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 Post subject: Garbage Pits of Despair
PostPosted: Sep 23, 2011 11:12 am 
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Is this something worth hunting down the two Different Worlds issues which feature this adventure (42/43)? Are there any revelations which may shed light on the original BM campaign? Was it released anywhere else besides DW mag? Does anyone have this, and, if so, can you fill me in on what I may be missing? Thanks in advance.


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PostPosted: Sep 23, 2011 4:07 pm 
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I have them. I enjoyed playing out the adventure for the first time, with Dave Arneson as the DM, about 10 years ago (just before I bought the two magazines on eBay). My character in the Rahotep PbP game at the Wayfarer's Inn forum is based upon my character from that adventure. As I recall, it was published around the same time as the DA modules from TSR, so it might more closely fit that era, rather than FFC, if that is what you are asking.

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PostPosted: Sep 23, 2011 7:45 pm 
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PostPosted: Sep 25, 2011 10:00 am 
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It's a fine, very entertaining adventure, certainly one of the better buys to do if you go oldschool.
Not very original, but fun for the players, and fun for the DM.

However, the mags are fairly costly.

You can simply get more stuff for the 60-80 $ the two will cost you together.

Like, that this is the prize of a mint-condition box set at Noble Knight Games, mind you.


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PostPosted: Sep 25, 2011 7:17 pm 
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Yeah they are very interesting. IIRC Tadashi sells these issues on his DW site. In any case they shouldn't be that expensive. I bought mine just a couple years ago and don't recall paying more than around $20 total.

I don't see them as being particularly adapted to the DA series though. There's no mention of Uther etc. Instead they are pretty reflective of FFC Blackmoor, updated by a few years. There's a number of quirky Arnesonian things including an AiF dragon that is converted to D&D stats and some slighly unusual magic weapons. The sword though is straight out of the D&D magic swords generation table.

Its also interesting because it's mostly a wilderness adventure.

Posted a small bit on Fins board here http://odd74.proboards.com/index.cgi?bo ... hread=4351

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I guess nobody did answer kesher's request for a synopsis after all. :?
If it's short, and I wouldn't be interested in the rest of the magazine's content, it would be a waste to shell out cash for irrelevant material.


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PostPosted: Sep 27, 2011 8:13 am 
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Ohoo! Thanks Aldy! I will look to get them there, then. ...And some of the nifty Thieves Guild stuff... :twisted:


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Thanks for the summary, aldarron! :)
Unless there are some earth-shaking, eye-opening revelations contained therein, I think, for the time being at least, I'll wait on hunting them down.


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The Garbage Pits is one of the few items that describe locations in the Dragon Hills. The Dragon featured in the module, Sophie, is also interesting in that she is tied to the Wizard of the Woods.

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