D&D General Dungeon Magazine's Top 30 Adventures: Do they hold up?

[pogre]

Heck I'm not even sure I have a standard for what a good adventure is that I could articulate. I'll bet that for any non-trivial "rule" I come up with for what makes a good published adventure I'd be able to find some adventure that I like that breaks it.

Exactly right. I thought I would have no use for The Wild Beyond the Witchlight. However, one of my players bought it for me and I used a significant portion of it and really found it delightful. Whereas, I loved the concept of Candlekeep Mysteries, but the adventures I ran from it fell a little flat.

 

[Lanefan]

I believe you can ascertain whether something is truly bad with a read through.

I've learned otherwise. Some modules look great on a read-through but don't work well once they hit the table; while others look pretty bad on initial reading but end up playing just fine if not better.

 

[Parmandur]

That sounds like 5e Curse... not 2e House....

D'oh, so it is!

 

[pogre]

I've learned otherwise. Some modules look great on a read-through but don't work well once they hit the table; while others look pretty bad on initial reading but end up playing just fine if not better.

Just so.

Another vote for the variance in experiences.