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<blockquote data-quote="Barendd Nobeard" data-source="post: 321699" data-attributes="member: 960">I just ran my kids through this series.&nbsp; They loved it, and it was a lot of fun to DM.&nbsp; I think it would be even better with more experienced players.&nbsp; I love it when creative players do something I hadn't anticipated!My memory may be faulty, but one big difference between 1e and 3e, is that 3e had a couple of major dungeon crawl modules early on.&nbsp; Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil came out just 10 months after 3e premiered, and even before then we had the start of Rappan Athuk.&nbsp; How long was 1e out before the mega dungeon-crawls started appearing?&nbsp; T1-4 didn't come out until, what, 1985--six+ years after 1e started.&nbsp; (Note: I don't consider GDQ or A1-4 dungeon crawls.&nbsp; Don't know why, I just don't.&nbsp; Maybe the multiple locations?&nbsp; Maybe just too many happy memories of killing players?)I think that both of the 3e dungeon crawls I mentioned will eventually be considered 3e classics.&nbsp; Maybe part of that is &quot;got their first&quot; but they do seem to have broad appeal.&nbsp; I wonder what the sales figures are for those modules, compared to others by the same companies.&nbsp; Someday, someone may publish a 3e dungeon crawl that outstrips the popularity of RA and RttToEE (heck, maybe somebody already has, and I've just missed it!), but for now their place of Kings of the 3e Dungeon Crawls has started them on the road to &quot;classic&quot; status.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Barendd Nobeard, post: 321699, member: 960"] I just ran my kids through this series. They loved it, and it was a lot of fun to DM. I think it would be even better with more experienced players. I love it when creative players do something I hadn't anticipated! My memory may be faulty, but one big difference between 1e and 3e, is that 3e had a couple of major dungeon crawl modules early on. [b]Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil[/b] came out just 10 months after 3e premiered, and even before then we had the start of [b]Rappan Athuk[/b]. How long was 1e out before the mega dungeon-crawls started appearing? T1-4 didn't come out until, what, 1985--six+ years after 1e started. (Note: I don't consider GDQ or A1-4 dungeon crawls. Don't know why, I just don't. Maybe the multiple locations? Maybe just too many happy memories of killing players?) I think that both of the 3e dungeon crawls I mentioned will eventually be considered 3e classics. Maybe part of that is "got their first" but they do seem to have broad appeal. I wonder what the sales figures are for those modules, compared to others by the same companies. Someday, someone may publish a 3e dungeon crawl that outstrips the popularity of [b]RA[/b] and [b]RttToEE[/b] (heck, maybe somebody already has, and I've just missed it!), but for now their place of Kings of the 3e Dungeon Crawls has started them on the road to "classic" status. [/QUOTE]

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