A fun module that allows players to choose how long they want to play for. This adventure can easily be stretched to 8 hours of play if they want to take on all the bounties, but can also be shortened if time is at a premeium. Each Bounty can also act as a shorter "episode" if you wanted to sprinkle this in over a larger narrative outside of AL. My players appreciated finding creative ways to bring their marks in alive (No Disintegrations). Some ties to the author's other work that can be expanded but aren't needed to enjoy this story if it is played alone. The finale was especially interesting as the players needed improvise how to find their foe before they could effectively battle them.

Loved it - couldn't be happier. When the DM ran it for us, he asked which encounter we enjoyed more - and I couldn't answer. Because they were all great in their own way, emphasizing interaction, tactics, ingenuity, exploration. Interior and Exterior encounters. Good use of common magic items which are criminally overlooked. Plus I enjoyed the subtle (well, maybe not so subtle) nods to the Star Wars films.

Fiendly Competition is a module built primarily on the three pillars of exploration, combat and social play: It's comprised of four vignettes, one of which is designed as the climax an the other three that are more or less aimed with one of those three pillars in mind as the likely way to resolve it. ("STOP RACISM!" being most obviously handled with exploration; "The Braklau Gang" with combat, and "Drunda the Gut’s Court" being socially inclined.) However, all three of them have been also designed with clear hooks for ways to handle the encounter in other forms — although it must be said that The Braklau Gang is the one most clearly set up to be a combat encounter, and it's hard to imagine a social solution to it.

The end result is a very flexible module, designed for a wide variety of parties. (Excellent for adventurers league!)

If I had to criticise, I'd argue that the final encounter is possibly either too frustrating or too easy for the players. It's possible to play the final encounter extremely ruthlessly, using invisibility and actions to decimate a party with little capacity for the party to respond in any meaningful way. On the other hand, if not played in this fashion, the final encounter isn't particularly challenging. It takes a lot of DM perception and handling to make the last encounter work. Also, the structure of the adventure (Optional > Climax > Optional > Optional) makes the story feel a bit anti-climactic. In addition, it can all feel a bit jangly and loose — there's no real recurring NPCs or story arc here, just a trio of loosely connected vignettes. It's fun, but it can feel a bit empty. None the less, it's a high recommendation from me for its versatility alone.

And Drunda the Gut is GREAT.

This adventure is solid, if slightly flawed in execution. I love the use of bounties and allowing for the non-chosen bounties to be used as bonus objectives. My only issue came up with Episode 3, it isn't neccessarily clear which encounters should be used when and having a single enemy as the final boss leads to problems where action economy is not in their favour.

I enjoyed it though and will probably run it again in the future!

An excellent mod with lots of opportunities for characters and DM to be creative and run it in a miriad of ways. Warning* playing may lead to fun!

Highly reccomend. There is so much replayablity. I have played this twice already and had a different experience each time.

I had so much fun playing this mod. There is a lot of choice in what to do throughout the mod and some very interesting NPC's. There is something for everyone in this and even a few unexpected twists. This is a great example of how to write a mod that allows players to laugh and enjoy the mod and create memorable experiences. Well done.

Offering many opportunities for RP, challenging combats, and hilarious antics, I would definitely recommend giving this mod a run with your group! There are also opportunities for player agency which can change the pace and events of the mod, giving way to high levels of replayability!

Enjoy!