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Fever-Dreaming Marlinko by Luka Rejec, Robert Parker, Jason Sholtis, Jeremy Duncan, Chris Kutalik
jessriguez's review
3.0
I'm familiar with the authors work, having read his blog here and there. I tend to like my gaming a bit more vanilla and traditional. Mostly because of the people I play with when I'm the player, and because it's easier for me those rare times I'm the DM. I've shied away from purchasing a majority of a lot of popular OSR stuff because of that, but with a GM's day sale on at rpgnow I decided to give this product a try.
I'm glad I did. It's weird without being gonzo. Very creative and highly usable. Idiosyncratic but somehow familiar. Instead of a straight up city supplement, with pages and pages of various shops and npcs you'll probably never use, Fever-Dreaming Marlinko gives you creative options to make a city come to life without having to memorize all the "stuff". Very little of the details of the city are presented. The books gives you random tables of what you can find in the city, who the notable npc's are your characters might interact with, and random encounters that make the city feel authentic. Also included are carousing tables, a "chaos index", and a few new classes stated for Labyrinth Lord. A solid product meant to get your juices flowing. I've already purchased another Hill Cantons book, Slumbering Ursine Dunes, and am looking forward to reading it.
I'm glad I did. It's weird without being gonzo. Very creative and highly usable. Idiosyncratic but somehow familiar. Instead of a straight up city supplement, with pages and pages of various shops and npcs you'll probably never use, Fever-Dreaming Marlinko gives you creative options to make a city come to life without having to memorize all the "stuff". Very little of the details of the city are presented. The books gives you random tables of what you can find in the city, who the notable npc's are your characters might interact with, and random encounters that make the city feel authentic. Also included are carousing tables, a "chaos index", and a few new classes stated for Labyrinth Lord. A solid product meant to get your juices flowing. I've already purchased another Hill Cantons book, Slumbering Ursine Dunes, and am looking forward to reading it.
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