Bathtub Review: Grackle’s Vale

Bathtub Reviews are an excuse for me to read modules a little more closely. I’m doing them to critique a wide range of modules from the perspective of my own table and to learn for my own module design. They’re stream of consciousness and unedited critiques. I’m writing them on my phone in the bath. Grackles’ Vale is a 20 page module for a custom OSR system, by Randy Musseau with illustration, maps, layout and design by Roan Studio. In it, you seek bounty on a Boar-man that has been terrorising the village or Grackle’s Vale. I purchased this myself. I’m a little mixed on the layout. It’s in A4 format, but only available in digital, and at the size choices, I can’t easily read it on either my phone or tablet. That’s a hell of a drag as that’s how I tend to run things, but if you run on a full sized monitor or are likely to print it out, it won’t be a problem. Within that format choice, it looks good — clear headings, use of bullets for tables, lovely art and clear and gorgeous maps. If…