Cubicle 7 really dropped the ball with this adventure collection. (Which is surprising after the excellent CRB)

If finally got the printed book several days ago and I immediately noticed the many typos (especially in the first adventure, Grim Harvest). NPCs names are sometimes written differently, another changes his/their pronoun from one paragraph to the next and the sentence structure is garbled in many places, as if there was a lot of hasty cut and paste editing going on at the last minute. It takes a lot of this to make me complain about it but in this book it impedes comprehension in some places so I had to bring it up.

Area names are sometimes also mixed up. In one adventure, you rescue NPC A in area X and they immediately ask the PCs to escort them to area X, where they all currently are... It was easy to figure out, what she actually wanted, but this is still annoying.

I also have reason to believe, little thought was put into the general structure of some adventures (or maybe they weren't playtested properly?). In the second adventure, a group of players, armed to the teeth, is presented with a monastery overrun with orcs. The adventure all but wants them to sneak through the dark halls, being only harassed by the orcs, especially their Kaptin and having scripted encounters while rescuing the monks one by one. I can imagine what many players are gonna do instead. I KNOW what my group will TRY to do instead. Exposing the traiter could have involved some more clever detective work also.

And what exactly the deal was between an NPC in the first adventure and the dark Eldar and why the dark Eldar even bothered, I don't know. Players can ask the DM the most inconvenient questions in such situations.

There is also a severe lack of maps in these adventures. Every adventure has an overview map of the entire area and that's it. Not gridded combat maps whatsoever. While it seems to me that W&G is supposed to be a more storytelling-focused game than e.g. DnD, it is still rather combat heavy and many players (especially my group, who I practically raised on DnD 3rd edition half a lifetime ago) really appreciate and ask for those maps. Well, a lot more work for me as the DM here... In fact, some important sub-areas that only appear as a marking on the general overview map do not have a map at all. Even if the bossfight is supposed to be taking place there. I am looking at you, Grim Harvest. So I have to design that entire area with opportunities for tactical play myself. It is not that I don't like that activity, but I have little time these days and there is a reason I am spending money on such a product.

I don't think I will be spending money on further Wrath and Glory Adventures.

Overall now that the four adventures for litanies have been released I feel like it's a good time to give it a review.

The adventures are all solid stopping off points and introduce new bits and pieces into any Wrath & Glory game.

Below are some other reviews of just what is included in the various adventures (spoilers are included so be warned):

Duty Beyond Death: A horror adventure where you must discern the mysterious circumstances of a manufactorum shutting down and outrun the various threats therein.

https://old.reddit.com/r/40krpg/comments/kg67y3/duty_beyond_death_what_do_you_get/

Dark Bidding: A stasis coffin has gone missing on a forge world and the mysterious contents are paramount to be returned.

https://old.reddit.com/r/40krpg/comments/ldn5ry/wg_dark_bidding_what_do_you_get/

Vow of Silence: A lone cathedral to the creed has stopped contact (not that there was much when all the monks have a vow of silence) however when a holy relic needs to be retrieved from the place you are sent to find out what's going on.

https://old.reddit.com/r/40krpg/comments/lynlb3/vow_of_silence_what_do_you_get/

Grim Harvest: An agri-world is having strange disappearances and as tensions rise in the settlements between the various adeptus of the valley the pcs are tasked with sorting events out.

https://old.reddit.com/r/40krpg/comments/m3vask/grim_harvest_what_do_you_get_spoilers/

Personally, the bestiary entires alone make the adventure collection worth it, but all of the adventures are for low tiers, which makes this a 4 star for me.

The first misson "Death beyond duty" has had my players gripped from the word go. Wow, it's perfectly captured the 40k grimdark feeling and the overall plot premise is great. I'd say my players only have a single session before we complete, but they have already asked for me to start homebrewing a follow on adventure (which depending on the choices the player take in this supplement, there's loads of avenues to go off and explore).

The first mission is a bit "on-rails" to start, as it see's players exploring a Manufacotrum. But it's a perfect introduction to the game and the 40k setting in general. Could not recommend enough!