Would you buy new 100% compatable 1E modules?

[Philotomy Jurament]

Curse of the Witch Head I think is my favorite of the few I've seen.

I received that one in the mail yesterday (XRP shipped it with a nice, stiff piece of cardboard in a large "do not bend" envelope, which did the trick -- it arrived mint). I've just started reading it, so I haven't formed an opinion, yet, but I've heard several people say it's a good one.

I liked both the other XRP modules I bought. Pod Caverns... has a kind of quirky Vance or Face in the Frost vibe to it (actually, I connected it with the watery caverns beneath Zagyg's Dark Chateau -- the TLG module), and Red Mausoleum is gritty and tough.

 

[Cam Banks]

Nope. I am clearly not the target audience, so it's money best spent elsewhere in my case.

Cheers,
Cam

 

[T. Foster]

I just ordered War of the Witch Queen (Goodman) and Pod-Caverns of the Sinister Shroom (XRP) yesterday, and I already have Cairn of the Skeleton King (Pied Piper) and Iron Crypt of the Heretics (Goodman).

 

[Ridley's Cohort]

I would buy an AD&D compatible module, but not because of any rules set. Rather, if I was to buy an AD&D module, it would be because of how good the module is.

So in other words, yes I would.

I agree. I would consider buying any module that was really well designed and written. Even written for a system I was not intending to run would not necessarily be a deterrent.

 

[Treebore]

I'd definitely buy. Unfortunately I am in the same financial situation as RFisher for the foreseeable future.

So I'm pretty much not buying anything right now.

 

[frankthedm]

sure, if the value is comparable to the Print version of Dungeon magazine.

 

[Treebore]

sure, if the value is comparable to the Print version of Dungeon magazine.

Nope, the new XRP OSRIC module is $11.00 for 12 pages. I would rather buy a Goodman DCC.

 

[Corathon]

I have already bought many. Some (e.g. Pod Caverns of the Sinister Shroom, Cairn of the Skeleton King) I enjoyed quite a lot, others (the 0one modules) not so much.
Since I run two 1E campaigns, these modules are of great interest to me.

 

[Philotomy Jurament]

Nope, the new XRP OSRIC module is $11.00 for 12 pages.

Just comparing page counts isn't going to tell you much, IMO.

Keep in mind that an OSRIC module's stat blocks are probably a *much* smaller percentage of the overall text, compared to a d20 product. "Stat blocks" are often a single line or less. That's a huge difference from many d20 products. For example, I recently purchased Goodman's Citadel of Fire. I love the adventure, but am a bit dismayed by how much of page count is stat blocks: close to 50%, I'd estimate.

Also, some of the OSRIC products follow in the tradition of modules like G1. That is, no boxed text to read, concise descriptions, plenty of room for the DM to interpret things, et cetera. G1 was what -- 7 or 8 pages of description? But there was a lot of adventuring packed into that page count.

 

[Gentlegamer]

Most certainly, I am especially eager to pick up War of the Witch Queen after reading Mythmere's review.