The classic AD&D modules and my collection

[BigWeather]

I went through a collector phase of 1ed modules and books in the late 90s. While eBay helped some much of it came from used bookstores and the like. I was also starting with a pretty large collection.

I definitely agree with the list of classics listed and that Ravenloft is just on the other side of it as is DL1. I3 is my favorite 1ed adventure -- I'm a huge fan of Egypt (heck, went there on my honeymoon later in life) and buy pretty much any product that is based in an Egypt-like setting. I got my copy signed by Tracy Hickman when he was doing a tour for Dragonlance in the late 80s. That is by far my favorite AD&D item as a result.

As for the rest of my collection I think I've got pretty much every pastel and solid "banner"-bearing 1e AD&D module (meaning, the banner in the upper left). As for the hardbacks I think I've got all of them (efreet / statue / etc.) including a Cthulhu / Melnibonean Dieties & Demigods. It's a lot of fun to chase them down -- especially the pastels. And they aren't that expensive even 30 years later.

Another fun thing to chase are the collections -- A, GDQ, I, T -- am I missing any? I think there was a B series collection too but them not being AD&D I didn't pay much attention.

Edit: Gah, there is a S series collection. I'll have to try and get one of those -- loved the S series (despite some of its quirkiness, or maybe because of it).

 

[BigWeather]

Wow, was just following links and stumbled on TSR Dungeons & Dragons Archive: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons . Some of those "collector's edition" from Wintercon and such are trying to appeal to my collector urge but I can imagine those are very, very expensive. Must. Resist.

 

[Mercurius]

I'm glad someone mentioned S4: Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, because I was about to open up a can of woop-ass on Merric!

S4 is worth owning if only for the sexy Jeff Easley picture on page 28. Then you've got the little MM2 preview, with a first appearance by Graz'zt (I don't know why the give his stats), xag-ya and xeg-yi, plus the very cool Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn.

 

[grodog]

Another fun thing to chase are the collections -- A, GDQ, I, T -- am I missing any? I think there was a B series collection too but them not being AD&D I didn't pay much attention.

Edit: Gah, there is a S series collection. I'll have to try and get one of those -- loved the S series (despite some of its quirkiness, or maybe because of it).

The collections are generally less content and less useful than the stand-alone modules. The B1-9 and S1-4 collections strip out entire adventures and levels of adventures, so if you're looking for the real deal, don't buy just those versions because you'll want the originals too. (A1-4 and GDQ1-7 did add some connecting content not present in the originals, in order to make the super-super module AP of T1-4-->A1-4-->GDQ1-7 work; S1-4 also added some new material to the S4 module's wilderness encounters IIRC, but I haven't gotten around to re-reading that version of S4 yet).

Wow, was just following links and stumbled on TSR Dungeons & Dragons Archive: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons . Some of those "collector's edition" from Wintercon and such are trying to appeal to my collector urge but I can imagine those are very, very expensive. Must. Resist.

Yeah: good copies of Wintercon Tsojconths sell for $800+, while Origins editions of Ghost Tower or Lost Tamoachan or Wintercon's Fazzlewood sell for $1200+, sometimes even $2000+.

S4 is worth owning if only for the sexy Jeff Easley picture on page 28. Then you've got the little MM2 preview, with a first appearance by Graz'zt (I don't know why the give his stats), xag-ya and xeg-yi, plus the very cool Daoud's Wondrous Lanthorn.

S4 rocks, and I'm a huge fan of it. I should even be able to run it again soon, for our regular crew of grognards: somehow I'm the only one of them to have ever read it!