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The Lost Adventurer
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It is my intention to mainly focus on BECMI era products and on other DnD modules from that Era that are lacking attention from others.
It is my hope that these videos will help others in the future and that more interest will be garnered onto the Mentzer era Dungeons and dragons game. You can still buy the Rules Cyclopedia which covers all the rules for character creations, levels, monsters, dominions and everything else for less then $30 on DMsguild. Go out and buy it. Seriously, its mostly compatible with any adventure from 1st AD&D and 2nd editions. (I really should do a video on the Rules Cyclopedia one day)
DMsguild link to rules cyclopedia: www.dmsguild.com/product/17171/DD-Rules-Cyclopedia-Basic?affiliate_id=1608046
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It is my hope that these videos will help others in the future and that more interest will be garnered onto the Mentzer era Dungeons and dragons game. You can still buy the Rules Cyclopedia which covers all the rules for character creations, levels, monsters, dominions and everything else for less then $30 on DMsguild. Go out and buy it. Seriously, its mostly compatible with any adventure from 1st AD&D and 2nd editions. (I really should do a video on the Rules Cyclopedia one day)
DMsguild link to rules cyclopedia: www.dmsguild.com/product/17171/DD-Rules-Cyclopedia-Basic?affiliate_id=1608046
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A Review of CM6: Where Chaos Reigns. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #20
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DMsguild PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/17120/CM6-Where-Chaos-Reigns-Basic?affiliate_id=1608046
Mr.Welchs review on the same module: ua-cam.com/video/MhHvaLuFg9I/v-deo.htmlsi=SqIM892gVVPWbPqh
Written back in 1983 by the TSR UK design team.
Combining time travel, parallel worlds, advanced technology, a borg like enemy (pre borg by the way), greek themes, this one is a bit of an epic adventure. All crammed into only 24 pages. Set for levels 17-19 of BECMI, this one is a bit out there, but fun.
Some people may like to compare this to Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, but this has a different feel to it, Yes it does have a sci-fi component to it, but thats really the only connecting factor. The PCs will instead of exploring a crashed ship, will be trying to stop this advanced enemy from meddling with the past and preserve magic.
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DMsguild PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/17120/CM6-Where-Chaos-Reigns-Basic?affiliate_id=1608046
Mr.Welchs review on the same module: ua-cam.com/video/MhHvaLuFg9I/v-deo.htmlsi=SqIM892gVVPWbPqh
Written back in 1983 by the TSR UK design team.
Combining time travel, parallel worlds, advanced technology, a borg like enemy (pre borg by the way), greek themes, this one is a bit of an epic adventure. All crammed into only 24 pages. Set for levels 17-19 of BECMI, this one is a bit out there, but fun.
Some people may like to compare this to Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, but this has a different feel to it, Yes it does have a sci-fi component to it, but thats really the only connecting factor. The PCs will instead of exploring a crashed ship, will be trying to stop this advanced enemy from meddling with the past and preserve magic.
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A Review of: Kurishans Garden. A 3rd edition DnD / D20 Adventure
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Like and subscribe for more adventure reviews. Join the channel membership for only $0.99 a month. it supports these endeavors... and the pain and suffering that comes with looking at this worst ones Links DMsguild PDF: www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/25428/kurishan-s-garden?affiliate_id=1608046 A simple adventure designed for the D20, 3rd edition version of Dungeons and Dragons. Deal with a ma...
A Review of N2: The Forest Oracle. An AD&D adventure review #05
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Like and subscribe for more adventure reviews. Join the channel membership for only $0.99 a month. it supports these endeavors... and the pain and suffering that comes with looking at this worst ones Links DMsguild PDF/POD: www.dmsguild.com/product/17057/N2-The-Forest-Oracle-1e.php?affiliate_id=1608046 YeOldsGeeks Review: ua-cam.com/video/0znnRBEd_-Y/v-deo.html In this adventure the players wil...
A Review of B10: Nights Dark Terror. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #19
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Like and subscribe! ‐ DMsguild Link : www.dmsguild.com/product/17119/B10-Nights-Dark-Terror-Basic.php?affiliate_id=1608046 Another Classic Old school adventure, this time written in 1986 by TSR UK, who usually put out excellent products, this was a collaborations between Jim Bambra, Graeme Morris and Phil Gallagher. Taking place in Karemiekos, this module is an entire early levels campaign and ...
