MattGrant
Wednesday, April 16, 2008, 12:35 AM
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Title: The Worlds of Dungeons and Dragons #1
Publisher: Devils Due Publishing (http://devilsdue.net/)
Authors: R.A. Salvatore, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Adapted by: Nick Schley, Neil Kleid
Art: Various
48 pages, full color
$5.50 (Covers A and B); $9.50 (Prestige Cardstock Cover)
Safety Content Label: PG-13
Publishers Blurb:
The tomes of Dungeons & Dragons hold countless stories of fascinating mystery, unbelievable danger and bravery beyond compare! Beginning here, these tales come to light! Starting here: Delve into stories of Raistlin of Dragonlance fame, Drizzt of Forgotten Realms & other stories of Dungeons & Dragons not yet explored!
Featuring tales of Drizzt and Raistlin!
Double-sized! Monthly!
Reviewer Comments:
Despite not being at all familiar D&D, I still found Worlds of D&D very approachable. This double sized tome is action packed, to say the least, with two full length features. The first follows the tale of Drizzt, a dark elf who's journey gets side tracked helping to free some humans from ogre captivity. The second is a tragic tale of dark magic, when Raistlin's young nephew attempts to save him from the Dark Queen of the Abyss!
While the narrative is heavy at times in both stories, it works well, as the art describes and altogether different dimension of the story, giving it quite a bit of well executed depth. The action sequences are also very well executed, particularly in the Drizzt story. Story-wise, I found both to be quite entertaining and engaging. Both ended as cliffhangers, and have a serial vibe to them, which I think is pretty cool. Art-wise, the whole book is pretty top notch, and its unfortunate that the art credit says "Various," and so I can't properly address accolades.
Over all, I'd say, even if you're not D&D fan, but sword and sorcery (and all the ogres, orcs, elves, mages, dwarfs, and goblins that come with it) is your bag, you'll find Worlds of D&D a good read, and recommend checking it out.
Title: The Worlds of Dungeons and Dragons #1
Publisher: Devils Due Publishing (http://devilsdue.net/)
Authors: R.A. Salvatore, Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Adapted by: Nick Schley, Neil Kleid
Art: Various
48 pages, full color
$5.50 (Covers A and B); $9.50 (Prestige Cardstock Cover)
Safety Content Label: PG-13
Publishers Blurb:
The tomes of Dungeons & Dragons hold countless stories of fascinating mystery, unbelievable danger and bravery beyond compare! Beginning here, these tales come to light! Starting here: Delve into stories of Raistlin of Dragonlance fame, Drizzt of Forgotten Realms & other stories of Dungeons & Dragons not yet explored!
Featuring tales of Drizzt and Raistlin!
Double-sized! Monthly!
Reviewer Comments:
Despite not being at all familiar D&D, I still found Worlds of D&D very approachable. This double sized tome is action packed, to say the least, with two full length features. The first follows the tale of Drizzt, a dark elf who's journey gets side tracked helping to free some humans from ogre captivity. The second is a tragic tale of dark magic, when Raistlin's young nephew attempts to save him from the Dark Queen of the Abyss!
While the narrative is heavy at times in both stories, it works well, as the art describes and altogether different dimension of the story, giving it quite a bit of well executed depth. The action sequences are also very well executed, particularly in the Drizzt story. Story-wise, I found both to be quite entertaining and engaging. Both ended as cliffhangers, and have a serial vibe to them, which I think is pretty cool. Art-wise, the whole book is pretty top notch, and its unfortunate that the art credit says "Various," and so I can't properly address accolades.
Over all, I'd say, even if you're not D&D fan, but sword and sorcery (and all the ogres, orcs, elves, mages, dwarfs, and goblins that come with it) is your bag, you'll find Worlds of D&D a good read, and recommend checking it out.