A very good looking book, but not quite in the same feeling as the third edition setting.

It's very much 'lighter', and the Redeemed races - once favorite enemies are now options for player characters. That's an odd choice, and I'm not terribly fond of it. I get it, more options, but not to my taste.

Rules-wise it seems pretty solid, a ton of information for domains, classes, equipment, spells and rituals. This is the real meat of the book and easily worth the price. Layout and design is all top notch, a ton of fantastic art, it's just a bit of a brighter more hopeful feel than the original and gritty setting. It seems like a lot of effort was made to have this appear like the D&D 5e Player's Handbook and not a unique product by itself.

Some parts are flat out wrong with the setting, the Drendali are not pale skinned elves, but the more traditional jet black-Drow elves. Not sure why the change was made.

I am happy to see Scarred Lands in 5th ed. This is a fantastic supplement for rules, but a lot of the theme and flavor just don't quite hit the mark. The third edition books are still relevant and are great companion pieces to the rules in this book. Make sure to pick up the Ghelspad Gazetteer or Campaign setting. Find them in print if you can, the big maps are fantastic.

I'm curious to see what Onyx Path will do going forward.

A fun game using Palladium's house system. It assumes that the zombie plague has already happened and you're playing in that world. It could also be played in the world before it fell apart, quite easily.

The game uses a d20 roll high to hit, defender may dodge or parry. It's not a terribly complicated system, but it is showing its age. Skills are done with a % like the BRP system, equal to or less than the skill number. One can modify one's stats with skills, so that's a nice little bonus.

A wide variety of character classes are available ( it's a class and level system). One can be an ordinary person, a Shepherd of the Damned, Reaper (biker gang member), Hound Master (works with dogs), Scrounger and Soldier. Even a Quick Character creation system to get into the mayhem in a hurry.

Besides the terrors of the undead, there are other villains, Death Cults (who worship the undead)

A wide variety of zombies to throw at your players, even the half-living, which can be quite interesting take on the genre. There are the standard shamblers, runners, crawlers, thinkers and more. Lots of variety to keep players guessing. Some rules regarding the difficulty to kill a zombie are not to my taste, but that's fine, it's easily modified to suit my group.

The layout is different, with a majority of the rules at the back fo the book. It takes a bit to find out where everything is located. I put small tabs on my harcopy version, just for ease of navigation.

As a standalone product, it's quite complete. Lists for equipment, scavenging/scrounging and vehicles round out one's options to equip their character. There are 101 adventuring ideas to get your group started. Rules for scavenging, zombie hordes .

The game is easily house ruled without breaking it.

The supplements expand on the world and offer even more creatures, locations, ideas and adventure.

Great preview.

Made me want to buy the game. Which i did.

An incredible setting.