The Game Master's Deck of Boons and Banes: 40 game-changing, character-shifting cards and a companion book for 5th edition RPG adventures (The Game Master Series) Paperback – October 1, 2024

Nice and compact filled with lots of detail and material to help boost my DND sessions. Very nice artwork as well.

This is a great resource for Table Top games. Most of the effects are interesting but there's a few stinkers, or at least some I can't see really using at my table. All in all, definitely worth the money.

These are a wonderful addition to the table. Versatile, creative, well thought out, beautiful, and I could go on. My only complaint is that I haven't seen or heard anything about more coming out.

I really like the content of these cards (Ginny Di is awesome!) but the size of the booklet's typeface is a no-go for me. I had to photograph each page so I could enlarge it to reading size. For content I would rate these cards at 5 stars; the product's physical design would be 2 stars (putting artwork in the 5-star Content category).I understand that cards are the new cool thing right now, but this product would be much more usable if it were a PDF, or a real book, with numbers next to each entry facilitating use as a random table (players could still "choose" by rolling the dice themselves -- 5e and similar RPGs ARE dice-rolling games after all).Yes, right now players get to choose their own card, but if used often enough, eventually the cards will get beat up or lost (you know that one guy who never returns anything they borrow (or if they do return it, it looks like it's been left out on the bathroom floor for a month)... and that other guy who always has greasy orange cheese dust on their fingers...), making the cards not so cool or functional. In the short run, the format of the product is a profiitable sales gimmick; in the long run, it's a liability. (Plus, a digital format makes showing things over VTTs so much easier.)I think most of us reviewers here purchased this product to support Ginny, and I, for one, am happy to do so (it IS fresh, usable, and flexible content, and the artwork (by Tim Foley) is gritty and full of texture!). I'm just sorry her publisher didn't have the foresight to design a more usable product (even an extra one-sided page per card to allow for larger font would have been an improvement). Hopefully they will take pity on us "mature" DMs and release a PDF later (or sooner).

These are fantastic to implement into any campaign or great plot hooks to reward players for side quests. I also personally like to give them in place of "Madness"or "Blessings" in certain campaigns and settings. All around good tools for DM's tool boxes.

I'm a fan. The little book is nice, the images on the cards are done very well, and the descriptions are really great. This deck can spur your own imagination and help with your game planning.

Firstly, this product is an amazing source of ideas for a campaign. Whether it’s a bane or boon, it gives the players one or more paths to acquire or get rid of it.I will definitely be using this in my next campaign.Secondly, I love the form factor. The cards are a fantastic way to allow my players to choose their own fate. I’ll likely have them each draw one (or more…maybe a bane and a boon each) face down. From there I can use them to add side quests and flavor to the story. Having the booklet in the same package is a great idea. And I’m delighted it’s not a simple tuck box.The product feels to be of very good quality materials and I hope to use it for a good long time.I’d love for this to become a series of products.

The cards and box are both high quality with great art! The explanation for the cards as well as ideas for tailoring them to fit different levels of groups is well thought out, and a great way to add a fun new element to any campaign!