This product accomplishes precisely what it claims - it provides short descriptions to liven up your dungeon. You can use it while designing your dungeon or you can introduce bits on the fly if things get dull. Many GMs I have played under desperately require a resource like this.

It's in black and white, with 16 pages of descriptions, including 100 Dungeon Bits (divided into sights, sounds and smells), 6 Dungeon Shards (more complicated situations, often the remains of previous adventurers), 8 Catacombs (you know, tombs and stuff) and 6 Bits of Trouble (traps and encounters) and 5 pieces of original art. Following that there's an index, which classify the descriptions as hallways, rooms, stairs, indications of abandonment, evidence of previous travelers (a staple in my campaigns), signs of intelligence, inspiring dread and mood setters, and then all of the descriptions are repeated in index card form.

Buy it - if you run dungeons, your campaign will improve.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The index and organization. I wasn't expecting that.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The assumed setting is too Gygaxian for my campaign. Easily fixed, of course.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

These "shards" (suggestive adventure hooks) and "bits" (snippets of dressing) could really spice up dull dungeon/cavern descriptions. They add a bit of verisimilitude to the role-playing experience. The caverns segment has some real added value with short articles on cavern exploration. In these two works, the artwork is rather enjoyable (unlike the stock clip art in Bits of the Boulevard).<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: d20 crunch! Both products feature a little bit of this, such as DCs to avoid stones falling from a crack in a dungeon roof.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Reprinted creatures/info from the SRD. That space could better have been used for more bits!<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

This a nice resource for DMs who want quick descriptions of city sights, sounds, and mundane events. It's by no means a "must-have," but can be quite useful. It's all about verisimilitude; even if you don't use the descriptions verbatim, they will remind you of the sorts of things that ought to be going on daily in a fantasy city.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Nicely organized imagination sparks. The "index card" formatting of the "bits" at the end of the document is a nice bonus.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The price may be a bit high for the value. Also, the interior artwork is not great, and much if not all of it is stock art from ClipArt.com.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

I like collecting "adventure bits," such as short encounters, maps, NPCs, odd items, etc., because I discovered that no matter how well prepared I am to run a game, my players will always surprise me. This is very much a gamemasters book and by itself is probably not that interesting, but will be very useful in a pinch. The descriptions are evocative and gave me ideas for longer adventures/plots right away. Be aware that some descriptions may be too detailed to throw casually into an existing adventure as simple dungeon dressing, though they do make excellent red herrings. :)

<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Good ideas and overall a good gamemaster aid.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

"Bits of Darkness: Dungeons" claims to be ready to "buy now, use tonight", and certainly lives up to this claim. The PDF contains a lovely selection of well-written little "filler descriptions" that can easily be dropped into any dungeon. At the very least, they make things more interesting, especially if you tend to run out of prose after a while; at best, i've found them to often provide ideas for additional plot hooks or side developments.

The material is best suited for DMs that design their own campaigns, in particular where these campaigns are free-flowing and open to further development. If you run a module-driven or very well-planned and sculpted game, you might find the additional material less useful in-game, but it might help you a lot in your preparation. If your DM'ing style is anything like mine, you have the broad plot sorted out well, and most of the plot-related locations need little further assistance. But what do you do with all the other locations in your setting? "Bits of Darkness: Dungeons" makes it easy to fill in these blanks without any additional preparation, by pulling a card from a stack during play, or by randomly choosing one of the more than 100 descriptions from the booklet.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: I like the well-written, categorised descriptions, especially the ideas for further plot hooks.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing :)<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

This product is excellent for good descriptions of caverns and passageways.

There's descriptions of ascents and descents, formations, entrances and other cool bits.

The cover art is really great and if you need more information on caverns in general, there's a list of resources. You can't go wrong purchasing this product.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The descriptions.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing to dislike.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

If you are straining your brain trying to come up with a description of a room in a dungeon, then this product is just what you need. It covers, sights, sounds, scents, hallways, and rooms. With additional descriptions for other items.

This is much better than coming up with the boring description like "You enter the room and see a large wooden table with six chairs, bones scattered on the floor and a skeleton in the corner." Bits of Darkness: Dungeons gives atmosphere to the place the pcs are exploring.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The descriptions are the best.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing to dislike.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

This is a spectacular product!!! Any GM short on time needs to buy these books. <br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Addition of index cards with the different descriptions on them. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Aimed at d20. I play Iron Gauntlets, but it is still generic enough to be incredibly useful for any fantasy game.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>