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Dungeon Magazine's Top 30 Adventures: Do they hold up?
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<blockquote data-quote="Urriak Uruk" data-source="post: 8637473" data-attributes="member: 7015558"><p>Way back in ye' old 2004 on the 30th Anniversary of D&D, Dungeon Magazine published its list of the top 30 published adventures of all time. The list was dominated by classic TSR adventures from the game's earliest editions. Notably, only one adventure (The Dark Tower) was not published by TSR, but considering how the list was published by the successor WotC it's not surprising.</p><p></p><p>My question is... does this list hold up under scrutiny? Do you agree with the choices? Many of these adventures have been criticized, such as Matt Colville calling the Temple of Elemental Evil "un-runnable," and the Tomb of Horrors is notorious for being... unpleasant for players. Is the list too heavily tilted to the earliest editions of D&D, or does this erase the good work of 3rd-party publishers? Or perhaps, are the critics just contrarians and these are indeed the best adventures of D&D?</p><p></p><p>I'm curious of people's thoughts. In my opinion, some of these are indeed very good, others more mixed. Tomb of Horrors being number 3 is probably my biggest gripe.</p><p></p><p><strong>The list, from starting from the best:</strong></p><p>GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders</p><p>I6 Ravenloft</p><p>S1 Tomb of Horrors</p><p>T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil</p><p>S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks SONY DSC</p><p>I3-5 Desert of Desolation</p><p>B2 The Keep on the Borderlands</p><p>Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil</p><p>S2 White Plume Mountain</p><p>Return to the Tomb of HorrorsSONY DSC</p><p>Gates of Firestorm Peak</p><p>The Forge of Fury</p><p>I1 Dwellers of the Forbidden City</p><p>Dead Gods</p><p>X2 Castle Amber (Chateau d’Amberville)</p><p>X1 The Isle of Dread</p><p>The Ruins of UndermountainSONY DSC</p><p>C1 Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan</p><p>N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God</p><p>A1-4 Scourge of the Slavelords</p><p>Dark Tower</p><p>S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth</p><p>WG4 The Forgotten Temple of TharizdunSONY DSC</p><p>City of the Spider Queen</p><p>DL1 Dragons of Despair</p><p>WGR6 The City of Skulls</p><p>U1 The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh</p><p>B4 The Lost City</p><p>L2 The Assassin’s Knot</p><p>C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Urriak Uruk, post: 8637473, member: 7015558"] Way back in ye' old 2004 on the 30th Anniversary of D&D, Dungeon Magazine published its list of the top 30 published adventures of all time. The list was dominated by classic TSR adventures from the game's earliest editions. Notably, only one adventure (The Dark Tower) was not published by TSR, but considering how the list was published by the successor WotC it's not surprising. My question is... does this list hold up under scrutiny? Do you agree with the choices? Many of these adventures have been criticized, such as Matt Colville calling the Temple of Elemental Evil "un-runnable," and the Tomb of Horrors is notorious for being... unpleasant for players. Is the list too heavily tilted to the earliest editions of D&D, or does this erase the good work of 3rd-party publishers? Or perhaps, are the critics just contrarians and these are indeed the best adventures of D&D? I'm curious of people's thoughts. In my opinion, some of these are indeed very good, others more mixed. Tomb of Horrors being number 3 is probably my biggest gripe. [B]The list, from starting from the best:[/B] GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders I6 Ravenloft S1 Tomb of Horrors T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil S3 Expedition to the Barrier Peaks SONY DSC I3-5 Desert of Desolation B2 The Keep on the Borderlands Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil S2 White Plume Mountain Return to the Tomb of HorrorsSONY DSC Gates of Firestorm Peak The Forge of Fury I1 Dwellers of the Forbidden City Dead Gods X2 Castle Amber (Chateau d’Amberville) X1 The Isle of Dread The Ruins of UndermountainSONY DSC C1 Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan N1 Against the Cult of the Reptile God A1-4 Scourge of the Slavelords Dark Tower S4 The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth WG4 The Forgotten Temple of TharizdunSONY DSC City of the Spider Queen DL1 Dragons of Despair WGR6 The City of Skulls U1 The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh B4 The Lost City L2 The Assassin’s Knot C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness [/QUOTE]
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