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The map is... Problematic, yet affords a neat change from the typical dungeon crawl. Have run several times, and experienced many variations of success through the tiers. Not nearly as bad as all the other reviews would have you think, yet editing and map make for a challenging scenario for any GM to run.

The editing was pretty bad, and the sled mechanics were obviously beta for later releases but the challenges were appropriately balanced. The time to play was pretty rushed for a 4-hour PFS session, it has alot of action and at the higher tier needs more time per combat from my experience. The treasure was either lackluster or beyond the reach of a typical 7th level character. The faction missions weren't too hard or overly dependent on a single die roll and flowed well with the main story line.

Although I personally like this series and have played and ran both, the first is pretty tough on new players or those accustomed to more rp than combat. Other than that, as a GM I loved the setting and feared it equally as a player. Its a fun, emotion inducing romp into one of the best multi-arc stories yet written.

I have had the pleasure of not only playing the arc, but GMing the scenarion in PFS and I can assure you its one of the best multi-arc stories I've seen. The third part is not for the dull-witted, and the final showdown is as epic and you can get. I'm looking forward to running it again for a new batch of players. The end boon didn't seem very useful for PFS but to each their own.

This is not a scenario to enter into lightly. It requires a thorough reading, and then another two and looking up several rules. The basic premise is sound, the means are entertaining and I especially liked the villain as portrayed in the script. It was almost too much for the PCs yet they performed admirably, mostly due to using the cover and buildings to disguise their movements. All around a solid run, but not one to run with short notice.