Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, 4th Edition @ richardeward.com

Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, 4th Edition
by Bruce R. Cordell, Ed Greenwood, Chris Sims, Philip Athans
from Wizards of the Coast

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

• Average
  I wasnt all the excited for 4e, I personally think the system is dumbed down and caters to the anime-fan boys and WOW crowd. However, I bought the core set cause Im a collecter too, and like that I bought the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide.
  I was excited about the new realms. I love the old realms, but the new one seemed interesting enough.
  However, upon reading it I disovered that they included very little lore. This, I, believe, was done to make the game more newbie friendly. You know what?... more info

• A return to adventure
  This book reminds me of nothing so much as the original, much beloved "gray box" that was the first introduction to Ed Greenwood's marvelous fantasy world for tens of thousands of readers two decades ago. Here again, at long last, is literally untold danger and mystery and excitement. Here's an invitation to join in a fresh creative enterprise with other players and game masters, readers and writers--an invitation composed of stories, legends, and sometimes, threats.
  Over the years, the Realms setting... more info

• Empty. Soulless, Forgotten
  First of all let me say this review is written from the point of view of a gamer who has used the Forgotten Realms as his primary game world for a little over 18 years but is willing to embrace a new system when it works such as the transition between 2nd and 3rd ed.
  I had already felt like D&D had been destroyed by the 4th ed. I hated the video game approach to the game and laughed at the explanation that they are taking the game back to "role playing". As I have said elsewhere regarding this... more info

• The Formerly Well Known Forgotten Realms...no more
  I would like to preface by stating that I have been an avid fan of D&D, most of its campaign worlds (including FR) and the fun the game brings to the table. That said, let's take a look at the new FR 4.0 Campaign Guide.
  Without reiterating much of what has already been pointed out in other reviews regarding the format and editing job in the book (who opens a campaign guide with an adventure instead of information about the campaign world and its residents first?) to the true heart of the book: the... more info

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