Great art and great writing. Can't say enough good words about that.

The plot and the scenario design are not as good, but that's not the key. To run Reign of Terror, the key is to bring your players back to that time, and the book provides enough for a keeper to do so.

These are two pretty good scenarios, and as a history nerd I definitely enjoyed how many of the events of the French Revolution play out as a backdrop to events. Overall, I think these scenarios evoke the feeling of the era well, while still being exciting and horrifying in their own right.

I do have a few complaints though: First, while you can technically play these as standalone adventures independent from Horror on the Orient Express, your players will really need to be familiar with that campaign to get the most out of the experience, and especially to appreciate the depth of the main villain's depravity. Without having played HotOE, Count Fennalik kind of feels like he comes out of nowhere and your players don't really get a chance to understand him as a character. The same goes for the statue in Fennalik's basement. I guess I should have expected this to be a factor going in, but it would have been nice if these scenarios felt just a bit more stand-alone.

Second, your players pretty much have to be soldiers for this scenario to work. Some groups may not mind this, but I always find it a bit off putting when a scenario needs the players to be of a certain profession in order for it to be run properly.

Third, you can't really run the second scenario without running the first, so this isn't so much two one-shot scenarios as it is a single one-shot scenario that has an optional second half. Again, not a huge deal, but it feels like a bit of false advertising to say this book has two scenarios.

Groups playing through Horror on the Orient Express will absolutely love these scenarios though, as it gives them a chance to delve more into the background of the important figures and lore behind that campaign. If you're not running HotOE, I think you may want to pass on this one, unless you're a huge French Revolution history buff. The two scenarios just don't quite stand on their own well enough.

It would have been nice if they had taken the occasion to expand out this book as a sourcebook for running all kinds of CoC adventures set during the late 18th century/early 19th century. Feels like a huge missed opportunity that they didn’t do that here. Yes, that would have required a lot more work and playtesting, but it would at least justify this book's existence as a standalone product.