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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7730960" data-attributes="member: 20323"><p>I agree that McNally Robinson misses the boat when it comes to typing the D&D products. For instance, <em>Curse of Strahd</em> is described as "A Dungeons & Dragons Sourcebook."</p><p></p><p>One interesting thing about McNally Robinson is that when you search for products from "Wizards RPG Team", <em>Tales from the Yawning Portal</em> shows up under its original code name "Labyrinth": <a href="http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/searchresults.php?txtSearchMode=books&txtSearchFulltextCriteria=Rpg+Team+Wizards&txtSearchSearchType=author&cmdSubmit=search&intSearchOffset=10" target="_blank">see here</a></p><p></p><p>[SBLOCK=Screen snapshot]<img src="https://i.imgur.com/jDAuMBV.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />[/SBLOCK]</p><p></p><p>While Broadway is definitely an adventure (given that they're releasing dice for it like <em>Tomb of Annihilation</em>), the pricing & page-count of "Catacomb" being the same as "Broadway" ($65.95 Canadian, 256 pgs) suggest it may also be an adventure. Maybe they are bucking the trend and putting out two adventure books just two months apart!</p><p></p><p>If "Catacomb" is essentially a <em>Tales from the Yawning Portal</em> 2, then I'd wager a guess at what we'd find inside...</p><p></p><p>If you compare the adventures in TftYP to the <a href="https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Dungeon+magazine%27s+%22The+30+Greatest+D%2526D+Adventures+of+All+Time%22" target="_blank">30 Greatest Adventures of All Time (acc. to Dungeon magazine)</a>, you see several overlaps...</p><p></p><p>• G1-3: Against the Giants <span style="color: #FF0000">#1 </span>(as part of "Queen of the Spiders")</p><p>• Dead in Thay</p><p>• Forge of Fury</p><p>• C1: Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan <span style="color: #FF0000">#13</span></p><p>• Sunless Citadel</p><p>• S1: Tomb of Horrors <span style="color: #FF0000">#3</span></p><p>• S2: White Plume Mountain <span style="color: #FF0000">#22</span></p><p></p><p>So it would make sense to see several other adventures from Dungeon's list appear in a hypothetical <em>Tales from the Yawning Portal</em> 2... But which ones? Let's rule some out first...</p><p></p><p><strong>Adventures already adapted</strong></p><p>I6: Ravenloft was already turned into <em>Curse of Strahd</em></p><p>T1-4: Temple of Elemental Evil/Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil already were adapted to <em>Princes of the Apocalypse</em></p><p>B2: Keep on the Borderlands is being converted by Goodman Games as part of their classic collector’s edition including B1, <a href="http://goodman-games.com/blog/2017/03/26/classic-dd-module-collectors-editions/" target="_blank">http://goodman-games.com/blog/2017/03/26/classic-dd-module-collectors-editions/</a> Seems likely that B4: The Lost City will be also part of their conversions.</p><p></p><p><strong>Adventures too large for a compilation</strong></p><p>Desert of Desolation (I3-5)… 128 pgs</p><p>Dead Gods…176 pgs</p><p>Gates of Firestorm Peak… 96 pgs</p><p>Scourge of the Slave Lords (A1-4)… 128 pgs</p><p>The Ruins of Undermountain… 128 pgs + 32 pgs</p><p></p><p><strong>Tournament Modules that probably don’t translate well to modern gaming</strong></p><p>Castle Amber (X2)</p><p>Ghost Tower of Inverness (C2)</p><p></p><p><strong>Setting-specific adventures</strong></p><p>Dragons of Despair (DL1)</p><p>The City of Skulls (WGR6)</p><p></p><p><strong>Adventures that aren’t about dungeons (assuming "Catacomb" is a hint)</strong></p><p>The Assassin’s Knot (L2)</p><p></p><p>So what does that leave? I think it would be reasonable to expect to see 3-4 of the following adventures in a hypothetical <em>Tales from the Yawning Portal</em> 2...</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"> Queen of Spiders (GDQ1-7), specifically Descent into the Depths of the Earth (D1), Shrine of the Kuo-toa (D2), and Vault of the Drow (D3), as a logical continuation of the “Against the Giants” conversion that appeared in TftYP.