Something Rotten in Kislev

Although it received good critical reception, there were complaints that this product did not match the previous four installements in tone, and in a later edition of the campaign, Something Rotten in Kislev was replaced.

[4] In 2017, Cubicle 7 acquired the license for Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay,[5] and in 2019, began publishing a Director's Cut of the campaign for the fourth edition of the game.

There had been complaints that Something Rotten in Kislev did not match the tone of the preceding adventures,[6][7] and Cubicle 7 replaced it with The Horned Rat, created by Graeme Davis, with contributions by Dave Allen, Mac Dara Mac Donnacha, Chris Handley, Andy Law, Elaine Lithgow, TS Luikart, Pádraig Murphy, Clive Oldfield, Dylan Owen, Ciarán O'Brien, Síne Quinn, Anthony Ragan, and Simon Wileman.

While suitably dark and dismal, it also has its humorous moments as the adventurers deal with dangerous nature spirits, proud but superstitious nomads, petty nobles, and a necromancer with a social conscience."

"[9]: 244 In his 1991 book Heroic Worlds, game historian Lawrence Schick called this "the ultimate zombie adventure as the heroes confront way too many dead guys in the Russianesque city of Kislev.

"[2] In his 2023 book Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground, RPG historian Stu Horvath noted that Something Rotten in Kislev was "a tonal digression ...

Cover art by Richard Dolan