TSR Example from the worst TSR adventure module(s) ever published

[Ancalagon]

I absolutely hate B8, the thing is a mess.

It does note in B1-9 - In Search of Adventure, that that module was originally a one-round tournament (maybe at Gencon?) where apparently parties could select one of the three paths to take. Not that there's any hints or foreshadowing what sort of challenges is along the three paths, you just have to blindly pick and hope you choose one your party can handle. Overall, it's still pretty non-nonsensical (puzzles that don't have a logical means of correctly figuring them out or encounters where the party is WAY out of their league where only blind luck will prevent a TPK), EXTREMELY railroady and all-in-all, not much fun to run. I tried running it back in the 90's for a group, and we just gave up on it because it wasn't any fun at all.

There has been a fair amount of griping about mediocre WotC adventures published for 5e lately. It's good to remind ourselves that well, art is hard, and bad adventures is not an entirely new phenomena. Or that while short adventures are easier to design IMO, it doesn't guarantee success.

 

[Orius]

I only just noticed that the cover image in my post had been altered.

The original says "Basic Game Adventure".

But that image really helps to sell the criticism you're making! Leave it for the lulz.

There has been a fair amount of griping about mediocre WotC adventures published for 5e lately. It's good to remind ourselves that well, art is hard, and bad adventures is not an entirely new phenomena. Or that while short adventures are easier to design IMO, it doesn't guarantee success.

WotC though has the benefit of nearly 50 years of game design to look back upon which clearly gets ignored if any of that criticism is warranted.

 

[Khisanth the Ancient]

But that image really helps to sell the criticism you're making! Leave it for the lulz.

LOL, that's great.

 

[rredmond]

Jakers nice thread resurrection! I know lots of peeps in this thread. But where’s Yora’s altered picture???

 

[Khisanth the Ancient]

It's in the linked blog post, not this thread. (It says "WTF Game Adventure" instead of "Basic Game Adventure".)

 

[CapnZapp]

I wonder how many times this thread has been resurrected.

 

[CapnZapp]

Deleted

 

[EzekielRaiden]

In reverse chronological order, only counting gaps of more than 6 weeks (only one gap flirts with this divide that I can find, and is clearly a continuation of two people talking to each other):

2024/04/01
2023/12/03
2023/03/06
2022/09/22
2022/04/15
2021/11/15
2021/06/28
2021/04/30
2020/11/27
2019/07/16
2019/03/21
2018/02/07
2017/11/09
2017/01/13
2016/01/16
2015/06/27
2015/01/14
2013/11/10
2012/03/31
2011/10/22
2011/01/14
2010/11/17
2010/05/04
2009/03/23
2008/09/17
2008/06/17
2007/02/14
2006/09/09

And then the thread was originally created 2005/09/14.

Impressively, despite the sheer volume of thread necromancy present, by my count 28 thread necros, about a third (7 out of 24 pages, at 20 posts per page) of the thread is still just the original content. It's also pretty impressive that there are more than a few familiar faces, even just going back to 2007. I'm seeing at least six or seven people that I know I've interacted with on this forum, some recently even!

 

[W'rkncacnter]

2024/04/01
2023/12/03
2023/03/06
2022/09/22
2022/04/15
2021/11/15
2021/06/28
2021/04/30
2020/11/27
2019/07/16
2019/03/21
2018/02/07
2017/11/09
2017/01/13
2016/01/16
2015/06/27
2015/01/14
2013/11/10
2012/03/31
2011/10/22
2011/01/14
2010/11/17
2010/05/04
2009/03/23
2008/09/17
2008/06/17
2007/02/14
2006/09/09

orcus would be proud.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

orcus would be proud.

So would Dracula.