Nicely detailed village that could be plopped down into any adventure. Just enough detail to get you going but not so much that it might get in the way of a gamemaster's story/plot necessities.<br><br> <b>LIKED</b>: Just what is needed for providing a village in a fantasy RPG.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Some of the maps/pictures were not well done and sub-quality.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Very disappointed by this product. The maps are awful... and all is the same. Sorry but it's not a good product.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Disappointed<br>

It can be tough to depict a good village in a game. There are a lot of NPCs, shops, and other places they PCs might go to and preparing for everything is very hard. In the past there have been some great products that deal with the NPCs. There have been few that deal with the town though. This product gives the town, the building and some NPCs in a nice complete package.

Villages: Clayton Moor is a couple of things in one. It is a PDF and a program. The products comes in a zip file a bit over ten megs and all unzipped everything is about twelve megs. The map can be printed out and there is a nice black and white version for the players as a handout. But the bulk of this product is the interactive map that goes on the DM?s computer.

The village has a nice overview and map. Then there are over a dozen buildings that can be clicked on. The building is enlarged and a description is given. NPCs are stated up and described. The NPCs are hyperlinked and listed also together in alphabetic order. There are also printable maps of some of the places. These maps are given both in color and black and white. Also each is given as lit and unlit. Anyone familiar with UKG Publishing?s other products will recognize the style and high quality of these maps.

The product has a lot going for it but the village really should have been fully detailed. The place is not that big with only a few dozen more places on the map that would need to be described, mapped out, and detailed. The printable maps though look really good and will work well with counters and miniatures. The style is the same as their other products so those will allow people who want more to add on and expand.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

If you need a quick town to throw into campaign this might do the trick, but otherwise nothing special. The graphics for floorplans are blocky and repetitive and there is no artwork to round out character or building descripitions. The hooks for further adventures are light and none of them grabbed me. It's not very expensive, but for a few bucks more, you could get a lot more.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: the lack of lots detail means it can be used on short notice<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: no artwork, simple graphics, little in the way of hooks<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Disappointed<br>

While my party hasn't had a chance to 'wander through town' yet. It looks to be a well written location. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: At a guess I would say 60% of this product is devoted to NPC descriptions. Many in a fair amount of detail. Unless you plan on having Clayton moor be a fairly frequently used location, I feel a lot of this description was wasted.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

My greatest weakness as a GM is creating interesting and realistic npc's, so I was looking forward to using this product to serve as the basis for a small town in my next campaign. Unfortunately, very little in this pdf goes beyond the bland. The npc's are too often stereotypical - the happy couple with kids who own their own business, the misunderstood half-orc who's really not so bad but hates bigots, the kindly priest, the fun-loving halfling.

One thing I did like was the occasional connection between npc's. For instance, the general store is owned by a wealthy local, but run by a shopkeeper hired for the job. I would have liked a lot more of this, however, as there are only 800 people in this village.

Unlike The Village of Mapleton, in this product the author provides some useful detail on the local government. Once again, however, I was left wanting more - how do the individual members of the council work together, what factions exist, what conflicts?

The maps are functional, but uninspired. Then again, how exciting can you really make an inn or stables? The separate files for printing out full-size maps will be a help to those who use e-tiles.

Overall, my impression is that, while better than its companion product The Village of Mapleton, this product not a great value. There are a few things I'll scavenge from it for my new campaign, but I'll have to find another source of npc's and plot hooks to properly stock the town. My greatest impression is that this is exactly the kind of town one finds in a typical computer RPG - a place to buy stuff and pick up the occasional plot hook from the GM. Mostly static and lifeless.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: A few npc's. A couple plot hooks.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Bland and uninspired. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Disappointing<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Disappointed<br>

A very good product for those who suddenly need a village, but don't have one prepared. This product has all the maps, NPCs, and other features of a village to aid in running the village. And there's plenty of room to add your own touches, too!