readerxxx's review against another edition
3.0
enjoyable read that brought back memories of playing this module in AD&D
zudrak's review against another edition
4.0
A solid romp through the old G1-3 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons modules by Gary Gygax. While I confess to being concerned to see the pages dwindle to the right of my reading progress as the story went on (because I feared that the book would rush through G2 & G3 as the material of G1 took just over half the book), my concerns were unfounded because the story that unfolded made sense. Ru Emerson's Against the Giants succeeded in giving the people and these adventures of Gygaxian Greyhawk life and heart.
frakalot's review against another edition
3.0
I thought this was great. The heroes seemed to have good reason for their personalities and that flowed into the choices they made. The adventure is a noble little quest and I thought that the scenes were well painted.
But maybe I'm not the best judge. I haven't read a pure fantasy for many years and this is my very first D&D story. I've only played D&D 5e and only a handful of times in the last 2 years. I don't know very much of the lore at all.
Some other reviewers have noted disappointment that this story wasn't much more than a run through of the eponymous D&D adventure, but that was exactly what I was looking for. It felt to me as though I was peeking into an adventure as it was being played out, while the party was formed and through each turn the story took.
So for a noob with a beginner's enthusiasm this was perfect.
But maybe I'm not the best judge. I haven't read a pure fantasy for many years and this is my very first D&D story. I've only played D&D 5e and only a handful of times in the last 2 years. I don't know very much of the lore at all.
Some other reviewers have noted disappointment that this story wasn't much more than a run through of the eponymous D&D adventure, but that was exactly what I was looking for. It felt to me as though I was peeking into an adventure as it was being played out, while the party was formed and through each turn the story took.
So for a noob with a beginner's enthusiasm this was perfect.
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