Compilations of previously released modules.
A1-4 Scourge of the Slave Lords by various
B1-9 In Search of Adventure by various
GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders (Giants,
Drow, Queen) by Gary Gygax
I3-5 Desert of Desolation by various
S1-4 Realms of Horror by Gary Gygax and Lawrence
Schick
T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil by Gary Gygax
with Frank Mentzer
The links will send you to the individual modules' pages.
Most of these were a great idea; combine modules in a cohesive series into
one easy-to-reference source. Many also incorporated minor fixes and
tweaks to the original modules, and in the case of T1-4 Temple of Elemental
Evil brought to light entirely new material (there never were any modules
T2 - T4). However, B1-9 and S1-4 are rather cheap (and
abbreviated) versions of modules that had no connecting plot or theme anyway.
Three of the supermodules were slightly edited to form a contiguous series;
T1-4 leads to A1-4 which leads to GDQ1-7. The
material in A1-4 Scourge of the Slave Lords was revised to bring
the target character levels to 7-11, thereby making the continuity from
T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil a bit smoother.
B1-9 In Search of Adventure includes the map to module
B1 In Search of the Unknown, but no descriptive
text for this module (other than the short note on pg 23). The remaining
B series modules (listed in the order they appear in B1-9)
are:
B9 Castle Caldwell (four of the five
short adventures)
B8 Journey to the Rock (one of the three
possible trails to The Rock)
B2 The Keep on the Borderlands (Caves of
Chaos only, no Keep)
B3 Palace of the Silver Princess (intact)
B5 Horror on the Hill (the adventure in
the Hill only, no lead-in encounters)
B7 Rahasia (intact)
B4 The Lost City (upper five pyramid tiers)
B6 The Veiled Society (intact)
Thanks to Aaron McPherson and
Eric Pass
for this info.
T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil contains the full version of
T1 Village of Hommlet. T1-4 remains
one of the most popular modules ever produced, and was printed well into
the advent of 2nd Edition AD&D. Interestingly, the
cover art to
AC5 Player Character Record Sheets
was initially considered as the cover for T1-4; it depicts the first
encounter outside the abandoned moathouse. (Thanks to Paul Stormberg
for this info). Making this even wackier is the "official" pre-production cover (viewable here), which depicts something else entirely. Thanks to Alban Jalabert for this scan.
The only discernable different supermodule printings we've seen are
B1-9 In Search of Adventure, S1-4 Realms of Horror, and
T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil.
B1-9 In Search of Adventure |
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First: TSR UK address on back is "The Mill, Rathmore
Road".
Second: TSR UK address on back is "120 Church End,
Cherry Hinton".
Thanks to Michael Deaton for this info.
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S1-4 Realms of Horror
First: TSR UK address on back is "The Mill, Rathmore
Road".
Second: TSR UK address on back is "120 Church End,
Cherry Hinton".
Thanks to Michael Deaton for this info.
T1-4 Temple of Elemental Evil
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First (1985): Angled TSR logo on front cover,
bottom center. Several errors are present in the text, most having
to do with truncated sentences; for example, on page 9, location 13 states:
"The shop is run by one Rannos Davl, who is bed..." and "If the group
does not hire one, the their activities by any means possible...".
Does not have "May 1987" at the bottom of the first page. Rear
cover has Product Number and ISBN stacked over the bar code; Piece Code
on the bottom left. The most common (largest) printing.
Note: A version with a solid-blue spine and a slightly-greenish
cast to the cover has also been spotted, with no other cover or internal
differences. This differing version appears to be quite a bit
more rare than the "normal" version; unknown which version was actually
printed first.
Second: Angled TSR logo on front cover, bottom center.
Textual errors have now been corrected. Does not have "May 1987"
at the bottom of the first page. Rear cover has Product Number
and ISBN stacked over the bar code; Piece Code on the bottom left.
Third: Angled TSR logo on front cover, bottom center.
Textual errors corrected. Does not have "May 1987" at the bottom
of the first page. Rear cover has Product Number within the bar
code, no ISBN, and Piece Code on the bottom left.
Fourth (1987): Angled TSR logo on front cover, bottom
center. Textual errors corrected. Has "May 1987" at the
bottom of the first page (credits page still has "1985" on it, however).
Rear cover has Product Number within the bar code, no ISBN, and Piece
Code on the bottom left.
Fifth: Angled TSR logo on front cover, bottom center.
Textual errors corrected. Has "May 1987" at the bottom of the
first page (credits page still has "1985" on it, however). Rear
cover has no Product Number, ISBN above the bar code, and Piece Code
on the bottom left.
Sixth (1991): Gold Angled TSR logo, front cover bottom
center. Rear cover has no Product Number, ISBN above the bar code,
and Piece Code on the bottom left.
Seventh (1992): Gold Angled TSR logo, front cover bottom
left. Rear cover has no Product Number, ISBN within the bar code,
and Piece Code on the bottom left.
Thanks to Steve Blodgett, Shannon Crack, Michael Deaton, Wayne Gralian, John Huckerby,
Rene Hurka, John Kowalewski, Mike Kuo, Stéphane Tanguay, and Morey Winnett
for this info, and to Michael Deaton for the scans of I3-5 and
T1-4 Fifth and Sixth prints.
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Scourge of Slave Lords |
In Search of Adventure |
Queen of the Spiders |
Desert of Desolation |
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Realms of Horror
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Temple of Elemental Evil
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Temple of Elemental Evil
(6th prt)
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Temple of Elemental Evil
(7th prt)
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These modules were thick, relatively expensive, and produced in small
print runs towards the twilight of the 1st Edition rules (with the exception
of T1-4, which was printed several times due to demand). As
a result -- and because they are compilations of popular modules -- they
tend to go for high prices.
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