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<blockquote data-quote="TerraDave" data-source="post: 6488853" data-attributes="member: 22260">In a moment of temporary insanity inspired by<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?403117-15-Best-D-amp-D-Modules-Of-All-Time" target="_blank"> this countdown </a>&nbsp; and my 10 year old <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?134397-Round-Two-Adventure-Poll-What-are-YOUR-all-time-favourite-adventures-and-why/page3" target="_blank">multi-poll survey of most popular adventures</a>&nbsp; I made this table that shows all the adventure modules published by TSR up through 1983:[ATTACH]66107[/ATTACH](*Indicates that it was ranked as part of a compilation. Temple of Elemental Evil was included for having an earlier adventure in it, and being based on much older material). The table shows the ranking on: Morrus’ countdown thread, my poll(s) and the best adventures as chosen by Dungeon magazine some time back. It confirms that many of the most popular/best adventures where published in this pretty short window of time. 12 of the 15 in the countdown thread, almost all the ones from the Dungeon article, and the top 16 from my polls, which made every effort to include later modules. So, what accounts for this enduring popularity?&nbsp; Is it the advantage of going first? Common experience? Nostalgia? Gygax, Hickman, Moldvay and Cook? Missteps in later adventure design? Something else?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="TerraDave, post: 6488853, member: 22260"] In a moment of temporary insanity inspired by[URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?403117-15-Best-D-amp-D-Modules-Of-All-Time"] this countdown [/URL] and my 10 year old [URL="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?134397-Round-Two-Adventure-Poll-What-are-YOUR-all-time-favourite-adventures-and-why/page3"]multi-poll survey of most popular adventures[/URL] I made this table that shows all the adventure modules published by TSR up through 1983: [ATTACH=CONFIG]66107._xfImport[/ATTACH] (*Indicates that it was ranked as part of a compilation. Temple of Elemental Evil was included for having an earlier adventure in it, and being based on much older material). The table shows the ranking on: Morrus’ countdown thread, my poll(s) and the best adventures as chosen by Dungeon magazine some time back. It confirms that many of the most popular/best adventures where published in this pretty short window of time. 12 of the 15 in the countdown thread, almost all the ones from the Dungeon article, and the top 16 from my polls, which made every effort to include later modules. So, what accounts for this enduring popularity? Is it the advantage of going first? Common experience? Nostalgia? Gygax, Hickman, Moldvay and Cook? Missteps in later adventure design? Something else? [/QUOTE]

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