Because Moldvay & Cook Got it Right
Adventures, as they used to be called.
CM5: Mystery of the Snow Pearls is a Dungeons & Dragons solo adventure. Players assume the role of an elven warrior on a quest, navigating a wilderness map and various locations, encountering monsters and challenges along the way. The book includes maps, charts, monster statistics, and item descriptions to guide the player's progress. A significant part of the gameplay revolves around uncovering hidden text using a "Magic Viewer."
CM4 "Earthshaker!" a high-level adventure (levels 18-22) centered around a gigantic, mobile automaton. It is compatible with Expert or Companion D&D, or Basic Fantasy RPG and other retroclones.
B3: Palace of the Silver Princess is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, but works fine with modern retroclones like Basic Fantasy RPG. This is the original version by Jean Wells, not the more well known rewrite by Tom Moldvay.
Tom Moldvay changed the plot, replaced all of Wells' new monsters with standard monsters from the D&D Basic Set, and removed the empty areas she'd included to encourage DM customization (like B1 In Search of the Unknown by Mike Carr, ). In addition, the four contentious pieces of artwork, as well as many others, were replaced.Following the Silver Princess incident, Wells wanted to write another module, but in her words, "nobody would touch my game ideas with a ten-foot pole." When she realized her suggestions for new adventures and games were being ignored and she was only being given secretarial tasks instead of new design work, she left TSR.
It was eventually re-released by TSR.
CM3: Sabre River is a 1984 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game. It is compatible with Expert or Companion D&D, or Basic Fantasy RPG and other retroclones.
A mysterious curse has hit a barony in the realm of Norwold: The waters of the Sabre River have been tainted, bringing death or evilness to all who drink from them. The player characters are charged to seek out the source of this curse, in the company of Cutter, a young boy who is strangely immune to the effects of the curse. In fact, Cutter plays a more vital role in the restoring of Sabre River than one would expect.
CM2: Death's Ride is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure module for characters levels 15-20. It is compatible with Expert or Companion D&D, or Basic Fantasy RPG and compatibles.
The adventure takes place in the Barony of Twolakes Vale, which has been overrun by undead creatures emanating from a gateway to the Sphere of Death. Players must investigate the barony, uncovering clues within Skullheim Castle and other locations, to locate and destroy the deathstone powering a deathcloud. The adventure features new monsters, magic items, and encounters, culminating in a confrontation with an unholy trio and the closing of the gateway. Detailed maps and statistics for monsters and non-player characters are provided.
BF3: Strongholds of Sorcery is a detailed module for a tabletop role-playing game, providing a comprehensive map and description of a castle overrun by madness. The text meticulously outlines numerous rooms, inhabitants (both human and monstrous), puzzles, and encounters, including detailed game statistics for characters and creatures. The Tower of Light presents a similar dungeon crawl scenario in a separate location, offering a different set of challenges and characters with equally specific game details. House of Coldarius offers another self-contained adventure involving a vampire and his minions within a gothic mansion.
Yes, technically a BECMI module. Who doesn't mix and match?
Test of the Warlords is a campaign setting with an adventure scenario in which dominions are being set up in the land of Norwold. It is compatible with Expert or Companion D&D, or Basic Fantasy RPG and retroclone compatibles.
The fame of the player characters have earned them the right and title to run a realm of their own, under the supervision of the king of Norwold, a newly colonized region to the north of Mystara. But even from the start, with all the troubles of establishing your own pockets of civilization in as yet untamed wilderness, Norworld has become the center of attention in the struggle between two old enemies: The sorcerous empire of Alphatia and the war-mongering realm of Thyatis.
Queen's Harvest is a 1989 adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, also compatible with retroclones like Basic Fantasy RPG.
Queen's Harvest picks up the story where B11 King's Festival left off; it can be played as a sequel to that adventure or by itself. The player characters get pulled into royal politics, and must retrieve the dangerous objects a wizard left in his lair before he died.
Fortress, Tomb, and Tower presents multiple interconnected adventure scenarios within a fantasy game setting. A central plot involves a demonic entity imprisoned within a giant emerald, whose release causes chaos in the Iron Duke's fortress. Separate adventures explore a dragon's scheme, an NPC party's activities within the fortress, and the secrets within a lizard-man temple. Detailed descriptions of rooms, monsters, and treasure are provided for a game master to use. Game mechanics and character statistics are included for players.
Get it free at the Basic Fantasy RPG website.
B11: King's Festival is an adventure module published in 1989 for the Basic Rules of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It also works fine with modern retroclones like Basic Fantasy RPG. It is intended for player characters of level 1-3.
Is an adventure scenario set in Karameikos and functions as both a guide for beginning DMs and an introductory dungeon. The player characters (PCs) must rescue a cleric from a group of orcs to ensure that the King's Festival happens.