# Dolmenwood Campaign Book by Necrotic Gnome

3 Hacker News commenters recommended Dolmenwood Campaign Book by Necrotic Gnome and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 1 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as beautifully made and well done, with plenty of material for the game master and worth reading even without playing Dolmenwood.

## Why people recommend it

- Beautiful and well made (1 comments): "it's beautiful AND incredibly well done. even if you don't plan to ever play dolmenwood: read through the campaign setting!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49084264))
- Lots of information for the GM (1 comments): "The Dolmenwood campaign provides a lot of information for the DM, too." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49087257))
- Worth reading without playing (1 comments): "it's beautiful AND incredibly well done. even if you don't plan to ever play dolmenwood: read through the campaign setting!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49084264))
- Recommenders own and rate it (1 comments): "the Dolmenwood campaign book is great and I own it" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49084999))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Dolmenwood by Gavin Norman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/dolmenwood.md): 8 recommend
- [Old-School Essentials by Gavin Norman](https://hackerapproved.com/p/old-school-essentials.md): 6 recommend
- [GURPS](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gurps.md): 3 recommend

## Where to get it

- [See price on Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/s?k=9798887561035&tag=hackerapprove-20) (affiliate link)
- [Bookshop.org](https://bookshop.org/a/130825/9798887561035) (affiliate link)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Dolmenwood Campaign Book by Necrotic Gnome", https://hackerapproved.com/p/dolmenwood-campaign-book/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).