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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Whiskers" data-source="post: 1352158" data-attributes="member: 6941">Psion pretty much summed up my take on modules. A few additional comments:1. Modules should include short summaries of encounters and treasure. Similar to what Dungeon used to do, where I could look at a quarter-page chart showing all the encounters and encounter levels.2. Certain pages from print modules should be available as downloads from the publisher's website. Maps, player handouts, important graphics (for instance, a drawing of a puzzle), new creature/new item write-ups are things I like to have separate from the module. Downloads save me having to go to Kinko's.3. With so many free modules available on the internet, I don't buy just to get an adventure. Author and publisher don't matter either. What gets my dollar is how much of the module I can use in my world, even if I don't run the actual module. For my last campaign, I stole villages, npc's, a few plot hooks, and some other minor stuff from the Vault of Larin Karr; my group never actually ran through the module. But I feel I got my money's worth.4. Making modules hardbound and full-color to increase the profit margin to an acceptable level might make sense to publishers. For myself, if modules become more expensive, I'll just be more selective. In the end, if I don't see enough value to cover the cost, I won't buy. Basic economics.</blockquote>