A disused healing shrine inhabited by giant spiders who are curious about humans. What these adventures do very well is present interesting & imaginative situations. To be fair: six are actually a single page, most are two pages and a handful are three or four. "Okay so far" you ask, "but you did say system neutral one-page dungeons? Can these be any good?" The whole aesthetic is simple & clear, distinctive while focusing on readability. Formatting and layout are simple and well done, using bolding and a bit of colour to highlight relevant details. All the artwork fits together remarkably well, the book has a consistent look throughout. Every spread has beautiful isometric maps and illustrations by Prescott or occasionally a guest artist. Silver foil text, one of those soft red fabric bookmarks, nice thick glossy paper. I don't fear the consequences of stuffing this in my bag to bring it to game night. Heavy-duty covers with a great texture like a nice old book (what is this material called?). Now that I've had a chance to run a handful I can offer a decent review.įirstly this is a lovely volume. In my usual fashion I totally missed backing it, but managed to buy one of the surplus copies after the campaign finished. In 2019, he launched a kickstarter to release them in a hardcover collection. All of these adventures are up on his blog in pdf format FOR FREE. Since 2014, Michael Prescott has been creating one- and two-page dungeons, beautifully rendered with his own black & white drawings. The contest has been around for over a decade, producing mostly unplayable garbage and a few nice-looking maps (which are also unplayable). We know them, we have mixed feelings on them.
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