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Crowded Hours
[978-1-907218-51-4]
$23.99
Publisher: Mongoose
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by Andre F. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/24/2011 12:02:33

This is Andre Faucher on behalf of Gamer's Haven. Many classic adventures are packed into Crowded Hours which has all of the needed aspects to run these entertaining modules. The product has some very promising bits that make it a fun possible encounter to run, but at the same time it may be hard on the GM to read and keep track of all of it.

First, this book has a ton of information to run the adventure and leaves no stone unturned for the GM. If you are interested in running Traveller but are new or do not have many ideas at the time, Crowded Hours will give you all you need to run at least five full sessions. Second, the maps in this book are wonderful. Not often do I compliment something on its maps, but it has amazing maps that could be used after the adventures are run, same layout just a different name. Finally, the amount of NPCs that the game gives the GM a huge cast of characters that can become reoccurring, if they survive. Or if you are merely pulling the book apart for ideas, the characters are a great stepping stone.

However, this compilation has some major issues specifically with visual design. First, the adventures read like a textbook. While I do not expect a module to be riveting to read, after all you are supposed to play it not read it, but as a GM it makes it hard to run when you are gazing at the page and feel like you falling asleep. Second, although a bit petty, the pages are very non-stimulating. This goes back to the textbook readability level where the pages, minus the maps, are bland and completely uninteresting which could have been made interesting if they tossed in the occasional picture that the players would encounter.

The question comes down to, is this product worth your money? The answer is a bit complex. For players, no. This is modules for a GM to run, if you are a player... why are you buying pre-built adventures? For GMs, if you are interested in complex adventures then yes, but be prepared to read them in chunks like a textbook because the readability and visual attractiveness of this book is fairly low.



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