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Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Kaiu Keiichi on January 02, 2014, 05:07:55 AM
As I'm gearing up to run my AD&D 1E game in Q2 of 2014, I'm looking for easy to prep and run old school adventures. Share with me the ones you dig. As long as they're OSRIC/1E compatible, it's coolios.
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Exploderwizard on January 02, 2014, 12:49:42 PM
Is it important that they were released in 2013?
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: VectorSigma on January 03, 2014, 10:41:43 AM
Quote from: Exploderwizard;720135Is it important that they were released in 2013?

Possibly not, but the limitation might make the thread more interesting and keep it from being the usual recitation.
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Teazia on January 05, 2014, 10:07:58 PM
Barrowmaze II (and I) are easy to pick up and run while also being great adventures.
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Kaiu Keiichi on January 06, 2014, 05:04:25 PM
I'm not too uptight with that. But for those here who follow such things, top stuff publushed in 2013 would be nice. I'll take anything good and 1e compatible, however.
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: RunningLaser on January 06, 2014, 05:43:22 PM
Quote from: Teazia;721078Barrowmaze II (and I) are easy to pick up and run while also being great adventures.

I was fortunate enough to do some artwork for Barrowmaze II.  I have the hardback with the poster map and extras.  It's sweet.
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: grodog on January 06, 2014, 07:51:58 PM
Quote from: Kaiu Keiichi;721387I'm not too uptight with that. But for those here who follow such things, top stuff publushed in 2013 would be nice.

AFS magazine #2 (ed. Scott Moberly @ Halls of Tizun Thane; technically released at the very end of 2012, this didn't arrive in my mailbox until early 2013; issue #4 was just published at the end of 2013, too)
AS&SH Players' Manual
BarrowMaze I and II by Greg Gillespie (also released late in 2012, I think?)
Dread Saecaroth by James Boney (Old School Road Games)
Night of the Black Swords by Allen Hammack (DieCast Games)

Quote from: Kaiu Keiichi;721387I'll take anything good and 1e compatible, however.

In alphabetical order, my Top 5 OSR products in general are:

Bottle City by Rob Kuntz (Pied Piper, soon to be reprinted by Black Blade)
F1 The Fane of Poisoned Prophecies by Guy Fullerton (Chaotic Henchmen)
Knockspell magazine (Mythmere Games)
Monsters of Myth (First Edition Society)
OSRIC (perhaps unsuprisingly I prefer the BBP/UA edition)
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Planet Algol on January 07, 2014, 01:41:45 AM
Quelong!
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Malfi on January 07, 2014, 08:26:45 AM
You might want to check this out.
http://tenfootpole.org/ironspike/?page_id=844
Not 2013 exactly but possibly useful.
Note that there are quite a few free adventures in these suggestions.

Also good luck with trying this out, it has long been to my to do list, but whenever I think about dming sth other than 3.5 or exalted I have a small panick attack.
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: sniderman on January 07, 2014, 10:15:25 AM
I'll recommend Slaughtergrid (http://www.lulu.com/us/en/shop/rafael-chandler/slaughtergrid/paperback/product-21018131.html), but your players better not be too uptight with "pleasurably vile" dungeon-crawling.
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Vile Traveller on January 10, 2014, 08:07:18 AM
Quote from: sniderman;721556"pleasurably vile"
Did someone mention my name? Time for some selfless self-promotion:

http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/110292/BLUEHOLME-The-Maze-of-Nuromen?manufacturers_id=3982
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Sigmund on January 10, 2014, 12:11:04 PM
If adventures created for LL, which seems fairly compatible with 1e/OSRIC to me, are ok, then I suggest... this (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/120051/The-Shrine-of-St-Aleena?manufacturers_id=3356) and this (http://rpg.drivethrustuff.com/product/112667/The-Stealer-of-Children?manufacturers_id=3356).
Title: Best OSR modules of 2013
Post by: Saladman on January 12, 2014, 04:57:32 AM
Quote from: Planet Algol;721484Quelong!

On a read-thru this impressed me greatly, and its on the list of things I want to run when I can.

I'm in a Barrowmaze game on the player side, and we've gotten about a year of play (granted, with some digressions) out of it without yet clearing it.

If "adventures" includes dungeons, I'll add Dyson's Delves to the list.  A couple of the keyed dungeons look cool.