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Gripping, atmospheric! The original Shrine of the Kua-Toa!!

I resemble this title...

That magic system, is it Cthulhu dark ages? Is something I don't know who would want to actually play in a campaign. It might be amusing for a one session game. But a 15 percent chance of success to use your characters mechanics in the rules without any other result sounds a bit over the top/ Maybe it should have lifted the character up with the winds and he would fly like a kite with some control in the winds at least. No effect even somewhat often would make a player just not want to play that class over a few sessions.

I like that we will know that civilization is about to collapse when the US and Britain play in the soccer world cup.

Haha, it was the only time we could play all week.

Those political charts are bogus. There's no gamer quadrant.

2:27:49 It’s not elitist it’s common sense. You want people you like to be around. It’s true whether it’s my board game or my historical wargaming group. Nobody wants to play with a jerk or cheat.

In the 2nd I baited one of our halfling thieves into trying to take something from my knight because he was into “borrowing from others”. The fun occurred when I faked a trance while mostly naked AND the halfling fell out of a tree knocking us both out. We then had to try to explain this to the others in the party! 😂

Two of our most memorable moments from our college gaming group involved player conflict. We played Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay so after my Woodsman took out his frustration on my group mates rat catching dog, another player stopped our conflict by Striking to Stun on both of us. 😂

I'm getting the impression Jon is half-troll.

And the Holosuite. The thing only has 18 rooms and some serious imbalance for a first level party.

Though it did postulate a roomba in 1984.

Ii won this one but never played it which makes it hard to evaluate. I tried to get ready to run it a couple times and just found it too hard to work with. i like the idea of using it for some of its parts. I wouldn't rate it until I actually played it or dmed it but yeah it's weird and doesn't lend itself to use as is.

Love this short-form version of your content. I would love to see you recap more of the adventures you have already covered.

Ooh, low rating, they must have messed up badly. Beautiful art.

It sounds like a real mess, but adventures like this seem to have inspired plenty of little island rpgs on steam, because you make a contained space for adventuring. Maybe it had significant cultural impact. Could be a good option for a short and manageable campaign if you expanded the island a little.

Goodman Games stuff is EXPENSIVE here in Australia.

Really wish this was POD!

Oink!

I have reskinned this one as a former abandoned border land spy center that a recent landslide revealed to the world. I've combined it with Trial by Fire from Judge's Guild. I just picked up Fungi of the Far Realms from the Melsonian Arts Council that I'm using to flesh out an expanded version of the Giant Fungus caverns. 50 different species, some beneficial, some dangerous , shriekers and about half of them relatively neutral. I'm hoping it will be fun. The Original i'd give a 7. We enjoyed it. I' have troglodytes coming up into this dungeon from underneath. I'm having a lot of fun with this one.

Yeah We didn't like this one as much. It's a six for me, but totally useable The DM just needs to build in foreshadowing and adventure hooks to get you to the Moathouse. We thoroughly enjoyed the dungeon. We played it without the Temple of Elemental Evil having been published which made it feel a little like playing part of an adventure. The DM had to invent the story for the Moathouse and for what winning looked like because the actual end of the adventure didn't exist yet. i think we spent most of our time hanging with the workers in the tent city building the tower. .

The old modules had character. Like an uncut precious stone. Sharp edged with lots of potential. Modern modules are like lab created stones that have spent the last couple of months in a rock rumbler. They are smooth "safe" and unispiring.

My #1 favorite adventure, have run it 9 times now, adding an extra 40% or so of content to the published version. Only 3 parties have successfully completed the adventure; the rest perishing in the attempt.

You can get a lot of great mileage out of Hommlet as a base for a campaign, whether or not you follow on to the Temple of Elemental Evil.

Is there any party out there that did not try to rebuild the moathouse for their own use?

If you want a PDF of ST1, they are out there.

You mentioned UK1-UK6 but didn't mention UK7 Dark Clouds Gather.

It was the last basic set module I ever ran (as a clueless 13 year old) before my players insisted on switching to ADnD. I had bought red arrow, black shield but never got to play it. Maybe this year. 😂

Loved the u and uk series, ran one campaign which used U1-3 and UK 2-4. The group ended up taking over Berghof.

I have dibs on Jon for a game since March. 😅

No, exactly right, Jon. That’s what’s so fun about your campaign. I get to do what I like best.

"IBS, that's what makes me fart", liked and subscribed.

I played in this module once and GMed it twice. It was a fun one eventhough it was totally implausible.

Hmmm.....interior aardvark?

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Creepy. That was a good one.

Really Enjoyed this one. Lots of Fun and Puzzles in this one and scratched my puzzling itch that I'd first got from reading the Hobbit. I feel like the first time we played it we played with our original characters and survived. Don't remember ever adventuring with Black Razor , but we did have someone with Wave the trident of fish command. I don't think we ever went to sea. And he didn't include the cube of force ability. Our Dwarf did walk off with the Hammer Whelm. The Erol Otus map also left me wanting to go off to See Dragotha the Undead Dragon or Thingizzard the witch.

I like these bitsize reviews - hopefully you get more eyes on your channel

I will add it to the list. 9/10, wow, you really loved this one. Reckon I could throw in a boss or two.

This is one of the first Lovecraft stories I ever read.

The other thing is using the risk factors. For even mid-level spells, there's a fairly high chance some Shadow force notices when you cast such a spell and they'll come after you. Our players were very wary of this and didn't just throw spells all over the place. They even favored herbs for healing over spells. Just getting back into a MERP campaign now after about two decades away from it.

Good video. I thought The Lost City would have been in there though

I was 11 when I bought this module, new, in Portage WI at a small drugstore on Hwy 51 just up from the old 1st National Bank. Tells you what kind of an impression it made on me. It was horrible. On the other hand my 11 year old self said there has to be more to this and then proceeded to use this as a basis to actually create a decent adventure. It used most of the elements, but reordered something and some retweeking of plot. Unfortunately I lost most of my modules and my notes to this one.

Playing now The Lost City as a player: absolutely great, all the group loves it so much. For me the best B module ever.

Very-Oinky! = @ ))

I'd love more of these bite sized reviews! Any chance of doing more of the UK adventures? I remember you talking fondly of them in the adventure ranking video

I really enjoyed this one at the time. Playing it and later DMing it. Interesting, quirky. The DM at the time pushed us into stealing the treasure in the sunken ship? Underlake Gazebo? My Paladin was adamant that we shouldn't do that, but finally cast an augury spell that indicated that taking the treasure was the thing to do. I can't remember if we finished it. I don't think it was a TPK but my Paladin was killed by the Unicorns. He let them charge him twice before he defended himself. You have reached the bottom of the barrel when your Paladin is killed by Unicorns. The module itself though I really liked with some very powerful, though not necessarily deadly challenges.

ty sir, great vid

Creepy. Part of it make me think of Hellraiser where the guy was in search of more and more disturbing things to satisfy him before coming to the lament configuration. the cenobites and his undoing. Also some parts reminded me of The Keep (movie only as I haven't read the book). Would this have been the first mention of the Necronomicon or would another have come before it because I know its mentioned in a few of his stories?

I miss the way old school first ed and adnd modules were written.