The Haunted Hamlet of Raven's Hill (5ED) Paperback – 27 Jan. 2015

5TH Edition version of D&D has been supported, so far, with official published adventures from Wizards of the Coast that are very high production value ,relatively lengthy campaigns. This is all well and good, of course, but does mean they are expensive and time consuming to run. A gap in the market then, which products like this, cheap and cheerful adventure double bill attempt to fill.This is two completely separate adventures, really ,although both set in the same small hamlet they have no tie ins or connections between them. This is odd, as it would be easy , and logical, to have them as following on from each other. With a minimum amount of work, a DM can do this work, no tips or hints are included to help though."Fiddler's Lament", the first scenario ,is by far the better effort, the opening encounter particularly good, funny and horrific at the same time. A nicely paced one-night game should be possible , also easy to make more or less challenging if desired. It does commit a slight transgression, for me, in the fact that the scene setting backstory, while quite detailed and interesting, as written can't be uncovered at all by the player characters, so, sadly a pointless couple of pages."Murmuring Fountain" is less successful, Lovecraftian horrors are specified as potential patrons and enemies in the 5th ed Players' Handbook but beyond name checking the King in Yellow, very little is made here of this rich fantasy/horror background. Even so, one or two encounters and ideas can be picked up ,even if the story as presented isn't used.The cover promises 5th edition , although I assume it is the lack of free licence agreements that explains the lack of the words "Dungeons & Dragons" as well. Even so, this product can be used with the latest iteration of the game, and with a bit of work, there's a good few hours of fun in a low priced package.