[Dungeon] Are these issues worth picking up?

[Cthulhu's Librarian]

I was looking at my collection of Dungeon Magazines last night, specifically the 3.0 & 3.5 issues. I'm missing the following: 86, 87, 88, 89, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95. Are any of these issues really worth picking up? Are any of them losers I should just forget about? Which of these issues contained counters or other useful extras?

Thanks!

 

[Emirikol]

Dungeon has been outstanding since 3.0 came out. When considering the other issues you list, however I'd weigh it against how many adventures you're getting per page count.

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[VorpalBunny]

Emirikol has a point - they're all good issues. If possible, track them all down. IMO the best are: (MILD SPOILERS)
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• #87
  • Raiders of Galath's Roost: A great 1st-level Forgotten Realms adventure. If you're not into the Realms it has has a diminished appeal, but can be ported over into any campaign world with a little work.
  • Glacier Season: A half dragon enlists the PCs to help seek revenge on his white dragon father.
  • The Cradle of Madness: One word: Tharizdun. Very Cthulhu-esque.
• #92
  • The Razing of Redshore: An adventure for 20th-level PCs. Cool premise, VERY challenging.
  • Interlopers of Ruun-Khazai: Fight githyanki and githzerai on the Astral plane. Get a nifty fortress if you succeed.
• #93
  • The Storm Lord's Keep: The first, and to date only epic-level adventure published in Dungeon.
• #95
  • Spiral of Manzessine: A tie-in with City of the Spider Queen. The PCs are forced to detour through an illithid prison on their way to Maerimydra.

Some of the issues in the 90's contained counters. I took mine out of the mags and I don't remember which ones they came in.

 

[Default Name Player]

Off the top of my head, I'd say Dungeon 88 is a good one. I've heard people say good things about "Thirds of Purloined Vellum" (although I haven't read it myself yet). I like the FR setting, so the approx. 30 page adventure called "The Door from Everywhere" was interesting, esp. a very dense page of information in regards to Cormyr's method of wizard and adventuring party registration (in case you want to add in a touch of bureacracy into your game )

 

[Holy Bovine]

IMO the best are: (MILD SPOILERS)
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• #92
• • The Razing of Redshore: An adventure for 20th-level PCs. Cool premise, VERY challenging.
  • Interlopers of Ruun-Khazai: Fight githyanki and githzerai on the Astral plane. Get a nifty fortress if you succeed.

These two adventures are outstanding btw. I have used both of them (slightly modified to fit a Scarred Lands campaign) and the players had a blast. Great cinematics and plot development.

I own all of the issues you mention and really can't find fault with getting them all. Every issue has at least one good adventure in it and I think you would even get Omega World and Mecha Crusade on the Polyhedron side of the mag in that lot!

 

[Omand]

Hello,

Many of the main points I could make have already been expressed. A few other comments for you:

#86 - First Dragonlance adventure for 3E, by Tracy Hickman. It even contains time travel. I have not run it, but it reads well. The issue also contains a set of monster tokens (including Solmanic Knights and Draconians).

#87 - Tharizdun adventure as mentioned. The issue also comes with a bonus CD that includes several adventures from early issues of Dungeon.

# 88 - "The Door to Everywhere" adventure mentioned above, veyr cool in my opiniono. Monster Tokens again included.

#89 - The first Oriental flavour adventure for 3E appears in this isse. More monster tokens are also included.

#91 - Not to everyone's taste, but the "Challenge of Champions IV" adventure appears in this issue. A series of puzzles rather than fights for PCs to work through.

I am sure there is more, but much of it is covered in other posts above. I have enjoyed my issues and would recommend picking all of the ones you have listed up.

Cheers

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[Cthulhu's Librarian]

Thanks for the replies. I just picked issues 87-89 up on Ebay, I'll keep my eyes open for the others.

Rich