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The Case of the Misguided Lover (City Guard Chronicles) $2.95
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The Case of the Misguided Lover (City Guard Chronicles)
Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment
by Benjamin [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/22/2024 04:25:14

A well-written adventure that's easy for a Game Master to get to grips with, not least because it's straight to the point, can be integrated into our worlds and is coherent in its own right. It's a very good idea to transpose the world of modern investigations into fantasy (and, by the way, that's what Savage Worlds is all about), and the authors have played creatively with the rules. It's probably a little short (because the exposition of the universe, even if short, takes up a lot of space), but the following adventures should more than make up for that.



Rating:
[4 of 5 Stars!]
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The Case of the Misguided Lover (City Guard Chronicles)
Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment
by Niels E. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 01/02/2024 04:27:35

This is a well-written supplement with a good structure that makes it easy to run. If you ever wanted to run a fantasy law enforcement campaign in a big city setting, this is the perfect series.

Personally, I've used the series as the start of a Curse of the Crimson Throne campaign (Savage Pathfinder). It adapts easily to Korvosa and gives a much better framework around that plot point campaign than the standard CotCT hook. Warmly recommended! :D



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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The Case of the Misguided Lover (City Guard Chronicles)
Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment
by Robert [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/30/2023 18:51:38

After a recent stint of binge watching police procedural shows I had a thought: “What if there was a police procedural in a fantasy city?” Well, needless to say that I immediately started thinking of ideas for such a game. Eventually I settled on Savage Worlds as a rule set that I thought could be used to tell such stories: It’s robust, yet relatively easy mechanics being just the right tool for stories that mix heavy drama, high action, and a bit of investigative meandering. Eventually I thought about possibly using this as an excuse to flex some muscles and get some ideas down on paper. After all, there is no way that anyone else would be interested in something like this other than myself, right?

I am so very glad that I couldn’t have been more wrong on that! As The City Guard Chronicles blew every idea that I had out of the water and did it in a more dynamic and elegant way! All the lavish wonder and splendor is presented in clear yet only partially defined ways, allowing room for boundless creativity of the game master and the players to define the individual elements and districts. The level of polish and detail for the setting elements is nothing short of wonderful. The written material holds strong and fast to its important core themes making it easy for enterprising Game Masters and Players to play within the bounds and concepts presented, without it feeling like something is shoehorned in, or oddly out of place.

Coming across the City Guard Chronicles, and the Case of the Misguided Lover was an amazing amalgamation of luck and joyful surprise that this hobby can bring. I can’t wait to see more of the City Guard Chronicles! And I don’t think you will be disappointed either. If you want a fun, sprawling maze of classic Police Procedural action in a crime laden fantasy city you can’t do better than this! I can’t wait to try and get a proper game going and bring this to the table of fellow interested players.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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The Case of the Misguided Lover (City Guard Chronicles)
Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment
by Don [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/05/2023 09:28:34

As a long time player of Savage Worlds and fan of Investigative games, The Case of the Misguided Lover scratched an itch that I didn't even knew I had! This review goes into glorious detail as to why it is so effective: https://ttrpgfactory.com/2023/10/18/review-of-city-guard-chronicles-the-case-of-the-misguided-lover/ Yes, buy it!



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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The Case of the Misguided Lover (City Guard Chronicles)
Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment
by M. &. A. H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/14/2023 12:17:44

Knowing the authors, I knew that I could expect good things in this product. And I was not disappointed! I really liked that even though this is a stand-alone adventure, it is versatile enough to be dropped into existing settings. For example, I will be using this in my Eberron campaign, set in Sharn. And the side bar on page 4 suggests as much. I also like the side bar making suggestions for use of the Fantasy Companion (my favorite Savage Worlds Companion). The rules for Guards are excellent and can be lifted from this to be used in a homebrew setting/adventure. The adventure itself has a nice setup, giving plenty of background information to the GM that leads up to the starting point. And then drops the "next move" in the story. The descriptions of the scenes as the story progresses are well detailed and give some great suggestions as to where clues and information might lead the players on their "possible next steps". And the epilogue provides some interesting hooks that a GM could develop into a continuing tale that springs from this adventure. Overall, a fantastic product and well worth the price tag!



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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The Case of the Misguided Lover (City Guard Chronicles)
Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment
by Tyler C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/05/2023 12:16:41

Not only a fine adventure in its own right, but a great invesigatory framework to use for future stories. It's a real challenge to do these sorts of micro-settings that can fit everywhere, but these guys rise to that opportuniyt. I might have wanted a few more bits and bobs; maybe a Professional Edge or two for Arcane using guards or somesuch. But who am i to complete. Great product. And thanks to Jan for making my copy of the pdf to happen



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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Creator Reply:
Thank you for your kind words! Regarding those Arcane using guards and Professional Edges... wait and see :-) The setting will be expanded in future adventures. I do not promise it will be in the second one, but by the third one it is almost a certainity ;-) Jan
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The Case of the Misguided Lover (City Guard Chronicles)
Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment
by Cornelius W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 03/03/2023 11:12:58

City Guard Chronicles is an interesting kind of "meta-setting" that doesn’t have to be a setting on its own – although it can be –, but rather provides some essential setting information and makes it possible to integrate the adventures into other settings. We were able to put the adventure into another setting (which wasn’t mentioned as an example in the product) without problems and just needed to look up some names from the setting in question.

The micro-settings comes with a few new interesting Edges, a collection of Setting Rules (both from the core rulebook as well as new ones) and eight archetypes, which are well-made both mechanically as well as regarding their personality. I especially appreciate that it clearly says what their strengths are as well in case you’re new to the system and can’t tell by the first glance.

The product has a great-looking layout and illustrations that fit together well and support the content.

The adventure is on the whole an investigation, but has a fair mix between action-filled parts and time for searching clues and puzzling together information. It does not rely on the players to solve any riddles, but keeps the tension even when the player characters do very well in their rolls. I feel that this is where other published investigation adventures fail, so I’d like to emphasize how well this works out here.

There are a lot of information, hints and clues which make the investigation feel very convincing. Also, the adventure is not linear and can go in different directions – dependent on both the players’ decisions and rolls – which add to this impression. For the GM, it’s clearly labeled which clue is essential and which is just for the scenery, and it also includes an overview of possible scenes and their connections. Both are a huge help to running the adventure. The overview is even hyperlinked in the PDF.

Although the setting is presented as more gritty and noir-like, it does not try to express that in making the case unreasonably hard to solve. We intentionally played it with a player character group that did not contain only the pre-generated characters from the product and was (again, intentionally) rather bad at actual investigation, and we still managed to solve the case – but the adventure includes different ways of solving it and possible complications, so it did not feel like the success was given away for free.

I’m looking forward to seeing more of this line and can recommend the micro-setting and adventure to everyone looking for a fantasy investigation adventure.



Rating:
[5 of 5 Stars!]
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