I think Into the Riverlands...is a perfect example of how to straddle the line between lore-dump and plot hook, a text that’s full of interesting, weird details that provoke far more questions than it answers. In twenty short pages, Riverlands describes a fantasy world of crumbling empires, thriving cities, and awe-inspiring forests, while leaving off loose ends and lingering questions ripe for answering through play. While it still has plenty enough substance to draw a map, it’s absolutely full of ambiguous Proper Nouns that will have you saying, “Oh shit, I can do something wild with this.”
