Very good one-on-one adventure for a young new player. I played this through with my 11 year old nephew, and he enjoyed it and wants to play D&D again. The hook was compelling for someone of his age, the regular binary choices and the variety of combat / traps / puzzles kept things interesting. We played in 90 minutes and were both satisfied. One word of warning: Both the "corrosion monster" and the "defender of the dead" are really tough opponents for a single 1st level fighter, and my nephew's character would have died had it not been for me clearly explaining his options (withdraw, dodge, exploit its weakness), and even then I had to fudge one dice roll after he had exhausted his healing potion and his second wind. By the DMG, they are off the scale of difficulty for 1st level (as 100 XP is deadly, not accounting for the 1.5 x modifier for being a single PC), and so it might be worth toning them down to avoid the disappointment of death on the PC's first mission and the player's first experience of D&D.
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |