(If you have read my review of Mansions and Manors, this might sound familiar.)

This is a great product for any GM who is pressed for time. (Aren't we all?) The maps are clear, creative, and easily convertible to uses beyond those implied by the title. Unlike Mansions and Manors, there were no color maps, but the shear size of most of the black-and-white maps makes it obvious that color would have tremendously increased the file size (and therefore price). This is definitely worth your money if you need generic floorplans. Of the four Darkfuries map collections, this one (IMHO) is the third best, but the spread of the field is very narrow - they are all good. The inclusion of the Maelstrom pantheon was interesting, though it isn't d20 (no domains were included, not that they would be hard to figure out), but the deity SYMBOLS were great art that could serve a number of purposes.

On a side note, the customer support is good, also. I had a minor problem with my system that Brian Moseley was able to help me resolve in less than fifteen minutes, first e-mail to last.

I found the maps to be superb, with details I had not imagined; there is a great deal of creativity evident in the maps, as well as the descriptions. I have my own detailed mythology, but these maps, and descriptions, are still highly usefull. The organization of the the maps, the HTML code, and the descriptions is very good. I was very pleased when I printed off a map, and found it to be an excellent rendition of the Browser's version. I understand the need to base it on HTML, but I don't care for this format, as I don't game with a PC, but my favorite graphics editors can print the maps with no problem. The truth is, HTML is the only universal way to share the information, and, as I said before, almost any graphics editor can handle the maps with no problem: GIF format.

Even if you have a detailed mythology of your own, you should be able to make full use of the maps and descriptions. I highly recommend this product. Happy gaming!

I'm running a GURPS Yrth campaign at the moment, so the included god-descriptions and some of the stranger temples were of only intellectual interest to me. However, enough of the temples and churches were of the more traditional archetecture that I feel confident that my PCs can go rampaging through a place of worship and I can yank an appropriate map off my laptop. (Okay, I could have used a few mosques, but I can take a stab at googling for those.)

Of the non-traditional sorts, the hidden churches will be great if I inject any heretical plotlines! The others are keen to look at, for me, and would probably be more useful to someone who is importing the Maelstrom gods, or has gods who can be mapped onto the included descriptions. (Heck, some of them were interesting enough that I was a little sorry I'd already started a Yrth campaign!)

The quality is, as always, excellent, and I'm looking forward to the next in the series!

<subliminal> Buy them. You know you want to! </subliminal>

--Elizabeth McCoy, Map Junkie