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (S3)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dwellers of the Forbidden City (I1)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Isle of Dread (X1)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Against the Cult of the Reptile God (N1)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Dark Tower</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (S4)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun (WG4)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">City of the Spider Queen</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (U1)</li> </ul></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7730960, member: 20323"] I agree that McNally Robinson misses the boat when it comes to typing the D&D products. For instance, [I]Curse of Strahd[/I] is described as "A Dungeons & Dragons Sourcebook." One interesting thing about McNally Robinson is that when you search for products from "Wizards RPG Team", [I]Tales from the Yawning Portal[/I] shows up under its original code name "Labyrinth": [url=http://www.mcnallyrobinson.com/searchresults.php?txtSearchMode=books&txtSearchFulltextCriteria=Rpg+Team+Wizards&txtSearchSearchType=author&cmdSubmit=search&intSearchOffset=10]see here[/url] [SBLOCK=Screen snapshot][IMG]https://i.imgur.com/jDAuMBV.png[/IMG][/SBLOCK] While Broadway is definitely an adventure (given that they're releasing dice for it like [I]Tomb of Annihilation[/I]), the pricing & page-count of "Catacomb" being the same as "Broadway" ($65.95 Canadian, 256 pgs) suggest it may also be an adventure. Maybe they are bucking the trend and putting out two adventure books just two months apart! If "Catacomb" is essentially a [I]Tales from the Yawning Portal[/I] 2, then I'd wager a guess at what we'd find inside... If you compare the adventures in TftYP to the [url=https://www.librarything.com/bookaward/Dungeon+magazine%27s+%22The+30+Greatest+D%2526D+Adventures+of+All+Time%22]30 Greatest Adventures of All Time (acc. to Dungeon magazine)[/url], you see several overlaps... • G1-3: Against the Giants [COLOR="#FF0000"]#1 [/COLOR](as part of "Queen of the Spiders") • Dead in Thay • Forge of Fury • C1: Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan [COLOR="#FF0000"]#13[/COLOR] • Sunless Citadel • S1: Tomb of Horrors [COLOR="#FF0000"]#3[/COLOR] • S2: White Plume Mountain [COLOR="#FF0000"]#22[/COLOR] So it would make sense to see several other adventures from Dungeon's list appear in a hypothetical [I]Tales from the Yawning Portal[/I] 2... But which ones? Let's rule some out first... [B]Adventures already adapted[/B] I6: Ravenloft was already turned into [I]Curse of Strahd[/I] T1-4: Temple of Elemental Evil/Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil already were adapted to [I]Princes of the Apocalypse[/I] B2: Keep on the Borderlands is being converted by Goodman Games as part of their classic collector’s edition including B1, [url]http://goodman-games.com/blog/2017/03/26/classic-dd-module-collectors-editions/[/url] Seems likely that B4: The Lost City will be also part of their conversions. [B]Adventures too large for a compilation[/B] Desert of Desolation (I3-5)… 128 pgs Dead Gods…176 pgs Gates of Firestorm Peak… 96 pgs Scourge of the Slave Lords (A1-4)… 128 pgs The Ruins of Undermountain… 128 pgs + 32 pgs [B]Tournament Modules that probably don’t translate well to modern gaming[/B] Castle Amber (X2) Ghost Tower of Inverness (C2) [B]Setting-specific adventures[/B] Dragons of Despair (DL1) The City of Skulls (WGR6) [B]Adventures that aren’t about dungeons (assuming "Catacomb" is a hint)[/B] The Assassin’s Knot (L2) So what does that leave? I think it would be reasonable to expect to see 3-4 of the following adventures in a hypothetical [I]Tales from the Yawning Portal[/I] 2... [list][*] Queen of Spiders (GDQ1-7), specifically Descent into the Depths of the Earth (D1), Shrine of the Kuo-toa (D2), and Vault of the Drow (D3), as a logical continuation of the “Against the Giants” conversion that appeared in TftYP. [*]Expedition to the Barrier Peaks (S3) [*]Dwellers of the Forbidden City (I1) [*]The Isle of Dread (X1) [*]Against the Cult of the Reptile God (N1) [*]Dark Tower [*]The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (S4) [*]The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun (WG4) [*]City of the Spider Queen [*]The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (U1)[/list] [/QUOTE]
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