Okay, so Wizards is reprinting the original AD&D corebooks, right? Cross our fingers that somebody who isn't already neck-deep in the hobby buys them and wants to run a game. They may want a module. Hopefully the hobby store owners are trying to get some modules to put on the shelf next to these books. And hopefully any old school publisher with a garage full of modules is bugging the crap out of distributors and stores to stock their stuff. But we can't count on that. That's why I spent a couple of hours yesterday composing the list linked above.
For the next step, I need the help of everyone reading this: spread the word. Go to your blog, message board or social media site and share the link. Explain in your own words that it's a list of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons modules for people just getting back into the game. Please DO NOT link back here or mention my name or the name of my blog. Ask anybody reading your message to pass it on. If enough people do this then maybe when one of these new/returning folks hits up google for module help they will find one of these links. This is an opportunity for everyone already in the hobby to do a solid for people heading our way in April.
Finally, please read the second page of the linked file (see tab at bottom) before you edit it.
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Additionally, there's been a general upsurge of conversation, interest and even reports of new campaigns, on EN World. People outside the OSR are talking about AD&D again! :)
ReplyDeleteBetween the AD&D reprints and 5e info slowly leaking out, there's a lot of interest in the hobby at the moment
ReplyDeleteThis is a great idea! Kudos to you for starting it.
ReplyDeleteReview links updated.
ReplyDeleteWhoa, that's a serious amount of adventuring. Thanks for the effort of putting that all together!
ReplyDeleteDone and done!
ReplyDeleteGood work. Blogged it.
ReplyDeleteWow, thanks for this, man!
ReplyDeleteRPGarchive.com has over a hundred free, downloadable AD&D adventures here.
ReplyDeleteTechnically, they list these as "AD&D 2nd Edition" but the ones I've looked at seem 100% compatible with 1E out-of-the-box (besides differences between 1E and 2E are trivial).
Matthew, the first two adventures on there are a dead link and an adventure where the big bad is a 2nd edition specialty priest. That doesn't really encourage me to look much deeper.
ReplyDeleteThe links aren't dead, it's proably a browser issue, try using Google Chrome.
ReplyDeleteYou're saying I need Google Chrome to look at an old geocities page?
ReplyDeleteYou're clicking on the wrong links, Jeff. :-) Click on the name of the adventure itself and it will lead to another rpgarchive page that has the adventure. Looks like there are over 100 adventures on that site. Doesn't mean any of them are any good, but a few look ok to me. BTW, I am using firefox if it matters.
ReplyDeleteThanks for doing this, Jeff.
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