Lots of fun stuff in this carnival-themed module. A good, balanced balanced adventure.

A great adventure for DMs who like zany elements in their games. There are many elements in the adventure that allow for fun roleplay opportunities, and combats can generally be avoided depending on the party's choices and preferences.

For DMs who like to customize adventures with their own flavour, one of the sections (Goblin Carnival) encourages the DM to come up with their own games and events. While this requires some prep, it has the potential to be the most amusing and entertaining section of the adventure.

In my experience, the adventure can be completed comfortably within 4 hours, especially if the players don't force combat for every encounter.

Goblins and the Circus! Plus all the ingredients for some fantastic roleplay. Let your players relax and have fun under the big top!

Went well with a party of 5 at APL 3.5. I set up the first fight so that the Worgs got around to the back to chew on range characters. Got several knock downs. HEADS UP: The Worgs are not in the monster stats in the back. As usual, the swarm was just about the hardest monster. In the final fight, have the Gazer hide behind the Elephant or he won't last. Also, read the Nilblog's stats closely--he looks week but has some really good special features.

Ran this last night for a few friends who were new to D&D and it was a total hit. I made the slight tweak of all the players having been performers with Doctor Jabal and had them wake up in a medical facility at The Stop. Played the story out pretty much as-is from there. Would definitely run this any time for brand new players.

Firstly, off the bat I ran part 1 to this 2 weeks earlier, Murder at the Stop so I was expecting perhaps maybe something similar

Secondly, the formatting in this scenario (both in terms of spelling and layout) was topnotch. Cannot fault this scenario on that. Things were easy to find and plain to see.

My biggest issue with this story is the plot and some of the encounters. Dr Jubals Carnivale has now been present in a couple of AL scenarios, however all of them have found it.. somewhat hard to get across the life of a carnival and the members that make it up. I would of loved a list of members in the back of this scenario because in the rescue scene deep into the scenario I didnt have much to play with.. which was a shame. It may seem like a minor quibble , but players thrive on memorable characters and this scenario didn't really have many of those.

THe encounter's were pretty much on point and thematically appropriate. The owlbear encounter was nice, and I did like the Visual of an Elephant harrassing the good guys and bad guys. It just felt a little forced for time in the end.

I think my biggest issue.. probably is that this scenario did not feel as .. detailed as the previous one. With all the additional documentation on the stop, its people and so on , Murder at the stop was a great scenario, with well detailed characters and locations. Whilst this adventure is obviously not a murder mystery, there was some detail missing which made it fall flat for me.

An excellent adventure! I cannot overstate the value of writers that are organized and understand the time constraints that they are working with when crafting their adventures. This adventure was very well organized and easy to run. In addition, it was extremely entertaining. The premise created some excellent role playing opportunities and the set-up of the adventure allowed for a number of player choices and DM options.