Journey to The Rock - your experiences?

[Quasqueton]

Forty-fourth thread of a series on the old classic Dungeons & Dragons adventure modules. It is interesting to see how everyone's experiences compared and differed.

Journey to The Rock

Did you Play or DM this adventure (or both, as some did)? What were your experiences? Did you complete it? What were the highlights for you?

Quasqueton

 

[jonesy]

It's a short boring railroad with three tracks and pointless fluff that doesn't have the crunch. It's a sprite who thinks it's a giant. After we got through it the general feeling was "that was it?".

 

[trollwad]

we've definately are reaching the end of the "remember..." thread

 

[Quasqueton]

we've definately are reaching the end of the "remember..." thread

Are we into the dregs, now?

Quasqueton

 

[pogre]

Are we into the dregs, now?

Quasqueton

Well B8 qualifies as dregs IMO. I quite like a lot of the rest of the B-series though.

 

[drscott46]

I wonder if "Michael Malone" and "Harry Nuckols" (author of B9) were pseudonyms, much like "Richard Awlinson" as the author of some of the Forgotten Realms Avatar novels.

I don't recall ever seeing either name again on a TSR product, and I can't help but wonder if some of these later adventures were given the "Alan Smithee" treatment by embarrassed TSR staffers and/or freelancers.

 

[Crothian]

Never have seen this one.

 

[Rhun]

Never played or DM'd that one. And that is saying a lot, because I played or DM'd most early modules.

 

[mearls]

I played this one as part of a BD&D campaign in junior high. This is all I remember about our thrilling Journey to the Rock:

Players: "Man, this is boring and lame. Can we just turn around and go home."
DM: "Ummm... look, this is all I have prepared. Did I mention there's a sword +2 at the end?"
Me, Playing a Fighter Who Really Wanted a Sword +2: "Yeah, this adventure is great. Now shut up and keep marching."

Repeat that about 5 or 6 times, and you have our Journey to the Rock.

And yes, I did get the sword +2. I don't think the campaign went on for long enough for me to ever actually enjoy it, though.

 

[Olgar Shiverstone]

This one certainly sounds like the dregs (never played it). How about X4/X5 -- has there been a discussion on those?