Review - There's Snow Place Like Home

I have a pile of new winter holiday themed adventures sitting on my desk right now, and am hoping to address 3 of them over the next 3 days.  I have to say the one I choose to review first may have set a really high bar for our next 2 books.

There's Snow Place Like Home by D&D Duet team Jonathan & Beth Ball reads and plays almost like Rankin & Bass produced a D&D adventure to be played while watching their classic Christmas stop-motion holiday specials.

There's Snow Place Like Home lays out a classic 'Christmas in jeopardy' type of narrative with familiar feeling characters and set pieces while still feeling new and fresh.  As I've mentioned in some previous reviews I think certain players really like a balance between a scenario feeling familiar without becoming predictable and this adventure achieves that balance flawlessly.

The character or characters are drawn into a demi-plane in a very (although much less sinister) similar fashion to characters in a Ravenloft game.  What's nice about this is it doesn't require that this whimsical setting and fanciful cast of characters fit into whatever existing gaming world you're using.  In my particular case my intention is to snatch one player from our regular ongoing game who has had to miss out on playing due to real world nonsense and plan this as a solitary game when they can play to get them back to the table and having some D&D fun over the  Christmas/New Years break.  The narrative itself is excellent, starting off with a mystery in a town under a spell, followed by a journey through a winter wonderland, and concluding in the exploration of a magical fantasy toy workshop.  The characters and monsters range from a snowman, to gingerbread men, reindeer, a polar bear, gnomes, and something even more sinister towards the end.

For anyone who wants a D&D game that feels like Christmas, and/or a Christmas story that feels like D&D; There's Snow Place Like Home sets a perfect tone and feels like a potential new holiday tradition for me and my gaming friends.

There's Snow Place Like Home is currently available from DMsGuild at https://www.dmsguild.com/product/297390/Theres-Snow-Place-Like-Home-A-Christmas-Holiday-Adventure?term=there%27s+snow and failure to add it to your collection may indicate you are the Grinch of your gaming group!

-Jay