A Review of REF3: The Skeletons Encounter. An AD&D Dungeons and Dragons Review #04
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Like and subscribe! ‐ DMsguild $5 PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/17019/REF3-The-Book-of-Lairs-1e.php?affiliate_id=1608046 Do you need a side quest or encounter to distract your players for a Session? Do you like using skeletons, and your players are levels 2-4? Then this will fit the Bill. James Ward made a small one day encounter that includes a way to make sure this doesn't become a multi-sess...
A Review of: The Haunted Tower. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #18
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Like and subscribe! ‐ DMsguild $5 PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/17001/The-Haunted-Tower-Basic?term=haunted tower.php?affiliate_id=1608046 An adventure designed for the Thunder Rift setting, this was actually a box set. It included 3 16 page adventures and had an undead theme to it. The actual box set included poster maps, paper figures, and cardboard tiles. Though it has 3 adventures in it, the...
A Review of REF3: The Brigand and Bandits Encounter. An AD&D Dungeons and Dragons Review #03
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Like and subscribe! ‐ DMsguild $5 PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/17019/REF3-The-Book-of-Lairs-1e.php?affiliate_id=1608046 Do you need a Brigand or Bandit camp/fortress for your campaign? need a base for all those bandits you've been sending out? Maybe having a Robber Baron/corrupt Lord in your campaign as a low level campaign end boss? This is for you, this gives you the set up for the brigands ...
A Review of B6: The Veiled Society. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #17
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Like and subscribe! ‐ DMSguild link for PDF and POD: www.dmsguild.com/product/17102/B6-The-Veiled-Society-Basic.php?affiliate_id=1608046 Written by the great Zeb Cook, B6 is a nice dive into the city of Specularum, introducing new players to the local nobility, sticking them in the middle of a murder investigation, and dealing with a guild of Assassins' and rogues. Though a little Railroady, Ze...
A Review of REF3: The Book of Lairs and the Ogre Mage / Oni, An AD&D Dungeons and Dragons Review #02
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Like and subscribe! ‐ DMsguild $5 PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/17019/REF3-The-Book-of-Lairs-1e.php?affiliate_id=1608046 A brief look at the REF3 Book of Lairs, which is full of 61 easy to add encounters for any campaign, especially map campaigns. encounters for terrains such as mountains, forests, city's, aquatic, desert, this book has it all to add a little bit of variety to your game. it may...
A Review of : AA2 A Matter of Justice, A Basic Fantasy RPG Review #03 by the Basic Fantasy Project
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A murdered Guard Captain? An abandoned mine! sus business owners, mercenaries, giant killer snails, and a trap. Welcome to A matter of Justice ,a BFRPG adventure found in Adventure Anthology 2, and designed for 4 to 6 characters of levels 3 to 5 LINKS: (FREE) BFRPG Rules and ALL the modules PDF: basicfantasy.org/downloads.htm support the channel by joining the .99 cent a month channel membership!
A Review of: AA1 Merilla’s Magic Tower. A Basic Fantasy RPG adventure review #2
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Another part of the Independent TTRPG month reviews, the second adventure from BFRPGs Adventure Anthologies. Merillas Magic Tower, and adventure designed for characters levels 3 to 7 LINKS: (FREE) BFRPG Rules and ALL the modules PDF: basicfantasy.org/downloads.html $5 Adventure Anthologies Book: www.amazon.com/Adventure-Anthology-1-Chris-Gonnerman/dp/1500668745
A Review of : AA1 Gold in the Hills, a Basic Fantasy RPG Review #01, by the Basic Fantasy Project
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July is Independent Tabletop RPG month so here is a very simple adventure found in Adventure Anthologies #1 for the Basic Fantasy RPG Goblins, gold, and a magic ring, all a good fit for a beginning adventure, or a simple one day excursion. LINKS: (FREE) BFRPG Rules and ALL the modules PDF: basicfantasy.org/downloads.html $5 Adventure Anthologies Book: www.amazon.com/Adventure-Anthology-1-Chris-...
