Ok what are all these adventures!?

[olshanski]

For N2, the Forest Oracle, please see the following thread: It is one of the all time great threads on EN World:

example-worst-tsr-adventure-module-s-ever-published

 

[Holy Bovine]

So you have heard of them...thanks.

I have narrowed down to about 70...though some, yes I have heard of, but still have hard time believing people played them:


47 U3 The Final Enemy Dave Browne Don Turnbull 1983

This is the finale to the Secrets of Saltmarsh adventures (U1&2). Never played it but the first two were great.

48 UK1 Beyond the Crystal Cave Dave Brown Tom Kirby Graeme Morris 1983
49 UK2 The Sentinel Graeme Morris 1983

Own and read but never played or run. This was the beginning of the UK Invasion of the mid-80's though.

50 X4 Master of the Desert Nomads David Cook 1983
51 X5 Temple of Death David Cook 1983

Own, played and run (more than once). While "railroady" it is a fun, fast paced adventure with plenty of wilderness and dungeons to explore. I am currently running a group through a modified version of this for 4E.

52 B6 The Veiled Society David Cook 1984
53 B8 Journey to the Rock Michael Malone 1984
54 BSOLO Ghost of Lion Castle Merle M. Rasmussen 1984
55 C3 The Lost Island of Castanamir Ken Rolston 1984
56 CB1 Conan Unchained! David Cook 1984
57 CB2 Conan Against Darkness! Ken Rolston 1984

While I have heard of these I have never played or run them and have only ever read the Conan ones.

58 CM1 Test of the Warlords Douglas Niles 1984
59 CM2 Death's Ride Garry Spiegle 1984
60 CM3 Sabre River Douglas Niles, Bruce Nesmith 1984

Love these adventures. High-level goofiness in the case of Death's Ride but solid high-level adventures that don't try to nerf everything a high level PC can do.

65 MV1 Midnight on Dagger Alley Merle M. Rasmussen 1984

Another 'solo' adventure iirc. Nothing special.

66 N2 The Forest Oracle Carl Smith 1984

Some have defended it but this is truly an awful adventure. Bland and banal.

67 O2 Blade of Vengeance Jim Bambra 1984

Don't recognize this one.

68 UK3 The Gauntlet Graeme Morris 1984
69 UK4 When a Star Falls Graeme Morris 1984
70 UK5 Eye of the Serpent Graeme Morris 1984
71 UK6 All That Glitters... Jim Bambra 1984

Ah the heart of the 'UK Invasion' of the mid-80's. Some really great moments in these adventures as I recall. Of course it has been 20+ years since I ran them! Still own 'em though.

73 X6 Quagmire! Merle M. Rasmussen 1984

Medicore at best. Not a high point of the X series.

74 X7 War Rafts of Kron Bruce Nesmith 1984
75 X8 Drums on Fire Mountain Graeme Morris Tom Kirby 1984

These on the other hand are! Especially War Rafts. Love, love, LOVE that module. Explore an underwater city, fight Storm Giants and shark riding merfolk!

76 XL1 Quest for the Heartstone Michael L. Gray 1984

Ah - the module tie-in to the D&D toys released by LJN. Has a fantastic '3-D' map in it (like the map in classic I6 Ravenloft adventure) but the adventure is a straight-up hack n' slay dungeon romp to find the Heartstone. Some fun could be added by having the players choose some of the good & evil pre-generated PCs (all of whom were represented by the action figures from LJN). Some really strong artwork compliments this module too.

77 XSOLO Lathan's Gold Merle M. Rasmussen 1984

never heard of this one.


*whew - that's all I'm doing for now!

 

[Holy Bovine]

yikes. A quick count revealed that I once owned 59 of those modules. Nowadays, I think I have about 8 of them left... lost all the others as I moved around...

A few years ago I went on a buying spree locating the modules I had lost over the years. I have probably 80 or so now from the list and am always looking for more even today!