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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jeffh" data-source="post: 1777260" data-attributes="member: 2642">As already pointed out, Martek is part of the Desert of Desolation series which placed quite respectably.NDT is meant to bridge the gap between Basic and Expert level play (and their respective orientations toward dungeon crawl and wilderness exploration) in Basic D&D. It's a wide-ranging quest that takes a group all over northern Karameikos, and you learn quite a bit about the culture and history of the area along the way. I ran it a few years ago, spliced into a different setting (a mistake as I'm now about to start a Mystara campaign where it would have fit far better), and my players couldn't get enough - it was some of the most enjoyable sessions I've ever had, and I had some problems with a certain player at the time that proved impossible to overcome except for most of the duration of that one adventure.It was also one of those modules with a British flag on them, by a different set of designers than TSR usually used at the time.  They were responsible for some other really excellent modules - the U and UK series plus at least one of the I modules - and at least one of them should have made it, if not NDT then Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh for starting the whole experiment (and probably being a lot of people's introduction to AD&D), or All That Glitters with its way-cool setting and memorable twist ending...EDIT - oops, Saltmarsh did make the list.</blockquote>