Newbie DM Gives Our “Encounter Decks” a Great Review

Yesterday Newbie DM posted a review of Inkwell Ideas’ Encounter Decks 3.

Here are a couple of snippets:

“…they cram a lot into a regular poker sized card, perhaps too much, but in essence you are getting a solid framework for a night’s worth of gaming in each card.”

“To me what’s most valuable about these cards are the hooks and encounters.”

“I’d probably take the time and flesh out the plots a bit and make them custom for my game, tie them in to my setting, etc, but some people may be content with a beer and pretzel ‘shuffle the cards’ and lets see what comes up. For both those types of gamers, I think the product shines.”

His main critique is that the maps are small, which is fair.  Of course as the reviewer points out the maps can be scanned and printed at a larger size or the included PDF can be used to enlarge the graphics.

And newbie DM also gives a great summary of the product:

“The deck includes 54 numbered cards, with one side showing a quick line or two about the hook of the adventure, suggestions for getting the PCs involved, encounter ideas, and suggestions on how to expand the story past the presented adventure. The other side includes a map suitable for the adventure. ”

Thanks for the review!