D&D 1E Old Timers: Remember G1-2-3, D1-D2, D3, and Q1?

[Circa 1976]

Note: A question regarding a suggestion will follow at the end of this post.

The following series of adventure modules was intended to be run consecutively by the DM as one campaign.

G1, Steading of the Hill Giant Chief (1978) - Character Levels 6 or 7
G2, The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl (1978) - Character Level 9
G3, Hall of the Fire Giant King (1978) - Character Level 13
D1, Descent Into the Depths of the Earth (1978) - Character Levels 9 or 10 - where my EN avatar came from
D2, Shrine of the Kuo-Toa (1978) - Character Levels 11 to 14
D3, Vault of the Drow (1978) - Character Levels 10 to 14
Q1, Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1980) - Character Levels 10 to 14

Anyway...the battery in the fantasy-adventure authoring region of my brain is showing low power. Thus, I'm starting a massive project in which I'll adapt the above content to SPI/TSR's DragonQuest rules. I have the first six modules; I've ordered Q1 from eBay this night.

What I need at the moment is a front-page cover for the entire series. So my question to the EN members (particularly my fellow old farts) is:

When grouped together as a single work, what would be an appropriate title? I've come up with (and sorta rejected) Against the Queen, The UnderDark Empire of the Drow (because the giant adventures mostly take place on the surface), and Darkness Far Below. The more vague, the better; I'd rather not give hints to the players regarding the enemies they'll be facing.

 

[Snarf Zagyg]

Note: A question regarding a suggestion will follow at the end of this post.

The following series of adventure modules was intended to be run consecutively by the DM as one campaign.

G1, Steading of the Hill Giant Chief (1978) - Character Levels 6 or 7
G2, The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl (1978) - Character Level 9
G3, Hall of the Fire Giant King (1978) - Character Level 13
D1, Descent Into the Depths of the Earth (1978) - Character Levels 9 or 10 - where my EN avatar came from
D2, Shrine of the Kuo-Toa (1978) - Character Levels 11 to 14
D3, Vault of the Drow (1978) - Character Levels 10 to 14
Q1, Queen of the Demonweb Pits (1980) - Character Levels 10 to 14

Anyway...the battery in the fantasy-adventure authoring region of my brain is showing low power. Thus, I'm starting a massive project in which I'll adapt the above content to SPI/TSR's DragonQuest rules. I have the first six modules; I've ordered Q1 from eBay this night.

What I need at the moment is a front-page cover for the entire series. So my question to the EN members (particularly my fellow old farts) is:

When grouped together as a single work, what would be an appropriate title? I've come up with (and sorta rejected) Against the Queen, The UnderDark Empire of the Drow (because the giant adventures mostly take place on the surface), and Darkness Far Below. The more vague, the better; I'd rather not give hints to the players regarding the enemies they'll be facing.

I loved those so much. Still do! I just wrote an essay that mentioned the alternate prime material planes you could access in Q1.

Obviously, when they were previously collected together, they had a name:
Queen of the Spiders (combined G1-G3, D1-D3, and Q1).

But you don't have to use that.

I would try something more mysterious. The Enemy Below. The trouble is if you're running it for newbies, most evocative titles give away the Drow twist, which they may not expect while they are goin' through the Giants.

 

[Circa 1976]

What about You'll Never Get Out of this Hell Alive! ?

I want a blue hat like that one!

 

[FitzTheRuke]

I loved those so much. Still do! I just wrote an essay that mentioned the alternate prime material planes you could access in Q1.

Obviously, when they were previously collected together, they had a name:
Queen of the Spiders (combined G1-G3, D1-D3, and Q1).

But you don't have to use that.

I would try something more mysterious. The Enemy Below. The trouble is if you're running it for newbies, most evocative titles give away the Drow twist, which they may not expect while they are goin' through the Giants.

What!? There's Drow involved!? Shocked I am! Shocked I say!

 

[Circa 1976]

What!? There's Drow involved!? Shocked I am! Shocked I say!

Not only them, but svirfneblin too!

 

[W'rkncacnter]

As Above, So Below sounds cool enough to me, but probably implies more witchcraft then is actually present.

 

[Lanefan]

As there's seven modules involved, something including the number seven might work...

"Seven Steps to Hell"
"Once There Were Seven"
"Seven Points of Darkness"

...or similar.

 

[Simon Miles]

You could start at a lower level and do the A-series "Against the Slavers" first... I have done this, many years ago. It was a blast! The thread of the threat of the Drow slowly growing in significance as they explored... I even linked in the map of the Underdark in (D1-2) Decent into the Depths with the tunnel from the SLavers Stockade (A2) together which put them all on the same (large scale) wilderness map, which I then embedded in our Barnaynia world build. I described the idea behind it in a blog here: Blog - Can you run the Classic TSR Scenarios in Barnaynia? - 03 Jan, 2021 - The Fabulous City of Dunromin

 

[Firwood]

If you want to do it properly, play the whole "Grand Campaign": T1-4 The Temple of Elemental Evil, A1-4 The Scourge of the Slave Lords, GDQ1-7 The Queen of the Spiders.
I am translating these modules into Italian so I can play them back-to-back!
Time passes, but the feeling these adventures give is unchanged.

 

[Hriston]

I think a good title for the entire series would be something like Mistress's Gambit because the situation generally hangs on the machinations of Eclavdra, mistress of House Eilservs. Perhaps even better, both because it's slightly more evocative and because it works in the D/G of the series, is The Domina's Gambit.