Experience with the Mysterious Tower

[Doctor DM]

I'm strongly considering running the Mysterious Tower (Dungeon Crawl Classics #3).

Just wondering if anyone has run or played it, some good and bad things about it, and just how it generally went.

 

[Grimstaff]

My group went through the ruins part pretty quick and the tower/dungeons part with few hitches, but did get bogged down a bit solving the forcefield puzzle. All in all, it was a good time, just be prepared to spoon-feed them a bit if they don't pick up on the puzzle quickly enough to keep play steaming along.

 

[Ant]

I DMed a small group through The Mysterious Tower late last year. One of the players kindly wrote a narrative about the adventure which I compiled and added to and then posted up on the Enworld Story Hour Forum here (skip the first post if you want to go straight to the story).

I made some minor and not-so-minor changes to the adventure. Overall the players had a great time and I had a lot of fun DMing it. There was one puzzle that caused one player (the author of the narrative, actually) some angst, though.

Anyway, I'd recommend having a read of the Story Hour (I think it's a very enjoyable read, myself) -- I'm more than happy to answer any specific questions you have.

 

[Doctor DM]

I DMed a small group through The Mysterious Tower late last year. One of the players kindly wrote a narrative about the adventure which I compiled and added to and then posted up on the Enworld Story Hour Forum here (skip the first post if you want to go straight to the story).

I made some minor and not-so-minor changes to the adventure. Overall the players had a great time and I had a lot of fun DMing it. There was one puzzle that caused one player (the author of the narrative, actually) some angst, though.

Anyway, I'd recommend having a read of the Story Hour (I think it's a very enjoyable read, myself) -- I'm more than happy to answer any specific questions you have.

Man, that's a good story hour. Thanks.