Do you enjoy the clear presentation of Shadowdark? Then, do NOT purchase this.

There are good ideas here. They are presented terribly and the gross presentation dissuades the reader from reading the work. Do not purchase this.

Can be run while reading and the checkerboard map with location descriptions on it makes the adventure more fun to referee. It has a Groundhog Day plot that is designed for replay. There are plenty of novel ideas on how players should interact with NPCs, the best being the ability to speak with animals as if each species had their own language. It is tainted by having a hideous description of a real life person with an illness, whom was a victim of the author, but it fits right in with the bleak nature of the material. This is the book that succeeds where Vornheim, along with Red & Pleasant Land, failed. It would be perfect without the real world ugliness towards female sexuality, maybe they could replace that with the rules for the Alice class from R&PL. The d100 feature table for class/level progression makes D&D way more fun.

An awesome collection of ideas! Unlearn what you have learned and start running an interesting game. This book along with Vornheim: The complete city kit is a great place to begin the journey away from WOTC cookie cutter adventures for children, and run a next level game!!

Go head and buy this. No Ragrets, not even a single letter

"No more WOTC fluff, by yourself some heady stuff"

Thanks for Vornheim part 2 Zak waiting for 3!! And we need a world map!! -Silver0wl

The Wonderful and Brutal work of Frostbitten and Mutilated achieves the goals it sets before itself, I believe. While I'm not a mind-reader, the artist clearly states intents on how to use the book.

They then present terrifying and beautiful things. Cold things, secret things, hard things, and new things... all before the backdrop of the Devoured Land.

The images in the book provoke you to action. This is an exercise in overtones with brilliant use of a subject.

As striking as the words and images are, it doesn't mean much of anything if you don't use the book. I used the book.

What I found was a carefully laid out set of tools that could be accessed and introduced during a session. I took the liberty of converting from LotFP to my chosen system (I do this all the time) and my players LOVED the feeling they had exploring this strange new world of warrior women and danger.

My flowery language and high praise might come off as too much, so let's paraphrase:

This work is metal af. \m/

You should get this if your fantasy game features snow, ice, tribes, witches, animals, giants, the wilderness or if you like lovely scratchy artwork. Although it's for Lamentations of the Flame Princess/OSR systems, that just means the mechanics are nice and simple and easy to port over to other editions of the world's greatest fantasy game. This is a must-have for any GM that keeps a Viking helmet stashed away somewhere.