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Friar's Almanac Monthly Subscription
Publisher: Dark Spire
by Jed W. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/13/2009 16:05:42

At a typographic level, the is product is very difficult to read. The font uses far too many embellishments to be easily read. When italics are used, as they are far too often, the text becomes unreadable. In addition, the actual text is squeezed into a column in the middle and flanked on the outside by pixelated ads for the ad space. This occasionally balanced by another space filler ad at the end of articles. I assume it too is advertising the ad space, but I cannot read it at all.

On the level of the articles, the lost value of work involved in reading the font far exceeds the value gained by reading. How many 100 world building ideas or 20 adventure ideas does the world need? Concepts that need more space to develop are given a single line while completely unimportant trivia are given far too much space. How important is precisely calculating the chance of a cave-in based on the stone type and pillars removed?

In short, even at free plus 5 minutes of your time, this product is too expensive.



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[1 of 5 Stars!]
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Friar's Almanac Monthly Subscription
Publisher: Dark Spire
by Davidmofo C. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/13/2009 07:36:06

I found this a fun read. It had some cool stuff in it. I really like the 100 cases of writers block, great ideas in there. I hope you do more stuff like that. Explain things a little better and this will be a 5 star, for now I give you 4. I look forward to reading the next issue! =D



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Friar's Almanac Monthly Subscription
Publisher: Dark Spire
by Bob S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/12/2009 06:43:17

There is nothing good, or of value in this. Even for free, it's a rip off of your time. Please, don't waste your life with this. Poorly written, unworkable ideas, useless stuff. In a game where you fight dragons, demons and more, who wants to waste time figuring out how much it costs to cart turnips? With amazing headlines like, "Real Medieval Stuff!" Oh yeah, stuff, just what I wanted, and from the Medieval period!

And the section on 100 ideas, heres # 46, The Ku – Kobolt and Gobelin. Is that meant to be Kobold and Goblin? So what exactly is the idea? Or idea 54. Cabidos – Capital of the Kingdom of Luskwalde. It is here in the Imperial Barrow, above the Seaward Stairs. That's not an idea, it's directions. Oh wait, I missed part because the text is so poorly laid out. that the first Barbarian King of Luskwalde established his Citadel. That sounds more like a History lesson then an idea. Yes, and? Nothing, it's just where the Barbarian King of Luskwalde made his Citadel. Anything worth seeing? I dunno. Was it a bloody tale of how it happened? Don't think so, he sort of just said, "Right build a Citadel here."

I mean come on. Provide more then just one poorly written sentence for an idea.

Two, count them two articles on rollplaying! Both by the same person! One right after the other! Have these people even looked at a magazine?

And I bet all the art is stolen. Oh wait I know it is.

Again, even for free, you are still being ripped off.



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Friar's Almanac Monthly Subscription
Publisher: Dark Spire
by Brian H. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/10/2009 21:51:56

This is probably the worst thing ever put on this site. Instead of reading this, here are some other fun activities that wouldn't be so bad:

-Gouging out your eyes with a spoon -Peeing on an electric fence -Slicing off your own head



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