[Adventure]IT02 The Palace of the Walls that Scream (2023)Michele Toscan (ofironandthorns.com)Lvl 3 – 5 Disclaimer: Sponsored content 5th edition suffers from the ‘big tent’ curse in that it tries to be everything to everyone and as a result there is no fixed understanding or standard of what a 5th edition adventure tries to do or … More [Review] The Palace of the Walls that Scream (5e 3PP)
[Adventure]The Necromancer’s Knife (2021)Morten Braten (Xoth Publishing)Lvl 1 – 2 Disclaimer: Sponsored content One of these again. Braten’s adventures are have very profound strengths and very profound weaknesses and the ratio of each more or less determines where every individual entry falls on the spectrum. His strengths:* Deep, almost spiritual alignment with the principles of … More [Review] The Necromancer’s Knife (5e 3PP); Burndown
[Adventure]Cacoshox (2017)Unbalanced Dice GamesHigh Level (9+?) It had to happen sometime. My delve into Unbalanced Dice Games and my delve into high level adventures had to be represented somewhere in phase space. Cacoshox, the follow up to the somewhat grounded (for UDG) Perfectorium of the Golden Tentacle. Like all UDG, it is very interesting. Like … More [Review] Cacoshox (LL): Boss level
The end approaches. Issue #24 is back in high spirits, with tonnes of gameable content, an ambitious adventure and only a handful of Space Opera articles to dilute the mixture. A fine ride for a fine, obscure magazine from the golden age of D&D. Fantasy as she is writ.Article with statts for monsters from Lotr … More [Review] The Beholder #24; Going down swinging
[Adventure]Xanadu (2020)Vasili Kaliman (Singing Flame)Lvl 2 – 3 Someone asked if this was good? I am still an OSR reviewer. I can’t run away from my responsibilities all the time. I mean, I want to, don’t get me wrong. I want to live on a mountain top where the sun shines everyday, and it is … More [Review] Xanadu (OSE); Fine-tuning
[Adventure]M1 Into the Maelstrom (1985)Bruce & Beatrice Heard (TSR)Lvl 25 – 30 The quest for excellent high level material continues. Thus far the most we can reasonably expect is playable, with perhaps a few good ideas. M1 does not buck the trend, although there are some highlights in the scenario. Part of the problem might … More [Review] M1 Into the Maelstrom (BECMI); Condors Dreaming of Flight
[Adventure]Dreams of Ruin (2014)Geoffrey C. Grabowski (TG Ventures Opportunity Vehicle I LLC)Lvl 12-18 (hah!) Good high level adventures are hard to come by. AD&D 1e has a clear goldilocks zone of 8-12, with a few entries going above it, most of them by Gygax, that are at least decent. 2e has Bruce Cordell, and a … More [Review] Dreams of Ruin (LL); Wayward Son
[Adventure]Fever Swamp (2017)Luke Gearing (Melsonian Arts Council)??? (mid-level) It is at this point pretty clear that me, Artpunk and the rest of the hobby are not going to get along. So why keep doing it? Sheer bloody-mindedness? BDSM? The sweet promise of government heroin? The Will of St. Gary? I enjoy seeing my predictions confirmed. … More [Review] Fever Swamp (Lotfp 3PP); Surface Mimicry
[Adventure]H4 Throne of Bloodstone (1988)Douglas Niles & Michael DobsonAD&D 1eLvl 18-100 SPOILERS: If you are a player in my high-level game do not read this on the chance I might run it. In our delve into high level adventures, there is one entry travels far beyond any of its peers, that stands as a legendary … More [Review] H4 Throne of Bloodstone (AD&D 1e); Icarus drowns contentedly with molten wings
[Adventure]The Seven Shrines of Nav’Qar (2008)James C. BoneyOSRICLvl 8 – 12 High level crawl continues. I’m beginning to see the aversion to Tombs for high level games, and arguably Tombs in general. Seven shrines by James Boney is inoffensive, playable, reasonably laid out, even does a bit of atmospheric tinkering and has some new treasure … More [Review] AA #8 The Seven Shrines of Nav’Qar (OSRIC); Tomb Fatigue
Age of Dusk 