Review: Beyond the Wall

Because I'm a super-brilliant genius, I seem to have erased this really long review I wrote this morning.

So, the $0.02 version: It's good! Don't let the desktop-publishing aesthetic keep your from spending eight bucks on it. There's some really great innovations here that are built of a clean, simple D&D core.

Namely:

Character Generation that also generates character history and setting locations and NPCs!
Nearly no-prep scenarios that provide structured improvisation off all that stuff from chargen!
Fun, flexible magic that doesn't wreck the game!

I can't wait to play it!

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