On Return to the Tomb of Horrors? I remember an episode on Tomb of Horrors, but I didn’t think it involved Return to the Tomb of Horrors.
Fear of a Black Dragon: Give Us Suggestions!
A reminder: please skim through the list of already covered episodes before making suggestions:
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Castle Amber and Palace of the Silver Princess for B/X D&D.
Castle Amber is the peak of weird “funhouse dungeons” to me, based on the Averoigne series by Clark Ashton Smith and just a wild ride of a read.
Palace of the Silver Princess (at least the original orange cover written by Jean Wells) is an interesting dungeon, but also one with a fascinating history. It’s the only module from the Basic D&D TSR era written by a woman (Wells), and it was quite suddenly pulled from shelves by TSR for reasons due to internal office politics (and a lot of chauvinism) to be replaced by a modified version. Worth a look.
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I’d be especially interested in Jason’s perspective on Crypts of Indormancy.
Skerples’ Tomb of the Serpent Kings was built as a ‘tuition dungeon’ and has gained traction as oft-advised first dungeon.
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I suspect Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine by Logan Knight would be right up Jason’s alley
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- The Ghost Tower of Inverness
- Trilemma Adventures Compendium
- Eyes of the Stone Thief
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There’s that goofy Greyhawk supplement published for AD&D 1E, Castle Greyhawk. Here’s a peek into how goofily some of the dungeon levels were titled:
Evidence A: “Level 2: It’s My Party and I’ll Die if I Want to”, by Rick Swan
Evidences B, C and D: “Level 10: Fluffy Goes Down the Drain”, by Rick Reid
“Level 11: Mordenkainen’s Movie Madness”, by Ray Winninger
"Level 12: “Where the Random Monsters Roam”, by Steve Perrin
Reading this one now. It is GROTESQUE. And I do like it, haha
How about Cult of the Blue Crab?
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I am currently running Castle Xyntillan and it is amazing. I think it’s high time Melan gets the Black Dragon treatment.
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I second Hot Springs Island and to possibly also the Tomb of Black Sand, both by Jacob Hurst.
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Gradient Descent for Mothership is the most interesting thing I’ve read in quite a while. It makes some interesting efforts at changing the dynamic of the Mega-dungeon in the direction of usability and brevity. Plus sci-fi dungeons are hard to do right, and it manages quite well.
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I’m just having a browse through Halls of the Blood King by Diogo Nogueira (Necrotic Gnome/Exalted Funeral 2021)
Seems very cool, great art.
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/m/product/348880
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I’m not sure if you’re considering ‘ironic OSR’ like DCC (I might be being unfair to it), but Brendan LaSalle’s HOLE IN THE SKY is a great example of a funnel adventure that manages to feel like a 10th level adventure for 0-level characters.
Oh wait, you did Chained Coffin, so I guess you do.
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Thanks! We also did Sailors and Lankhmar
And the frog temple one
I’ve never read a good review of Perils of the Purple Planet or whatever the DCC Sword & Planet boxed set was called. It looked like a very interesting product, but I guess availability is thin?