The Dragon Compenduim is full of unique and effective options for players and DMs alike. Filled with feats, monsters, class options and equipment, this book brings a lot to a gaming table... which is what it should be.

I know that there a quite a few people out there that wanted to get their hands on a book chock-full of classic disscussions on lore and famous characters, and while the name and tagline could lead you to suspect that was what you were getting, Dragon Magazine was decidedly more than that; it was a tool to improve the gaming experience.

And as a tool, The Dragon Compendium come through. It takes some of the more unique ideas presented in the magazine and updates them in order to make them more accessible to a modern gaming troupe. As a player and a DM, I highly recommend this book.

This is a great collection of useful and interesting stuff. I use a lot of the feats and items.

This book is excellent for those of us who have been playing for years! The opportunity to re-visit old ideas in the context of the new 3.5 rules is priceless.

Here's hoping there's a Dragon Compendium Volume 2!

The most Satisfying DND Product that I have purchased since the Core Books. I have every single 3.0 - 3.5 book in my DND Library. I highly reccomend for content and aesthetics.

Even with the few typos and the stuff that needed to be errated this is great. I love having stuff from dragon mag in a book in just the thought that it is easier to use.

Much of the stuff in this book is already making its way to my gaming table.

A great compilation of some of the most useful and fun gaming material that's appeared in Dragon Magazine over the years. This volume is especially useful for those, like me, who don't have a lot of recent Dragon issues, as much of the crunchy material was originally 3e, but there's also a lot of stuff that will twinge the nostalgia nerves of old-time Dragon readers. I can't wait for the next one!

I bought this from my FLGS, and I have to say that it's really good! My only complaint was the amount of stuff that was included that was already 3.X in the mags. While I can understand it with the PrCs, the rest was slightly annoying, as I have all of the issues printed since 3e started. Otherwise, great buy!

The Dragon Compendium, Volume 1 represents an excellent resource for any D&D game. Whether you like prestige classes, feats, neat background ideas, articles about weird dungeons and magical items, new races, or simply enjoy the look of a good book, this item will satisfy your needs.

I would have appreciated a larger amount of old articles of Dragon from previous editions of the game updated to third edition. Such as it is, the compilation might annoy some subscribers who would then already own a significant portion of its contents through recent issues of the magazine. That's the reason I'm giving it "4" intead of a straight "5".

Excellent job in any case, Paizo. Keep up the good work.

I loved this book. While there is a lot of 3rd edition material that has been updated, there is also a lot of older material as well. My brain was swimming when I started looking through this with thoughts of how to use these things in a campaign, and when I hand off the DMing chores to my friend, I have to convince him to let me play a Savant.

Seriously, too much to even go into. The book is better than most of the books put out by WOTC last year.

Most reviews here complain that this book offers nothing new,"just more feats, more prestige classes, and it's boring"... But I happen to like more stuff like that, and if you do too then don't miss out on getting this book. It's an absolute treasure trove with some cool monsters, neat magic items, and interesting new player races to boot. Plus, the "Classic Articles" on tessaracts, and runes are pretty cool too - I remember reading them in the orginal magazines oh so long ago. Great artwork here too, although I did find numerous typos and some things out of place, so I dropped a star for that. People seem to expect everything cool from Dungeon placed in one book. Well they placed enough here to make it good so far, but there should be a Vol 2 coming with more classic stuff, so keep your pants on. Anyway, it's worth buying, and I've proudly made it part of my collection.