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Dungeons & Dragons Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk Reviewed

Item: Dungeons & Dragons Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk Reviewed
Rating: 7.5
Author: Jeff McAleer

Jeff McAleer

Sep 4, 2023

Title: Dungeons & Dragons – Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk

Publisher: Wizards of the Coast

Authors: Amanda Hamon, Richard Baker, Eytan Bernstein, Makenzie De Armas, Ron Lundeen, and Christopher Perkins

Artists: Antonio Jose Manzanedo, DZO, Lily Abdullina, Zoltan Boros, Bruce Brenneise, Sam Burley, Devon Cady-Lee, Chris Casciano, Dominico Cava, Conceptopolis, CoupleofKooks, Sarah Dahlinger, Kent Davis, Nikki Dawes, Axel Defois, Julie dillion, Simon Dominic, Olga Drebas, Jason A. Engle, Isabel Gibney, Michelle Giorgi, John Grello, Alexandre Honore, Richard Luong, Warren Mahy, Brynn Metheney, Robson Michel, Scott Murphy, Jessica Nguyen, Hinchel Or, Vicki Pangestu, Klaus Pillon, Claudio Pozas, Steve Prescott, Julio Reyna, Ned Rogers, Mike Schley, Hex Sharpe, Ilya Shkpin, Craig J Spearing, John Stanko, Crystal Sully, Brian Valenzuela, Brian Valeza, Nino Vecia, Tyler Walpole, and Jabari Whaethers

Genre: Dungeons & Dragons adventure taking characters from 1st through 12th level

Year: 2023

Pages: 224 pages

MSRP: $59.95 in hardcover

I share my thoughts about the latest Dungeons & Dragons adventure book, from Wizards of the Coast, Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk. The 224 page hardcover arrives in stores on September 19th carrying an MSRP of $59.95. Currently you can order the physical book and digital bundle at D&D Beyond for the same $59.95.

TGG SCORE

7.5

Summary

Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk is better than many of the most recent Dungeons & Dragons adventure releases but it doesn't come close to the best of 5E. There's a good amount which i like in the eight chapter adventure but some of the issues I have with a great many of the WotC adventures rear their heads once again. Seemingly it's built into the D&D adventure design philosophy so I guess we'll never see them addressed. Still, a solid adventure overall which I can recommend, especially for those who never ran Lost Mine of Phandelver.

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Jeff McAleer

Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media for fifteen years, Jeff takes on any and all sorts of games but is especially ready to tackle roleplaying games and strategy games. He's been involved with the hobby since he was just a wee grade school lad, over four decades ago.