A Review of : The Three-Wizard Conundrum , a 5e/DCC D&D review #03, by Goodman Games
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Three-Wizard Conundrum PDF Link: goodman-games.com/store/product/fifth-edition-fantasy-the-three-wizard-conundrum-free-rpg-day-2022-pdf/ A little bit different then my usual videos, a 5e adventure made by Goodman Games. Its Free, and an easily portable adventure, I would equate it to about what could be found in the old Dungeon Magazines back in the Day. a 3rd Level Adventure for 4-6 Level 3 pl...
An Overview of Jakandor, a forgotten TSR D&D setting
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Jakandor Island at War PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/17364/Jakandor-Island-of-War-2e?term=jak.php?affiliate_id=1608046 Jakandor Land of Legend PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/204202/Jakandor-Land-of-Legend.php?affiliate_id=1608046 Created back in 1997 by TSR at the time, Jakandor is one of those rarely heard of mini-settings. Though it was designed to be portable to any game world if you wished
A Review of DDA4: The Dymrak Dread. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #16
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Like and Subscribe for more videos! $5 PDF: www.dmsguild.com/product/17143/DDA4-The-Dymrak-Dread-Basic?term=dda4?affiliate_id=1608046 The supposed sequal to DDA3, this one did not live up to its original promises. This adventure is a simple Goblin den with a little bit of undead, though the Wight might give your party a run for its money.
A Review of DDA3: Eye of Traldar. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #15
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A Review of DDA3: Eye of Traldar. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #15
A Review of Falcons Peak. An AD&D Dungeons and Dragons Review #01
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A Review of Falcons Peak. An AD&D Dungeons and Dragons Review #01
A Review of The Jade Hare. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons Review#14
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A Review of Mistamere Castle/ Kill Bargle. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons Review #13
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A Review of Mistamere Castle/ Kill Bargle. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons Review #13
A Review of Light of Xaryxis. A 5e Spelljammer Adventure Review #02
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A Review of Light of Xaryxis. A 5e Spelljammer Adventure Review #02
A Review of Hunt for the Thessalhydra. A 5e Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Review #01
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A Review of Hunt for the Thessalhydra. A 5e Dungeons and Dragons Adventure Review #01
A Review of X12: Skarda's Mirror. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #12
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A Review of X12: Skarda's Mirror. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #12
A Review of Sword and Shield. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #11
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A Review of Sword and Shield. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #11
A Review of B12: Queens Harvest. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #10
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A Review of B12: Queens Harvest. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #10
A Review of AC2: Treasure of the Hideous one. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #09
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A Review of AC2: Treasure of the Hideous one. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #09
Inhabitants of the Plane of Ice (AD&D) Dragon Magazine #129 Jan 1988
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Inhabitants of the Plane of Ice (AD&D) Dragon Magazine #129 Jan 1988
A Review of: Quest for the Silver Sword. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons module Review #08
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A Review of: Quest for the Silver Sword. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons module Review #08
A Review of X11: Saga of the Shadow Lord. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #07
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A Review of X11: Saga of the Shadow Lord. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #07
About Timelords, an AD&D NPC class from Dragon Magazine #65, Sep 1982
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About Timelords, an AD&D NPC class from Dragon Magazine #65, Sep 1982
A Review of AC8: The Revenge of Rusak. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons module Review #06
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A Review of AC8: The Revenge of Rusak. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons module Review #06
Absolutely love this module, getting ready to run it again with 5e transitioners 😏 But not before having them find the fortress of Quasqueton, at the Cave of the Unknown.... I so look forward to seeing a new release from you, hoping there's more in the near future!! Did you ever get around to reviewing B1? I haven't found it yet....
That art work is also the cover of which way dungeons and dragons book it's like a solo adventure.....that's why i am watching this i have that book!
With this module are that many of the encounters are TPKs for a party that tries/thinks they can fight.
I like the idea that the trap is setup like a see-saw. Too much weight and the end sinks down suddenly. It then dumps the players into an open pit with a nasty surprise. Possibly something akin to the "orb of annihilation". Ie dead body removal.
The magen were seen before in dungeon module X2 - Castle Amber
978 Grady Dale
Thanks for doing a review on this.. I recently picked up the PDF and the PC characters weren’t a part of that.. the Game board characters were but not the D&D counterparts …any idea where I might get those?
