"Old School D&D adventure Modules" Topic

Anyone know of a site that has .pdf downloads of some of the original D&D modules?

I've found many at some pretty incredible prices, just wondering if there might be a more inexpensive way to get them.

Scower RPGNow. Also look in the Wizards of the Coast Archives from the DnD pages. There are several availible there

Yeah, I just found this:

link

and I'll start checking RPGnow.

Except for the free stuff, you won't find anything from WotC/TSR being sold as pdf anywhere online. About 3 or 4 months ago WotC stopped selling any pdfs of their products as they felt they (pdfs) were too unsecure and that they were being pirated too much. WotC said that until they can find a better way of doing it, they won't sell pdfs anymore.

If they didn't cost almost the same price as book at retail, I suspect they wouldn't get pirated as much. I'm not WotC though and I'm not even interested in 4th edition so it doesn't bother me. I prefer printed copies over pdf in most cases anyway.

There are some retro dungeon modules being put out by some company that emulate the feel of the old-style modules, but are updated for 3.5 or 4th ed. I know Pegasus Hobbies has these, but for the life of me, I can't remember the publishers. I want to say that they're "dungeon crawl adventures."

Wyatt

Which modules were you looking to get – I've got a ton of them which are sitting collecting dust in my game room.

Wyatt, Goodman Games from San Diego, "Dungeon Crawl Classics". Actually some good stuff.

no info from me but does anyone know where I can get hold of early artwork from the the monster manuals etc, not owning any myself…. I've already raided the Wizard's DnD archive and google?

Jovian – I don't really know what I'm looking for. :) I just bought the old school red box D&D set on ebay, and thought I'd look for some modules to go with it.

I downloaded "Palace of the Silver Princess". I've heard that "Keep in the Borderlands" is worth having.

Keep is good. I remember Into the Unknown as being OK, and Lion Castle was a solo adventure if you want to teach yourself combat the fun way.

If you want to get the comprehensive rule book for that edition of D&D, keep a look out for the hardback D&D Rules Encyclopedia. I seldom see really good condition versions of it on eBay and they usually go for higher than I'm willing to pay when they do. The book contains all the rules from the old four boxed sets: Basic, Expert, Companion, and Master. I don't remember if it contains the stuff from Immortals, but it may. This will cover you all the way through level 30 and higher if it contains the Immortals stuff. The basic set only gets you to 3rd level.

I had one in really good condition, unfortunately in a fit of stupidity, I sold it in a local used gaming auction. I've regretted it for many years now and never have gotten another copy in as good a condition.

It doesn't contain any Immortals material. It does have some of the maps of nations in the "Known World" part of Mystara, that surround the Basic set setting (or was Threshold in the Expert set?) and is great book.

I thought the basic set went to at least to 10th level?

Not the original Red box Basic edition. You needed to get the Blue Expert set to get to that level (9th or 10th if I'm remembering correctly). The Cyan box Companion set got you to around 20th, and the Black box Master set got you up to 30th level. The Gold box Immortals set got you to being the D&D equivalent of Demi-Gods. I'll double check when I get home tonight.

Darn. :(

For more info on old-school D&D, go to Dragonsfoot: dragonsfoot.org

I double checked and here is the break down.

Red Box Basic, levels 1-3
Blue Box Expert, levels 4-14
Cyan Box Companion, levels 15-25
Black Box Master, levels 26-36

So you'll need to pick up the Expert Box or find the Rules Encyclopedia. I'd go with the Rules Cyclopedia. It's more durable and you get everything you need in one book, including all the monsters from all four sets. It's really the best option.

I lost a bid war on eBay for a Rules Cyclopedia yesterday. :(

But I'll continue to look for one, thanks for the information!

Uh, to some of us Old School D&D means three thin books and a whole lotta graph paper and imagination.

That's what it means to me as well. :)