I will never understand why some modules give away key surprises in their titles.
It’s baffling. You have all kinds of mysterious goings-on, disappearances and reappearances and odd characters galore, red herrings like rumors of vampires to keep the players guessing … and it says ‘Against the Cult of the Reptile God’ right on the cover. Gee, I guess it wasn’t vampires …
Sigh.
That aside, this is a fun module, the original village with weird happenings caused by a nearby evil that so many modules have imitated. If you only ever play one of these, play this one. There are some handholdy bits - it’s intended for beginners - but if you remove those, it’s a good challenge with some serious teeth.
Good stuff.
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And now … Smaug.
What could go wrong?
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D&D the old-fashioned way. No artificial additives or preservatives. Want to play? Drop me a line.
I think just about all of the ones that were good in ye olde days are still good, aren’t they? At least the ones from this era. A couple like Temple of Elemental Evil may have been reevaluated and considered to be not all that, but most of that stuff has held up really well.
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