This is a fun adventure.
I've played this through back in the day with my brothers and some friends. I remember it fondly, it is one of the adventures that has stuck in my head. I guess time travel was mind blowing experience for a young kid (I am the youngest, and must've been somewhere 10-12 years old) :D I thought to use this in one of my current campaigns. Thanks for the quick review, I remember the plot now much more clear. Very nice!
Great D&D old school content! /sub
I enjoy all of The Lost Adventurer videos 🎉
Interesting. Really thanks for posting this. I just found your channel yesterday and I'm binge watching everything. I have the chronomancer supplement. I think I'm going to take this feel information you present here write it down and keep it with that supplement in case I ever run that in the future.
I have never heard of thunder rift setting. I actually started playing AD&d in 81. I followed this hobby on and off for decades now. I play second edition. And I have never heard of this. I'm kind of dumbfounded about that. I plan on watching your playlist on it. I'm a bit amazed that there's a level three to five adventure that has a vampire in it. That seems to be a little OP. But maybe he's a weaker version than I'm used to running.
They're wrote an adventure for a party of first level characters that has a creature that requires magical weapons to hit?
I am literally writing a story about this adventure right now and this pops up in my feed.
This is awesome, thank you! My players just finished The Eye of Traldar and got to Specularum, so I was looking for a little adventure for them in the city and your review was super helpful. I think they'll really enjoy this.
I got Dungeon of Dread through our school reading program called RIF. Reading Is Fundamental. It was very early. Probably first edition. When I saw this module, I had to download it. Nostalgia.
Thus adventure sucks. Surely bottom 5 of TSR. Every room you just walk in and get attacked right away, with no interesting tricks or gimmicks. Review already mentioned the nonsensical plot and lack of explanaton for anything. Trivial with 2 clerics since its mostly undead and low HD stuff. Only good thing is the pretty map of the manor.
Where did you get that map of Luln?
Welcome back! Damn...this adventure seems like a crazy Doctor Who episode 😮
Damn...Kurishan is kinda like Stephen King in the 82 movie "Creepshow". 😂 Any idea where these pamphlet adventures were sold? I never heard of them...
It has its own little horror theme to it! I didn't even know about it until one of the channel members asked me to take a look at them, so your guess is as good as mine
Local gaming stores in the early 2000s would have a stand up box of them with like 6 or 8 different adventures per box. The pamphlet format made them cheap to produce and they packed twice as dense on a shelf. I had several I interspersed inside my homebrew campaign as they were excellent time savers. Unlike modern adventure paths, the plot hooks were thin enough you could easily mix and match them. My reworked version of Kurishan became a recurring character in my game. I think AEG released a collection of them at one point.
Thanks for the great video! Do you have videos on the other Thunder Rift BECMI box sets?
Thanks, I have plans on doing goblins lair and dragons den in the future!
There's really no other mapmaker from that era like Graeme Morris. Did it all, strategic, tactical, dungeon maps with such style.
I didn’t realize he was the map maker, but it makes sense now that all his adventures have an excellent map overview. Thanks for the information!
Yaaaayyy, genocide!
Nice review. Sounds like a fun adventure.
Great to see you again Adventurer :) I was afraid that this time you got lost for good.
Sometimes it just takes a while for me to find my way back!
I bought this one when it first came out due to the parallel world concept. That seems to be its weakest component, though. The adventure is all over the place, but it could work in the recent Planegea setting or perhaps be part of (Mystaran) Blackmoor's history. The Oard would be servants of the E.G.G. of Coot.
I looked up Aelos, and there’s a theory that Aelos is the known world, but upside down
@@TheLostAdventurer I must admit that is a new one to me.
6 Gary's on small Rocs. DAMN YOU, GARY!!
lol, looks like I missed one of the Auto corrects 😅, I award you 5 internet points
The Gary Menace!
@@stephenclements6158 damn Gary’s, ruining everything
Ha ha ha ha gaaaary
Wooooo he's back!
great video! welcome back
Thanks man!
