it's progress via discussion on the Dragonsfoot forums, I was interested to take a look ath the Pod Caverns module and see how Expeditious Retreat Press had handled the first release done under the OSRIC umbrella.
I downloaded this product with the hopes of actually converting it to the Castles & Crusades system for a play-by-email campaign I am about to start for my gaming group (as opposed to using it for with the 1st Edition rules a lot of us grew up playing). However, after reading through the module tonight, I will probably be using the original game.
I got such a nostalgic feeling when I saw the font, and read the text of the module, that it actually pulled me back to those summers where AD&D was king, and the only game we played...and play it we did, for countless summer hours.
I really enjoyed reading through the module, and feel that it does an excellent job of capturing the feeling of those early modules created for the AD&D game.
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<b>LIKED</b>: The old-school look of the font and imagery. The actual setting of the module and way it was written to get the characters into the adventure with no muss and fuss...It's a cavern waiting to be explored without a lot of extraneous background. It's up to the Dungeon Master to fill in the background of his campaign, not this module.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: I don't enjoy buying PDF products. I wanted the print version, but it's not available yet....so about the only thing I didn't like was the fact that I will be buying this module twice...the PDF and the print copy. What can I say, I like it that much.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |