Richly atmospheric and dramatic old school style adventure with beautiful isometric map. I ended up hacking together a 5e conversion just because I wanted to use the maps and the richly imagined world in which the adventure is set. Roan Studio has a really distinctive style that I love -- one of my favourite producers of stuff linked to the Bay of Spirits setting. The more you use the setting or elements, the more that you can get out of each of the publications. Not only do you have typical stuff like deities, factions, and richly imagined NPCs, you also get plants, small animals, locally-produced spirits... It's just a breathing, buzzing world imagined down to charming details.

The Bay of Spirits is thick on atmosphere, so elegantly detailed and heartfelt that it feels like a real place. I felt like I was visiting a friend of the family when I read this, and very much understood how the creator's experience of living in Newfoundland affected the design.

It's a mix of old school playing aesthetics with a low magic, richly imagined world. I've adapted parts into a 5e campaign that I DM just because I love the art and maps so much, but the aesthetic and construction lend itself best to a West Marches or point-crawl style of play, with players who become curious about this detailed setting.

I can't recommend it too highly. There's familiar monsters re-imagined, but more than that, there are NPCs and communities that feel so real that you can see their breath turning to mist as they tell you their stories and warn you about the trail ahead.