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Tales of the Valiant Game Master’s Guide Reviewed

Nov 20, 2024

Title: Tales of the Valiant Game Master’s Guide

Authors: Celeste Conowitch, Basheer Ghouse, Tim Hitchcock, Sarah Madsen, Meagan Maricle, Kelly Pawlik, Sebastian Rombach, Mike Shea, Brian Suskind, and Mike Welham

Artists: Joshua Raphael, Paola Andreatta, Marcel Mercado, William O’Brien, Ian Perks, Roberto Pitturru, Kiki Moch Rizki, Dean Spencer, Bryan Syme, and Egil Thompson

Year: 2024

Genre: Game mastering options and toolkit for the Tales of the Valiant fantasy roleplaying game

Pages: 304 pages

MSRP: $59.99 for the hardcover or $34.99 in PDF at DriveThruRPG

I dive in to share my thoughts about the Tales of the Valiant Game Master’s Guide from Kobold Press. The book is absolutely chock full of great options and ideas for GMs of all experience levels. The volume is absolutely chock full of great options and ideas for GMs of all experience levels. You’ll find chapters devoted to being a GM, advanced combat options, social encounters, building and populating dungeons, and lots more. You don’t even have to be running Tales of the Valiant, Dungeons & Dragons, or any other 5E adjacent fantasy RPG to find lots in this book which you can use at your game table.

Tales of the Valiant Game Master's Guide Reviewed

SUMMARY

An absolutely fantastic game master facing volumed packed with a ton useful variants, options, and tips valuable to Game Masters of all experience levels. The guide tackles worldbuilding, advanced combat options, building and populating dungeons, social encounters, and lots more. You don't have to be running TotV - or even Dungeons & Dragons - to find a lot of value from this tome. I give the book my highest recommendation.

Jeff McAleer

Founder/Editor-in-chief of The Gaming Gang website and host of The Gaming Gang Dispatch and other TGG media, Jeff tackles any and all sorts of games but has a special fondness for strategy, conflict sims, and roleplaying games. Plus, he's certainly never at a loss for an opinion...