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What are some good short modules?

Started by RunningLaser, February 12, 2015, 02:38:57 PM

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RunningLaser

February 12, 2015, 02:38:57 PM
What are some good modules that are short in length- something that can be completed in an evening or two?  System doesn't matter, just interested in seeing what folks have to say.

Skywalker

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February 12, 2015, 02:46:41 PM
Goodman Games released two compilations of short 1-2 session adventures called The Adventure Begins and The Adventure Continues. They were quite good.

Vic99

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February 12, 2015, 05:31:38 PM
I really liked Raven Mine.  Ran it a few times. Mixed it up a bit.  Sixteen pages for D&D.  Reasonably powerful mage, obsessed with his familiar.

http://www.amazon.com/Raven-Mine-Legends-Lairs-I/dp/1887911499/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1423780146&sr=8-1&keywords=raven+mine+d%26d

jeff37923

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February 12, 2015, 05:48:44 PM
Quote from: Skywalker;815427Goodman Games released two compilations of short 1-2 session adventures called The Adventure Begins and The Adventure Continues. They were quite good.

This. Both of those books are great.

You might want to look at a few other Dungeon Crawl Classic 16 page/$2 for d20  modules as well.
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Spinachcat

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February 13, 2015, 01:22:19 AM
The adventure in the back of the Basic D&D Red Book is surprisingly good, especially if you spend some time thinking about the inhabitants of the crumbled keep and the goals/resources of the goblins.

Dirk Remmecke

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February 13, 2015, 10:22:34 AM
Quote from: RunningLaser;815425What are some good modules that are short in length- something that can be completed in an evening or two?  System doesn't matter, just interested in seeing what folks have to say.

More short modules than you can play:
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2009
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2010
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2011
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2012
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2013
http://www.onepagedungeon.info/one-page-dungeon-contest-2014

The winners are usually the best of the lot but I found the whole range of submissions worth studying. The modules are really diverse (and some are just jokes or unplayable, artsy, proof-of-concept things).

If I were younger and still had a weekly, ongoing, sandbox campaign I would just sprinkle about 40-50% of all OPDs over a randomly generated hex map and watch tensions between factions and regions grow as the characters stir up things - instant campaign!

Quote from: jeff37923;815443You might want to look at a few other Dungeon Crawl Classic 16 page/$2 for d20  modules as well.

My favourite of those would be DCC28 Into the Wilds, one of the best homages to Keep on the Borderlands. It has a small town and four nearby dungeon/encounter complexes that are oozing character and are very different to one another. Each one a 1-2 session affair.
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Be sure to check these threads:
http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=1324 (awesome 3D graphics of some of the locations)
http://www.goodman-games.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7085 (fixing some errors in the module)
Swords & Wizardry & Manga ... oh my.
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Omega

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February 13, 2015, 03:47:24 PM Last Edit: February 13, 2015, 04:41:34 PM by Omega
TSR put out a few of those. Packs of mini modules. Got one for Spelljammer.

Dungeon Magazine is great for those. Quite a few pretty short modules. Some mid range and even a few epics.

If you can find them, very early issues of White Dwarf had short adventures and even some longer ones stretched over several issues.

And for a truely short adventure from WD... The Hive of the Hrrr'l. The whole place is scaled to fly people only half an inch tall... :cheerleader:

RunningLaser

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February 13, 2015, 04:22:58 PM
Cool- thanks:)  This give me something to start looking into.
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