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Is TOMB OF HORRORS the Worst Adventure Of All Time?
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<blockquote data-quote="Morrus" data-source="post: 7692661" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>Prevailing opinion here in the EN World community has traditionally held that the worst adventure module of all time is 1984's <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?148566-Example-from-the-worst-TSR-adventure-module(s)-ever-published" target="_blank">The Forest Oracle</a>.<em> 7th Sea</em> designer John Wick (whose upcoming edition of 7th Sea is the <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3148-The-10-Most-Anticipated-Tabletop-RPGs-Of-2016-Are#.VqZmjzac9Bw" target="_blank">third most anticipated tabletop RPG of 2016</a>) vehemently disagrees; he nominates the classic adventure <em>Tomb of Horrors</em> for that position, contending that it [HQ]"represents all the wrong, backward thinking that people have about being a GM."[/HQ] In an article on his blog (warning: this uses a lot of strong language), he goes into great detail as to why he hold this opinion, stating that the adventure is the [HQ]"worst, &#@&$&@est, most disgusting piece of pig vomit ever published".[/HQ][PRBREAK][/PRBREAK]<p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center"></p> <p style="text-align: center">[ATTACH=full]110258[/ATTACH]</p> <p style="text-align: center"></p><p></p><p></p><p>[lQ]"My players picked the entrance with the long corridor rather than the two other entrances which are instant kills. That’s right, out of the three ways to enter the tomb, two of them are designed to give the GM the authority for a TPK."[/lQ]</p><p></p><p>Very strong words, and you can <a href="http://johnwickpresents.com/updates/the-worst-adventure-of-all-times/" target="_blank">read them all here</a>. As I mentioned before, there's lots of NSFW language there.</p><p></p><p>The article also includes an anecdote about a convention game in which he participated. In that game, being already familiar with the adventure and its traps (and having advised the DM of this), he played a thief and attempted to discover or deactivate the traps, up until a near TPK occurred and he left the game.</p><p></p><p>Wick is, of course, no stranger to controversy. A couple of years ago, he created widespread internet arguments when he stated that "<a href="http://johnwickpresents.com/games/game-designs/chess-is-not-an-rpg-the-illusion-of-game-balance/" target="_blank">The first four editions of D&D are not roleplaying games</a>."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Morrus, post: 7692661, member: 1"] Prevailing opinion here in the EN World community has traditionally held that the worst adventure module of all time is 1984's [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?148566-Example-from-the-worst-TSR-adventure-module(s)-ever-published"]The Forest Oracle[/URL].[I] 7th Sea[/I] designer John Wick (whose upcoming edition of 7th Sea is the [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?3148-The-10-Most-Anticipated-Tabletop-RPGs-Of-2016-Are#.VqZmjzac9Bw"]third most anticipated tabletop RPG of 2016[/URL]) vehemently disagrees; he nominates the classic adventure [I]Tomb of Horrors[/I] for that position, contending that it [HQ]"represents all the wrong, backward thinking that people have about being a GM."[/HQ] In an article on his blog (warning: this uses a lot of strong language), he goes into great detail as to why he hold this opinion, stating that the adventure is the [HQ]"worst, &#@&$&@est, most disgusting piece of pig vomit ever published".[/HQ][PRBREAK][/PRBREAK][CENTER] [ATTACH=FULL]110258[/ATTACH] [/CENTER] [lQ]"My players picked the entrance with the long corridor rather than the two other entrances which are instant kills. That’s right, out of the three ways to enter the tomb, two of them are designed to give the GM the authority for a TPK."[/lQ] Very strong words, and you can [URL="http://johnwickpresents.com/updates/the-worst-adventure-of-all-times/"]read them all here[/URL]. As I mentioned before, there's lots of NSFW language there. The article also includes an anecdote about a convention game in which he participated. In that game, being already familiar with the adventure and its traps (and having advised the DM of this), he played a thief and attempted to discover or deactivate the traps, up until a near TPK occurred and he left the game. Wick is, of course, no stranger to controversy. A couple of years ago, he created widespread internet arguments when he stated that "[URL="http://johnwickpresents.com/games/game-designs/chess-is-not-an-rpg-the-illusion-of-game-balance/"]The first four editions of D&D are not roleplaying games[/URL]." [/QUOTE]
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