By now the Tyranny of Dragons plotline/campaign is largely considered a poor adventure for 5e (if not the worst official campaign). Perhaps it was the rocky start of Horde of the Dragon Queen, the railroad plot, the imbalanced encounters (take your pick), but it is almost universally maligned.
This was the first hardcover adventure, and it shows. Thankfully, the Starter Set's "Lost Mines of Phandelver" carried the weight of introducing many players to 5e for several years, and it's fondly remembered.
But what did Tyranny of Dragons cost D&D players this edition? As an adventure campaign, it can be tossed aside in favor of one that has been better received ("Curse of Strahd," for example seems to have taken the place as "THE D&D experience" - at least in my local meta). However, it has cost players the official "traditional" published D&D campaign. The goblins and kobolds, the dragons in the name of the game. The traditional high fantasy.
Instead of a "Red Hand of Doom", 5e has "Tyranny of Dragons." And it seems that Wizards wants to release only one campaign per theme (Demons, Devils, Giants, Elementals, Lich, Vampire, etc.) And our only big dragon adventure is a trainwreck that no one will play.
What do you think?
This was the first hardcover adventure, and it shows. Thankfully, the Starter Set's "Lost Mines of Phandelver" carried the weight of introducing many players to 5e for several years, and it's fondly remembered.
But what did Tyranny of Dragons cost D&D players this edition? As an adventure campaign, it can be tossed aside in favor of one that has been better received ("Curse of Strahd," for example seems to have taken the place as "THE D&D experience" - at least in my local meta). However, it has cost players the official "traditional" published D&D campaign. The goblins and kobolds, the dragons in the name of the game. The traditional high fantasy.
Instead of a "Red Hand of Doom", 5e has "Tyranny of Dragons." And it seems that Wizards wants to release only one campaign per theme (Demons, Devils, Giants, Elementals, Lich, Vampire, etc.) And our only big dragon adventure is a trainwreck that no one will play.
What do you think?