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Paizo Staff, James Case, Eren Ahn, Jeremy Blum, Alyx Bui: Pathfinder Lost Omens Tian Xia World Guide (P2) (2024, Paizo Inc.)

A worthy addition to Golarion

My main complaint about this book is that it is too short. But then again, how could it be otherwise?

This book covers Tian Xia, an entire continent for #Golarion , the "default" campaign setting for the #Pathfinder #TTRPG . Just like the default "Inner Sea" region is vaguely inspired by Europe and North Africa, so is Tian Xia inspired by Asia, and does its best to make it an interesting region to play in. But Tian Xia is several thousands of miles in diameter, and this book has a mere 302 - and thus, each region and country on this continent will only get the briefest of oversights. Which for a detail-oriented setting junkie like me is frustrating, to say the least.

The authors of the various regional writeups did try to make the most out of their word count. We get a decent idea of what the local …

Wizards RPG Team: Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel (Hardcover, 2022, Wizards of the Coast)

An anthology of thirteen stand-alone adventures set in wondrous lands for the world's greatest roleplaying …

A good idea, but with not enough focus

I really do appreciate that the authors were trying to explore settings with a different perspective than the pseudo-European/North American cultural base used for most #DnD settings.

But since this 224 page book is split up between 13 adventures and 15 cultures, the glimpses we get of each culture is so frustratingly brief. As someone who wants their settings to come with lots of details, this would make it difficult for me to bring the cultures in question truly come alive. In lieu of further detail, it might have helped if they had spelled out which culture each setting is based on - in some cases it was fairly easy for me to guess, but in others I was unsure.

I also have to admit, I prefer running campaigns where the PCs largely stay in one particular region rather than traveling around - and when they do travel around, there …

Mauro Longo, Samuel Marolla: Brancalonia: Manuale Di Ambientazione (2020, Acheron Games) Nessuna valutazione

When it comes to picking #Italian books for improving my skill with the language, obviously I had to include a #ttrpg book in the list.

Especially since I have already read the English translation. And I really appreciate the folkloristic aspects of this setting, although I am less enarmored of using #DnD for the system.

vorrebbe leggere Aussaat und Kosmos di Erich von Däniken (Bastei-Lübbe-Taschenbuch -- Bd. 60276 : Sachbuch)

Erich von Däniken: Aussaat und Kosmos (German language, 1990, Lübbe) Nessuna valutazione

Reading dodgy conspiracy theories for #ttrpg inspiration was rather popular, 10-20 years ago.

Of course, back then most of us weren't as aware of the racism underlying many of these fantasies (I certainly wasn't). And now that conspiracy fantasies have become mainstream thanks to the resurgence of #fascism , this approach has lost a lot of its shine.

Keith Baker: Chronicles of Eberron (2022, Keith Baker Presents)

Useful for the hardcore Eberron fan

This book by @hellcowkeith@dice.camp is not a book that focuses on a specific topic and covers that topic in detail, like the assorted 3.5 books for Eberron did. It is best to see it as a collection of essays on a variety of niche topics - some of which are very niche, such two minor gnome subcultures.

Some of the chapters are broader in scope, and personally I found the chapter on the Overlords, The Dark Six, and the lore and folk-lore about undead the most useful. As an amateur folklorist, I especially appreciated the last one - to run good adventures about monsters, you should not only contemplate their stats, but also what the people within the world know about them, and what kinds of stories they tell.

Fans of Keith Baker's previous work will find plenty to like here, but I see this work to be more for …