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Ravenloft Campaign Setting: The Red BoxAuthors: Bruce Nesmith with Andria Hayday and William W. Trevor FrostMove over Elminster, go sit on a pike Raistlin, The Lady of Pain is a wuss, bring on the coolest character's in the Ad&d Multiverse, Count Strahd von Zarovich, Azalin, Anton Misroi (my personal favorite.) and the rest of the Darklords. As you can tell I love Ravenloft, it is my all time #1 favourite campaign setting from TSR. I have played pretty much every other campaign world, and though each one has its own charm, Ravenloft, beats them all out in my book. Well your not here to listen to me babble on about how much I love this setting Its time to get on with the review.The red campaign setting box while not my first exposure to Ad&d or Ravenloft itself ( I had read two of the Ravenloft novels previously.) however it was the first time I had read any rulebooks on how to run the setting so I have a special place in my hear for it. (Just like so many people have nostalgic memories of the first two boxed sets)The first thing I liked about this version of the Ravenloft Campaign book is the Art, those black and white pictures that sort of looked like stained glass windows gave me the absolute chills and have given me many a nightmare. Xpi inspector url. The maps were extremely helpful and my friend had them plastered to his wall in minutes of opening the box.
The Tarroka deck was not only fun and useful for adventures you could also do readings real life for your friends who had no idea what Ravenloft or roleplaying was just for fun. The screen was very useful and contained all the information that one needed. And the two books that were in the set in my opinion were very well written, I remember reading these for the first time and waves of a weird creepy joy just passing over me.
Lastly the fact that Rudolph van Richten was detailed and still alive in this version of the setting gives it help in making it my favourite.I have only a few problems with this version of the setting #1 The native character situation which was fixed in Domains of Dread. #2 Some of the domains and domain lords in this version of the setting were given only a brief look at and then were quickly moved over in favour of leaving more room for the more popular lords. Otherwise this version of the setting was great and definitely I would buy it if I could find a copy of it still. I look at my Ravenloft book collection and the first thing that catches my eye is the Ravenloft Campaign Setting, The Red Box. A nice combination of quality, information and price. This was the first attempt to create a complete world out of the Realm of Terror. And although not so successful in this task, it gave new and old players something to smile about.The information given in both books inclueded in this box, is not entirely new.
Instead, the authors took what was done in Realm of Terror and Forbidden Lore, updated it, and added some new information. So this box adds nothing else to the game?, you might ask. Of course it does. It adds one of the most important events in Ravenloft History: The Grand Conjunction.The Realm of Terror book, is the best of the two inclueded in this box. Rules for fear, horror and madness are given, psionics are inclueded, curses and even magical items are there. Here you have a book only for the DM and its a treasure in itself.The second book, Domains and Denizens is just inconplete.
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Before the red Box, there were two other books that added more information to the Black Box: Darklords and Islands of Terror. Well, the information of these two books, is not inclueded in here, or only some small parts of it (Von Kharkov for example). The section of Who's Doomed in Ravenloft is still one of my favorites, specially because in this edition you can see that Van Richten has become a skillful Thief.
And new art for this section is fantastic.However, there are no new characters in this box, but that's OK. The sense of continuity that this product gives to the RL campaign is amazing.The two maps inclueded are really nice.
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They have a 3D sense to them. I specially like the one of Paridon.
But this maps are not as detailed as they should be so, even though they look nice, they do not give much information. Just another set of maps with the Ravenloft Map Curse.The DM Screen is perfect. It has all the tables you need for DMing and the front art is simple but brillant, a must for every DM in Ravenloft. The Tarokka deck inclueded is beautiful and remains a great tool for enhancing the mood of RL. In addition there is also a nice poster inclueded.As always, the quality of the product is superior. The Box itself looks really nice, and the size of it, is perfect for carrying all books inclueded plus,your adventure, Player character sheets, pencils, and even the RL Monster Compendium. What else can you ask?
The Books inside are not the best I've seen, but the interior art and the layout (including the always useful index), continue to impress me.All in all, this Box is worth its price tag. You will find not much new infromation about RL. But for the lack of new information you get in return, game tools you need to play Ravenloft. And that I think, it is what a good Porduct is, not only information but also other things to look forward to. If you can find a copy of this box, buy it, and after a while you will find that it also catches your eye.Rating: Four out of Five Evil Eyes.