* * * Wizards Community Thread * * * -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Thread : What is the oldest module you own? Started at 11-23-07 01:43 PM by Shiftkitty Visit at http://forums.gleemax.com/showthread.php?t=956729 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 1] Author : Shiftkitty Date : 11-23-07 01:43 PM Thread Title : What is the oldest module you own? I've been rooting through my stuff and haven't gotten to the modules yet, but I can already see some tattered, dog-eared things promising to dredge up many a pleasant memory of killing the bad guys and rescuing the village/hostage/sacred artifact/etc. I think I've got one with a semi-monochromatic cover, but right now the oldest one I can readily identify (only because it's poking out at me) is "The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun". How about you guys? (My oldest piece in general is a 1975 edition of the game.) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 2] Author : SamualT Barronsword Date : 11-23-07 04:56 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? I think the earliest published module I have a copy of is the monchromatic G1, Steading of the Hill Giant Chief, published in 1978. The earliest rules set I have is a white boxed set with 1974 as the copywrite date, but as this is a "collectors edition" box, I think the set I have was published some years after 1974. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 3] Author : Shiftkitty Date : 11-23-07 06:46 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? Hmm, that's the rules set I have, but I'm sure mine says 1975. I have a brown box set, which I believe is the first one from 1974, but I have been unsuccessful in locating it in the boxes that got ransacked by the forces of chaos when we moved. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 4] Author : Extempus Date : 11-23-07 07:29 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? The first two I remember buying were I1, Dwellers of the Forbidden City and S4, The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. In 1999-2000, I bought second-hand two copies of B2, The Keep on the Borderlands, and even a 1979 3rd edition of the original D&D rulebook (the one with the blue cover, with the fighter and magic user attacking a red dragon on a treasure hoard)... in the last few years, I've managed to get several others, like the Slavers series, but all seem to be dated 1980 and after... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 5] Author : bloodtalon Date : 11-23-07 07:54 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? mine is B-2 KEEP OF THE BORDERLANDS got it back in 1980 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 6] Author : Ghendar Date : 11-28-07 07:28 AM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? The oldest ones I own are the monochrome colored cover copies of modules like the G series and D1 etc -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 7] Author : elondir Date : 11-28-07 11:58 AM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? B2 Keep on the Borderlands, blue cover. The first one I ever bought was Monstrous Compendium Appendix 8: The Outer Planes. I know it's weird to get Balor stats before reading the Player's Handbook. I just thought the cover was cool. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 8] Author : khyron1144 Date : 11-29-07 11:31 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? In terms of time in my collection, something from the 90s: Rage of the Rakasta. In terms of actual date of publication, some of the older things I own are: Keep on the Borderland, Isle of Dread, Castle Amber, Test of the Warlords, Into the Maelstrom, Temple of Elemental Evil, and Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 9] Author : beepaladin Date : 12-04-07 01:47 AM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? I'm not as hardcore as most people here I guess, but then again overall, I don't have much of a collection of books. I've got the second edition Ravenloft Campaign setting box set that a friend found me a few years ago for Christmas, and a lot of the 2e Van Richten Compendiums that I got when my gaming store was getting rid of stuff back before 3.5 came out. I also somehow managed to inherit a 1e monster compendium. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 10] Author : Vrykolas2k Date : 12-04-07 11:31 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? My oldest modules are from 1980. My oldest books... late '70's, mostly '77. I do have the Deities and Demigods with the Moorcock and Lovecraft stuff, which as I understand it is fairly rare. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 11] Author : tvknight415 Date : 12-06-07 05:50 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? oldest rules: 1E & Moldvay Basic. 1st print Dieties & Demigods oldest modules: B2, X1, S3, S1, EX1, EX2, B4 (off the top of my head) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 12] Author : rubermavors Date : 12-12-07 10:00 AM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? I also have the first print of Deities and Demigods, as well as the original Ravenloft Adventure, before it became its own boxed set -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 13] Author : Artifact Date : 12-13-07 10:56 AM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? The earliest product I can remember buying off the shelf is the Player's Handbook. It had a cover by the "Tramp" himself ;): A thief trying to pry a gem from the demon statue's eyes. The cover ink has nearly worn away completely after so many years, and its hard to see, but that's always been a classic image for me. According to the inside cover, it was the 6th printing, so I prolly bought it sometime in 1980, when I was a mere 10 years old. I don't remember what I paid, but it was worth a week's allowance at the time ($15.00 I think?) It took a few years of persuation, but eventually my mother became interested enough to DM some games for us kids. I remember those games so fondly, and its thanks in large part to a simple, 128 page rulebook. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 14] Author : ukplayerX Date : 01-07-08 03:03 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? mine is B-2 KEEP OF THE BORDERLANDS got it back in 1980 that was my first experience of D&D i remember having a cleric!! OH MY GOD!!the oldest module i own is The Isle of Dread, which came with the blue box Expert Rules :embarrass -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 15] Author : I'm Batman Date : 01-09-08 09:53 AM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? B1 - In Search of the Unknown -- the version where you had to fill in the monsters and treasure yourself. (Actually, I might own an older module, but B1 was my first one. What's older than B1?) -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 16] Author : Mock26 Date : 01-10-08 08:41 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? 1st edition, first printing, monochrome (with reddish-brownish cover) D1, Descent into the depths of the Earth. That is the first module I ever received. I do have, though, a complete set of all first edition modules, nearly all of which are 1st printings, too. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 17] Author : CCS Date : 01-10-08 10:02 PM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? I have (somewhere), amonst many other things, an original copy of Chaimail. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- [Post 18] Author : Extempus Date : 01-11-08 02:59 AM Thread Title : Re: What is the oldest module you own? I lucked out in 1984 when I found a copy of Chainmail (3rd edition, 7th printing, April 1979), along with the original supplements I-IV: Greyhawk (12th printing, November 1979), Blackmoor (9th printing, November 1979), Eldritch Wizardry (9th printing, November 1979), and Gods, Demigods & Heroes (7th Printing, November 1979). I even have a copy of Swords & Spells (6th printing, November 1979)... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Downloaded from Wizards Community (http://forums.gleemax.com) at 05-10-08 08:22 AM.