MageGate Games Reviews & Testimonials

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99% of customers would recommend MageGate Games

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Oliver E., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: I learned more from this book than just about any other book on how to GM. The best part is, it's not just giving advice, it's handing you a 'better GM blueprint' with tons of simple to advanced templates. You can mix-and-match, tweak, and use them over and over. This book is a treasure chest of ideas no GM should live with..." Read more

8 days ago

Dirk F., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: This is perfect for my dark fantasy-grimdark-gothic horror game. Whether you run Ravenloft or your own sinister setting, this book will give you the tools you need."

9 days ago

Ken K., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: I've always struggled to make store-bought adventures feel more like my own, and Legendary Lairs lets me do that. Without stressing, without hours of prep to "fix" them. As soon as I read it, I felt like I leveled up as a GM. That's how good it is. Belongs on your shelf next to The Lazy Dungeon Master and The Monsters Know W..." Read more

9 days ago

Rob O., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: If you love danger and horror—the kind that is sadly missing from most 5e books—Unearthly Lairs delivers. While it's for 5e, it feels very OSR-adjacent. Grognards will love it, but it's not just for them. It's for anyone who wants more out of their 5e game. More thrills, more chills, more everything dark and dangerous."

9 days ago

Sara G., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: Impressive! Covers everything you'd expect and more. Beyond the plentiful lair actions, the mix of magical and nonmagical terrain and traps ensures this book will see heavy use for years to come."

9 days ago

Alan D., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: This is the kind of book GMs wait their whole life for. It makes me look like a genius. Seriously! There's no way I would have thought of even half the stuff MageGate does."

9 days ago

Jim W., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: As a GM, I put a lot of work into my session prep. But since getting Legendary Lairs, I've been able to cut prep time in half. It really is that easy. 5 stars!"

9 days ago

Kurt P., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: What I like most about this book is how easy it is to drop a template into an encounter. I don't have to change anything I wrote, I just add the template on top to instantly make the encounter better. And it's not just for more fun for me (mwahaha!) but more memorable for my players. Since I started using this book, I've nev..." Read more

9 days ago

Sean B., Magegate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: Get this book if you want to terrify your players! It has so much crazy horror stuff I can't believe it. This is the definitive book for making the game scary again."

9 days ago

MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: This book has everything a GM needs to run years of cinematically themed encounters and lairs. Best of all, there's zero filler, no lore dumps, just straight up, serious crunch."

9 days ago

MageGate customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: Spooky and spectacular! There’s so much flavor and crunch you won’t be able to resist adding new story wrinkles to your campaign."

a month ago

Amazon customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: This was surprisingly difficult to review- it’s that good. ...this is, without a doubt, the best work out there."

a month ago

Rick L., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"250 Best Magic Items Complete Collection: I bought all of these as a bundle and am already using a few in my current game. The players seem to enjoy them a lot."

a month ago

Marina, MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: The art for Elemental Lairs is incredible. I also like the layout. The PDF has lots of links that can be used to jump to information easily. Excellent suggestions for making lairs and boss fights interesting, epic, and unexpected."

a month ago

Robert, DTRPG customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: MageGate has useful, usable, thematic lairs. The legendary and lair actions help flesh out how and why to use them, adding flavor to whatever level your encounters are set for."

a month ago

Splinterverse (YouTube channel) star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"I really like [MageGate books] for the flexibility of the options. Really, really fun."

a month ago

Peter B., Amazon Netherlands Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: This book allows you to go beyond the standard encounters a DnD session usually has and sets you up to create a custom crafted monster lair or themed dungeon where you won't just be fighting the monsters and traps, but the terrain itself. It is a book that helps fill a dungeon/lair with atmosphere that does not just look the..." Read more

2 days ago

Dan, DTRPG Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"250 Best Magic Items: Harvested, Ritual, and Team-Based Items: A really different perspective on magic items and how they are obtained, maintained and attuned too. You can tell a lot of time and effort went into each one of these and the results are amazing."

6 days ago

Chlorisaann, Amazon Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Game Master's Guide to Rites and Rituals: Very well thought rules for GMs who like to use rites, omens, etc."

6 days ago

Jessalyn S., Amazon customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Extreme Encounters: Weather & Terrain: Earth: (included in ELEMENTAL OMNIBUS): I got a lot of cool adventure ideas from this book! It has great easy rules for running adventures in caves, hills, mountains, forests and mines. This book as well as the others will always find use at my table!!!"

6 days ago

Nick C., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: Great book with great art and advice. Easy to read, easy to run at the table. No more boring bad guys or dungeons!"

8 days ago

Steve R., MageGate Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: This makes my favorite monster and villain locations not only smarter, but a hundred times more fun. Perfect for cursed, haunted, and toxic locations."

9 days ago

Terry, DTRPG customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: The author says ‘You’re not just getting ideas—you’re getting a framework you can rely on every session’ This is exactly right. So is it repeatable in the sense of repetitive? No. There are so many ideas and such great original flavor in each realm, lairs will never feel like more-of-the-same."

10 days ago

Robert, DTRPG Customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Unearthly Lairs: They inspire me to rethink my approaches to locations and boss fights."

16 days ago

Amazon UK customer star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt star-alt

"Legendary Lairs: Elemental Lairs: ...An absolute masterclass in mechanical depth for 5e boss encounters. The "crunch" is exactly what I look for... If you want to elevate your climactic boss fights from simple skirmishes to epic, memorable showdowns, this is an essential addition to your DM toolkit."

a month ago