Goodman Games' Next Reincarnation Is Expedition To The Barrier Peaks

Whizbang Dustyboots · Mar 11, 2019

Mistwell said:
I am surprised. I thought WOTC would want to revamp this themselves for 5e.

I thought it was a pretty glaring omission from Yawning Portal. Followed by them doing Kwalish, I suspected they weren't feeling it, for whatever reason.

I had hoped that Goodman would tackle Castle Amber next, but it's hard to argue with this one for mass appeal.

Parmandur · Mar 11, 2019

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
I thought it was a pretty glaring omission from Yawning Portal. Followed by them doing Kwalish, I suspected they weren't feeling it, for whatever reason.

I had hoped that Goodman would tackle Castle Amber next, but it's hard to argue with this one for mass appeal.

I'm actually really curious as to which old modules are on the table, as I assume Mearls has plotted out which ones to use and how given the success of Strahd and Yawning Portal.

Parmandur · Mar 11, 2019

Mistwell said:
I am surprised. I thought WOTC would want to revamp this themselves for 5e.

I had suspected that WotC was letting Goodman do B/X, leaving AD&D modules for themselves. But there is a Basic module in Ghosts of Saltmarsh, and now this, so who knows.

Whizbang Dustyboots · Mar 11, 2019

I think it's notable that we haven't heard anything about the Slavers, D series or Queen of the Demonweb Pits. Those seem to be the major missing classic modules still missing. There's other great ones -- Beyond the Crystal Cave, Against the Cult of the Reptile God and Dwellers of the Forbidden City, for instance -- but none of them have the profile of A1-4 or D1-3 and Q1.

aco175 · Mar 11, 2019

I must be the only one that thought this one was terrible. Maybe it was because I was 12 and remember feeling so let down when we encountered aliens and all the spaceship stuff. I guess I can only suspend disbelief so much.

Parmandur · Mar 11, 2019

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
I think it's notable that we haven't heard anything about the Slavers, D series or Queen of the Demonweb Pits. Those seem to be the major missing classic modules still missing. There's other great ones -- Beyond the Crystal Cave, Against the Cult of the Reptile God and Dwellers of the Forbidden City, for instance -- but none of them have the profile of A1-4 or D1-3 and Q1.

There's also the Temple of Elemental Evil (PotA was an homage, but they released ToA the same year as Yawning Portal), among others: Ghosts of Saltmarsh opens up Dungeon magazine article, too.

If Ghosts of Saltmarsh is successful, I think we'll see subsequent similar sandbox compilations. Makes good use of the old modular adventures.

dwayne · Mar 11, 2019

Loved this old Greyhawk adventure happy they up dated it.

Whizbang Dustyboots · Mar 11, 2019

Parmandur said:
If Ghosts of Saltmarsh is successful, I think we'll see subsequent similar sandbox compilations. Makes good use of the old modular adventures.

The only wrinkle on Dungeon and Dragon revamps is the rights issue. I don't know what the old contracts said, but unless they're perpetual rights, WotC would need to renegotiate the use of those old adventures. (Obviously, it's a lot easier when Mearls wrote one of them.)

But yeah, there's a treasure trove of old material they could dust off, either as its own product or to flesh out module re-releases.

Parmandur · Mar 11, 2019

Whizbang Dustyboots said:
The only wrinkle on Dungeon and Dragon revamps is the rights issue. I don't know what the old contracts said, but unless they're perpetual rights, WotC would need to renegotiate the use of those old adventures. (Obviously, it's a lot easier when Mearls wrote one of them.)

But yeah, there's a treasure trove of old material they could dust off, either as its own product or to flesh out module re-releases.

I'm sure the history of that is... complicated...but they publish old Dragon and Dungt material in every Dragon+ issue, ai they have been working on the legal side of those, and that might just be starting to pay off.

Whizbang Dustyboots · Mar 11, 2019

Parmandur said:
I'm sure the history of that is... complicated...but they publish old Dragon and Dungt material in every Dragon+ issue, ai they have been working on the legal side of those, and that might just be starting to pay off.

That's a good point. This is probably a mostly solved issue. (It's possible there's stuff that they don't have or can't get the rights to, and we just never see those reprinted or updated anywhere.)

In that case, I'm putting in my votes for Citadel by the Sea, Pit of the Oracle and Fedifensor to get updated next. Ooh, and a hag-ariffic update of The Dancing Hut.