Sadly there was a lot of great creatures in this one that never got used again
The Oard were just one of them. I was a big fan of the Odic too, I just didn’t fit them into this review. I have no idea how you’re able to pull off making your videos more compact, even when I try it still ends up being near 20 minutes long
@@TheLostAdventurer I put myself on a hard page count. Also I edited a magazine for over a decade. Lot of experience cutting things down to size
I can’t pull it off 😅, my life experience is the opposite, they always wanted more details for everything that could, would, or did happen. I gotta throw your video up in the descriptor
Sounds like a fun little setup in which you can inject some horror.
Definitely, the whole plants controlling people, and just the creeping vines by themselves have potential
Yay more BECMI content.
I get back to it sometimes 😅, unfortunately most of my BECMI experience is up to expert, I’ve never made it to companion plus
@@TheLostAdventurer Yeah that's fair it's hard to get a group to play that long or get into a campaign to that degree.
Your choices of oddball/overlooked adventures, combined with your wry sense of humor, creates a neat niche. Keep the reviews going!!
Thanks, thats one of the main reasons I started this whole channel was to cover those oddball and overlooked adventures!
Welcome back!!! Miss ya buddy and great review. Glad things ended positive for you and looking forward to the next video! Thank you for all the hard work.
Thanks man!
Congratulations on being alive. 👍
Thanks man! Yeah, I’m still kicking!
Oh hell yeah !
Glad to have you back! This little adventure sounds kind of perfect for the campaign I have coming up starting next month. Thank you for sharing it
You can thank Matt nerdy for suggesting it. I never knew there were pamphlets for dnd
@@TheLostAdventurer I picked it up. $0.80 was just too good to pass up
Welcome back 😊.
Thank you! 😃
Thanks man!
Nice review. Good to see you back
Back to the grind. Now that I got the other stuff out of the way, I can focus on here a little more
Welcome back. I remember these pamphlet adventures, got all but one. Some were better than others but for that price, they were great!
I want to take a look at a few more of them eventually
Hey the Lost Adventurer, I knew it was about time for you to come back. Welcome back!! Thank you so much for doing my video request. I've always enjoyed Kurishan's Garden, it's the moral dilemma I enjoy the most as a DM. Great job on breaking the adventure down, very deep! I was curious what kind of score you would give it. I think you scored it perfectly, and it is deadly! The module has a nice way of suddenly switching gears. Thanks again and you have a wonderful day!
Thanks, and no problem, I had been wanting to get this one done for a while, I had never even heard of it until you mentioned, so it definitely piqued my interest!
@@TheLostAdventurer Thanks again I appreciate it. Loved the humor in the video.
Not all who wonder are lost
Hey your back! I hope all is well with you.
It's going 😅 finally got some free time to get some videos done!
@@TheLostAdventurer sweet well glad to see you back. This is an interesting adventure, I would probably look to convert it to BX but then again I have enough adventures to run anyway. I look forward to seeing your next videos hopefully more BECMI or BX content.
I really like your reviews but I have to say, you really made a mistake with this one. I love it. And the creatures are quite powerful. Wights and wraiths drain levels, vampires and spectres drain two levels a hit. These guys are super dangerous. The mummy can cripple an unprepared party, between the fear and the mummy rot, this is tough. I did play these with AD&D 2e rules however so the creatures may be weaker in BECMI. Anyway, later dude.
There are 4 cities: Quagmire, Thanopolis, Sunken and Unfinished. These make a diamond. You have Thanopolis in the wrong place. It is the southernmost city. Also, the ancient race who built the cities is Moldvay backwards.
Thanks, I'm really going have to redo this one eventually, all together it rather poorly done, I will use the excuse of this was my first video
Knowing how TSR was going at this time, I have to wonder whether various employees were forced to write adventures in order to splatter product onto shelves. People who never did so before. Just grab the janitor and tell him to write a D&D adventure after briefly explaining to him what that is. 😆
oh I know..... im working on Tale of the Comet and that one is a bit...... poorly put together
Thats a trash dungeon I would have given it a 1 . Traps are too lethal , Monsters are too many and too high level . Its called kill Bargle yet Bargle has a very good chance to escape . Whats your other players going to do while a player is separated and you need to DM him , alone in a quiet place ? Your 1st two encounters are ten kobolds and a carrion crawler Thats rubbish . Why is the castle in ruins ? Why are the monsters worshipping Bargle ?
Flying and screaming, that's my kind of holiday experience.