D&D General Starter set campaigns from older editions?

[Matrix Sorcica]

I got a lot of mileage from Under Illefarn like mentioned earlier. A lot of it was updated or at least referenced in the 5e next adventure Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle, which is not the final product of 5e, but the playtest stuff. I wish it was updated and put out again I think it would be a great started adventure.

I think you'll find this very interesting.

 

[aco175]

I think you'll find this very interesting.

I have that, it is a great amount of detail and history for the region. It is for 3.5e but can be used easily enough for 5e. I'm not 100% how much is 'cannon' vs. how much is made just for this campaign, but ether way it is a great resource.

 

[Sacrosanct]

I don’t think 1e and 2e had starter sets right out of the gate (probably because basic was still out and they assumed people would start with basic). After initial release, 2e did a bunch of stuff that could be considered starter stuff. Many already mentioned, but also the class specific adventures and a few others.
Can’t speak for 3e or 4e, but the best one in my opinion is the Mentzer set. That literally walked you through and adventure as a new DM. LMoP doesn’t even really do that.
I also liked In Search of the Unknown because it was like a training wheels adventure, giving you the outline but allowing you to flesh it out yourself.

I know a lot of people give KotBL flak for being a dungeon hack, but I think that does it a disservice and is a missed opportunity. The surrounding areas had details that allowed sandbox exploration, and the keep offered many intriguing possibilities. The caves themselves introduced factions and alliances between monsters that hadn’t been done before. Creative players would leverage this to their advantage.
Needless to say, I’ve played and run that module many times, and some of them ended up with the PCs allying with certain monsters to take over the caves, then attack the keep itself ala a Trojan horse.

 

[Scottoz]

Am i correct in assuming its just the combat aspect in these older adventures that need updating to 5e? You could run the story as is and eyeball any combat encounters on the fly?

 

[S'mon]

Am i correct in assuming its just the combat aspect in these older adventures that need updating to 5e? You could run the story as is and eyeball any combat encounters on the fly?

Personally I find that after 2nd level you can run a 1e adventure in 5e just subbing in the 5e monster stats, keeping numbers unchanged. Level 1 5e PCs are particularly squishy compared to low level foes like orcs, kobolds, hobgoblins, goblins that appear in great numbers in 1e, so if you want a fair fight, need to roughly halve numbers.