These screencaps were posted by GM Leigh (of Mage Productions) on Twitter after being showed on WotC's Twitch stream, presented by Kate Welch and Nathan Stewart. Note the old Saltmarsh trilogy references!
Greyhawk fans would be upset if they used Saltmarsh and spelled one npc name wrong by mistake....
....I’m for a Saltmarsh update no matter how it’s updated!
No I wouldn't.
I agree with this.
I love U1 so much I've run it twice in 5e and am currently running it for a third time. Never played it as a kid but I believe my friend's parents owned a copy.
There is a fantastic set of maps for U1 someone posted on this site. U2 and U3 are good but I don't think they hold a candle to U1. It's a great short adventure you can complete in two sessions.
Unfortunately for WOTC I already own a copy I bought off of eBay and I already have the great maps printed up. And I have U2 an U3 in PDF form.
There's zero reason for me to buy a 5e conversion, especially if it's as lazy as that of Yawning Portal.
There's no way the maps will be as good as the free maps you can get and there's no equaling the pleasure in actually having a copy of the real thing.
I hope others enjoy it. But the ship has sailed for me on this product.
Greyhawk fans would be upset if they used Saltmarsh.
To be fair though, he's not entirely wrong. Fans haven't always been their own best friends.
There's zero reason for me to buy a 5e conversion, especially if it's as lazy as that of Yawning Portal.
Desert of Desolation was retrofitted to FR. It was originally released as being setting-neutral. I'm running it now. It really is a very good adventure, though I think that a good-faith update---not a thematically loosely related "spiritual successor" to other IMO often overdone classics as the others have been, but one that keeps a good bit of the story and plot intact---would be in order. The supermodule version has some rough patches and annoying decisions (e.g., the whole "teleport people to Raurin" to force them into the adventure) and a lot of areas that could be explored/filled out, either by WotC or by writers online. It would make a magnificent levels 1 to about 15 campaign, although I ended up running it starting at level 8 with existing characters. I wish I'd thought of running it before establishing some things I'm running now, because I'd fill out a lot of the details myself. It's a great story.
Link to the maps you mention please?