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But what about the mold cleaning? The mystery remains. Was the cleaner close to the elevator before the security team boarded it?

This is a good point. When I started with D&D, I already read a lot, but when I jumped into AD&D (a few months later), it was only available in English. My knowledge of the language improved quickly and I learned a lot of vocabulary, although I used to joke that I learned the word "dweomer"...

This is really the most favorable kind of review, IMO, for such a product. Does it work for newbs? Does it hook them on the game? If so, mission accomplished.

The parrots lingers a bit over the area. If he doesn't spot anything else, he'll slowly fly back to the barge and report.

Yes, I'm aware.

"Aye, aye, sir, right on it" the parrot replies, but it is unclear if he's earnest or sarcastic. In any case, he does as he's been told and flies slowly towards the nearby beach.

No mention of Lester Smith, the original author? As far as I know, he tried to get the rights to the game in the past.

The parrot starts singing a mournful dirge; it is cacophonous but somewhat moving.

Well, have you ever seen Justice and Volo at the same inn, quaffing some expensive ale at the same time?

Fair enough. He looked somewhat smug when he was caught, or so it seemed to me, so you may very well be right.

So, what was Morrow's great plan? Count on a clueless "kid" to stumble upon some kind of plan and a huge stroke of luck? If Kirsch didn't have his enigmatic agenda, Slightly would have been caught while still conferring with Morrow. This series is very intriguing, but the writing, IMO, leaves...

It seems that even TSR sort of forgot B1. For example, it was never translated in Italian. When the Red Box came out in Italy in 1985 (IIRC), the modules available where B2, B3 and B4.

One gold piece for some ale?! Back in my days, you could have a pint of ale for one silver and there were twenty of them in each gold coin... the inflation is murderous.

Are you suggesting that such ambiguity was purposefully inserted by Gygax (I really don't think so, personally) or that it arose "naturally" from the hostile dynamics between the Keep and the natives?

Do hybrids dream of wrong-eyed sheep?

Monty Python Burglar Sketch

No? I mean, it is a style of play. The 5e campaign that I'm playing in currently (which is nearing its conclusion) is being ran - more or less - with this style and neither I, nor the 5 other players feel that the DM is a "tyrant". Another fine way of playing, to be sure. There are many. Not...

The DMG has this table for NPCs hit points. I would classify peasants as farmers and thus as "laboring".

One factor might be that in the OP you mention Shadowdark. I think that it's a great game and it's very popular, but it is not (and does not want to be) a retroclone.