Reading through all of TSR's D&D products
What’s New? First module with tear off hand-out map for the players! First module with 2 versions of a map – one for the DM, a matching partial one for the players First module to have 1 map level go over 2 panels First modules to have Wizard logo, not Lizard logo First mention I …
Continue reading “Module D1 – Descent Into the Depths of the Earth”
What’s New? First 16 page module (G1 & G2 are 8 pages) First 3 panel/3 map cover (although the Australian version doesn’t have a 3rd panel) First to have a new monster description at the end of the module Drow! Mind flayers!! Art Back to DCS III for the cover. I like how the armour …
What’s New? Huh, anyone familiar with painting 5E minis? Well one treasure item in this module is Nolzur’s Marvellous Pigments! As far as I can tell, this is their first appearance and their description wouldn’t even be explained until the DM’s Guide came out much later It has dragons! (G1 didn’t, so it’s a first …
Continue reading “Module G2 – The Glacial Rift of the Frost Giant Jarl”
I’m so excited to get to the first official module. The adventure modules are what I enjoy reading the most. What’s New Its’ the first D&D module designed, produced and distributed by TSR – woohoo! (Lost Tsojcanth wasn’t distributed by TSR, Vampire Queen et al were written by others. Temple of the Frog was a …
Continue reading “Module G1 – Steading of the Hill Giant Chief”
Ok, so strictly speaking, this was never distributed by TSR but I wanted to read it anyway and I think others may want to conclude the Wee Warriors trilogy as well. So, here we get a huge expansion in scope. Palace of the Vampire Queen was a single building. Dwarven Glory was slightly larger – …
Dungeon Masters Kit – Number 2 Check out those dwarves! Check out that treasure! Check out that weird archway? Like Palace of the Vampire Queen, this wasn’t created by TSR but is included here because it was distributed by them. The weirdest thing about this? It uses hex maps, where every hex is 3 feet. …
Although Palace of the Vampire Queen can claim to be the first published D&D module (not counting Blackmoor, which is more of a scenario), Lost Caverns of Tsojconth is the first published D&D module written by someone from TSR, i.e. Gygax. It wasn’t actually published by TSR though – it was published by MDG (Metro …
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Dungeon Masters Kit – Number 1 The first ever published D&D module! It’s here because it was distributed by TSR. This is quite an impressive adventure considering there were basically no other examples to get ideas from (apart from the minimal and weird example in the D&D rulebooks). It’s quite amazing how polished the whole …