A question for all the grognards! Help me pick a classic module.

[philreed]

Okay, I have to ask. Which modules did you get?

G1
G2
G3
I1
I6
U1
U2
U3

 

[Joël of the FoS]

I would add I3, I4, I5 to this lot of classics. It is the Egyptian-feel adventures. Of course, they are mainly dungeon crawl, but there is a lot of problem solving and info gathering in it.

With more emphasis on role playing, and a few additions with desert stuff, a DM worth its weight in dices could make them classics. They have this feel for me.

Joël

 

[ajanders]

Blasphemous Heretic

I'm going to keep plugging Keep on the Borderlands: it doesn't need conversion so much as it needs DM advice for how to interact with the characters and a grab basket of plots.
Does anyone seriously think that module is combat only?

 

[Gutboy Barrelhouse]

L1.
Not so much a module as a mini-campaign.
By Thor, I wish they had made more like it.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

All great suggestions. If you can find a copy, try one of the Frank Mentzer classics.

R1 To the Aid of Falx
R2 The Investigation of Hydell

Both of those would work. His other adventures are higher level.

 

[Sunderstone]

I'm shocked that no one mentioned...
S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth - to me this is the earliest mini campaign.

 

[SWBaxter]

All great suggestions. If you can find a copy, try one of the Frank Mentzer classics.

R1 To the Aid of Falx
R2 The Investigation of Hydell

I think those were originally RPGA modules, later published by TSR as part of Egg of the Phoenix, weren't they? IIRC, the series suffers a bit from goofy names syndrome, but it was otherwise a good source of stuff to steal.

 

[Varianor Abroad]

I think those were originally RPGA modules, later published by TSR as part of Egg of the Phoenix, weren't they? IIRC, the series suffers a bit from goofy names syndrome, but it was otherwise a good source of stuff to steal.

They were early RPGA modules by Frank Mentzer, yes. No idea if they were incorporated into the reissued EotP because I never bought it. I played in one of them - I think it was Hydell - when I went to Gen Con in the early 80s.

 

[diaglo]

They were early RPGA modules by Frank Mentzer, yes. No idea if they were incorporated into the reissued EotP because I never bought it. I played in one of them - I think it was Hydell - when I went to Gen Con in the early 80s.

R1 thru R4 were butchered and slipped into EotP. poorly done. very poorly done.

the originals worked better as stand alones.

 

[Plane Sailing]

UK2-3 were already mentioned. They're very fine modules, but IMO the best AD&D module is UK4 ("When A Star Falls"). It has lots of interesting elements -- a truly unique beginning, a compelling plot, some intriguing plot twists, many colourful NPCs, and a cool ending.

Amazing, I was reading through before making my recommendation and found that Akrasia had taken the very words out of my mouth. Almost exactly!

UK4 is fantastic. Best introductory plot hook ever too, with the memory web.

Cheers