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Venture 4th: Ice River Battle
Publisher: Adamant Entertainment
by Peter I. [Featured Reviewer]
Date Added: 07/16/2008 11:00:57

Venture 4th: Ice River Battle is a 12 page pdf product and the first in a new series of products from Adamant Entertainment. The Venture 4th series of products provides both game tiles and adventures in support of the 4e ruleset, although it can be used for the revised d20 core rules as well. This first game tile product in the series presents a unique and exciting setting for fantasy combat - a battle on a icy river containing dangerous and slippery blocks of ice.

Ice River Battle presents a good mix between new rules for the scenario setup, and game tiles that allow you to make the setup or encounter come to life. The product is well presented and well written, with clear rules, good editing, and a useful variety of game tiles. There is some good art inside the product, and the front cover is professionally done. Overall, a well presented pdf as one would expect from Adamant Entertainment.

Many companies produce game tiles these days, and this product is Adamant Entertainment's first foray into such tiles. They've gone the extra mile by not only presenting game tiles, but by also tying them to both a specific location or terrain and providing specific mechanical game rules. This means that the game tiles themselves are more than just props that look pretty, but are also functional parts of the adventure or scenario itself. I quite like this take on presenting game tiles.

The pdf starts by giving the brief rules for using the various ice blocks on the river. These include moving across the ice, jumping from block to block, the effect of heat on the blocks, the result of falling into the water, and various rules for the scenario itself including static and flowing ice blocks in the river. The rules are fairly simple and straightforward, though I can imagine that running a flowing scenario can be quite tricky as the position of each block needs to be adjusted every game turn. The rules presented are fairly generic, but provide enough information that you can easily use it with the d20 or 4e game systems.

The game tiles provide a small selection of river and river bank tiles, and a larger selection of tiles for the ice blocks in various different sizes. Sizes vary from single square blocks to larger blocks that could easily host a small skirmish. The river and bank tiles are good, although I wasn't that pleased with the ice blocks, which appear rather jagged as if they'd been cut from paper with a scissors. Nevertheless, for the purposes of creating an exciting scenario, the props and rules are all you need to give your PCs an encounter they will never forget.

Venture 4th - Ice River Battle combines good rules with good game tiles to create an exciting scenario for an encounter setting. I was generally pleased with the product; the only negative being the look of the ice block tiles. Adamant Entertainment have made a good start to this Game Tile line in the Venture 4th series, and I'm looking forward to seeing some quality products in this line in the future.



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