OD&D Best Classic Adventures?

[Snarf Zagyg]

Personally, I prefer the unpolished, armature art style. I feel like it correctly embodies the DIY spirit of D&D.

Hey- I love the line art of D&D as much (probably MORE) than the next person. But there are so many decent-to-amazing covers from that time. That's .... that might be the worst one.

How you doin'?

 

[Viking Bastard]

Hey- I love the line art of D&D as much (probably MORE) than the next person. But there are so many decent-to-amazing covers from that time. That's .... that might be the worst one.

I had never seen that cover before and I really like it. It made me google that module.

 

[David Howery]

. I haven't seen it mentioned yet but B4: the Lost City is a good mini-campaign.

it can be, but it really needs some DM work. Of course, you can say that about several of the classic modules. One 'did it, never used it' project of mine way back in the day was heavily reworking B4 and transplanting it to the WoG; had planned to use it as the start of a new campaign with new PCs, never did for some reason.....

 

[Paul Farquhar]

The sections left blank for the DM to fill in are one of the defining traits of classic modules.

 

[Matrix Sorcica]

A masterpiece no one's mentioned yet: UK4: When a Star Falls.

Don't know this one. What makes it great?

 

[WayOfTheFourElements]

Don't know this one. What makes it great?

UK 1: Beyond the Crystal Cave is also really good, but may not be everyone's cup of tea: the party can finish the entire module without a single combat encounter.

Review: When a Star Falls

Time to take a short side trip in my blog to review a product… “When a Star Falls”, UK4, was the first Dungeons & Dragons module I ever purchased. It was back around 1984, whe…

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Retro Review For UK4 When A Star Falls By Graeme Morris For Advanced Dungeons & Dragons First Edition & Your Old School Campaigns

I've always had a particular love of this adventure & many years ago got a chance to play UK 4 When A Star Falls at the Orc's Nest i...

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AD&D Adventure Review: UK4 When a Star Falls

One of the best adventures of the original AD&D line is UK4: When a Star Falls. Here’s my review of this exceptional adventure.

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[Shiroiken]

BECMI has some of the best overall adventures IMO. Using an OSR, these should fit almost perfectly into your needs. I saw some suggestions for Against the Cult of the Reptile God, and I'd simply advise that you use it as a level 3+ adventure (it's excellent, but set at too low level IMO).

 

[Marc_C]

Can't believe you all missed L1 Secret of Bone Hill, which IMO is one of the best-designed old-school adventures out there.

I second that. L1 was a great discovery for me. My #1 old school module to date.

 

[guachi]

In 5e I've run a number of old adventures.

N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God
U1 Sinister Secrets of Saltmarsh
B2 The Keep on the Borderlands
B7 Rahasia
B10 Night's Dark Terror
UK2 The Sentinel
UK3 The Gauntlet
X1 Isle of Dread
X2 Castle Amber
X4 Master of the Desert Nomads
X5 Temple of Death

I'd run all of them again. B7 was the weakest but B10 was far an away the best adventure I've ever run. There isn't even a close second. There's a huge amount of play packed in those 64 pages and it took the party a number of sessions to complete.

 

[Alzrius]

Presuming that AD&D 2E isn't too recent to be considered a "classic," I'll say that I think Lisa Smedman's S5 The Dancing Hut of Baba Yaga (affiliate link) is a superb adventure. The backdrop is fascinating for what it presumes (e.g. that various forces - such as Day, Night, and Twilight - have incarnations that can be interacted with), the adventure is thrilling for its scope (the Hut is "funhouse" dungeon, but with its own underlying theme), and Baba Yaga herself is an awe-inspiring character. I honestly can't recommend this one enough.