RPG Retro Review: A0 Danger at Darkshelf Quarry
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Against the Slavelords POD/PDF (Just a minor addition. the POD is SOFTCOVER not Hardcover): www.drivethrurpg.com/product/169626/A0A4-Against-the-Slave-Lords-1e?affiliate_id=118139
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I could kick myself for not buying all of these premium re-prints back in 2013. Every single one of them from first edition and second edition were there for the taking and I hesitated, and I missed out. Great review as always! Both of my toddlers know your intro music very well.
Yes. Same here!!
Perfect timing I'm thinking of adapting this for dungeon crawl classics to run for my players, starting with this one.
Did I tell you that your channel is awesome?If I didn't, well than this is a reminder.Excellent video.
Wow, thank you! I was going for awesome. :)
@@captcorajus and you've gotten there.Keep up the good work.
I just love your videos! They really do give me the feeling of listening to an old program. Very nostalgic feel. Good work.
Just wanted to let you know that your final review put it over the top. I bought this supermodule series. Thank you for sharing this.
Glad I could help!
I have withdrawal symptoms if I don't watch one of your videos every few days.
Your channel is getting better and better. I am excited for you doing B3. It doesn't get enough love.
oh, I am one of your Partreon subscribers as well, RobinGoodfellow1976
Great to have your support by the way! Thank you!
Never heard of this module so glad you did a review of it
I’d like to hear your take on the Stormbringer and Elfquest rpg games in the future (both done by chaosium 😊
Seconded. Maybe Superworld, Ringworld and/or Worlds of Wonder too, as long as we're digging up older and lesser-known Chaosium RPGs. Lot of good stuff there. Hawkmoon and Stormbringer might make a good double review - systems are similar and they're both Moorcock settings.
I have the POD of this, but have yet to read it (A0, that is). It seems a great addition to the classic series. I wish they'd made a few edits to the whole campaign path when they released the omnibus, streamlining the villains, elevating some like Marquessa to overarching foes, dropping clues in each that lead the party to the next module, etc.; but that would ultimately have changed the original modules and I doubt many would be pleased with that. Of course, that doesn't stop an enterprising DMs from making the series their own, and tailoring it as they see fit. Personally, I love the series.
Great review, as always. We can only hope that this quarantine lasts forever if you're going to continue releasing this much more content! Just kidding. :)
I am planning to run this moving the cave system to underneath Strixhaven with a portion of the professors and alumni serving as the cultist of (insert HP Lovecraft demon/Cthulhu here)
Excellent review! thank you.
Great review. A minor quibble with the content in the final summary. DriveThruRPG's reprint of the premium modules for this and S1-4 are softcover. They aren't as nice as the WOTC version but are much more affordable.
oh, you're right! I got hard cover premium reprints for other books and I just 'assumed'. That's what I get. lol
Great review! I really want this compilation so I’m glad drive thru rpg has it for only $18!!! What a deal!
I did make a mistake Its a soft cover, not a hard cover, but still a good deal for 5 amazing modules.
captcorajus that’s actually even better better I love softcover RPG books!
Finally a module that makes sense. If the PC's are defeated they are chained and enslaved, perfectly in keeping with the theme. Cap, did the module mention if the PC's happen to get enslaved if loincloths are provided?
It wasn't specifically detailed in the module, so, unfortunately, you'll have to make it up. :P
@@captcorajus I think a d6 should decide this. 1-2 rough and itchy loincloths, 3-4 coin purses with long draw strings, 5 and armored cod piece, 6 nothing... except shrinkage. lol 😅
Oh? Hmm, though I think you're being too kind, honesly. I'd be crueler.
3-4 lice infested unrefined wool
@@captcorajus I'm actually surprised that more modules don't put the PC's into naked situations. It is all theatre of the mind so modesty isn't a real concern, plus it "could" make for some interesting role-playing if done maturely.
This does look like a fun one to start a group of adventurers with!
I'm going to have to pick this one up, I was planning to run a campaign for my nephews and nieces and this would be a nice different take on the way I ran it decades ago.
At 9:25, the ToEE actually precedes the Slaverlord modules, not follows. See, we listen to you. ;) Great review as always. I haven't read A0 yet, so I am quite looking forward to it.
Doh! Can't believe I messed that up, but yeah. I think I'm going senile.
I get all excited when that cheezy organ starts up!
First off, love these reviews, very well done and informative to me. I'm DMing these for one player (my brother) who's playing 4 characters. I'm modifying it to 5E as I go. Bro pointed me to these as we're only about half way through A0. I got the A0 maps from Schley and hoping Pinter releases the other adventure maps sooner before later. A question: I know you like the inclusion of the Elder Elemental Eye, but I'd prefer the priests found here to tie into the rest of the series (and further). The somewhat vague reference to the Earth Dragon could work for me, but I'm also considering a deity like Beltar, which could roll into adventures in the Pomarjj (it's set in the lead up to the Greyhawk Wars, wanting to follow it up with Turrosh Mak being the main villian).
The cool thing about Greyhawk is that is so open ended, you can make it how you want. :)
Never got to finish playing this one. Always thought it was a great adventure.
Great video and amazing channel! I'd love to hear your thoughts on Pathfinder 2E, since it's the latest iteration of D&D and, accorsinf to the superficial reading I've done, it's quite interesting, simpler and more modern than 3.5. Also, Paizo makes great modules and their Campaign setting is second to none, I'm sure you would like it. I'm currently using that campaign setting on my 5e Campaign.
BTW, I started buying old D&D content on DTRPG thanks to you videos, would love to see a review of any Al-Qadim book or maybe the original DrAgonlance modules.
All the best from Chile!
If Paizo is willing to comp me some books, I'd do it. lol. Its not exactly 'old school' however. As I've said before I HATE trying to read from a PDF. I like solid pages in my hand. One of the reasons i've not finished the City of Brass review is because I only have a PDF of the book.
We'll see.
@@captcorajus I think your audience numbers are good, and more importantly, there's a lot of "engagement", I'm sure Paizo would be pleased to send you copies of the Pathfinder 2E line, I guess you just gotta ask. And I know it's not "old school", but since you've covered pretty much every step of the history of D&D so far, it makes sense.
BTW, are you familiar with Forbidden Lands (from Free League), it's another mix of old school meets new school and seems great.
this is coincidental -- I am running the original Danger at Darkshelf Quarry right now ..
Another great review Cap, thanks for covering this series, warts-and-all. Really looking forward to transitioning from Saltmarsh to this series, Jon Pintar's maps can't come soon enough! Any info on when they're likely to be released?
Well, there's a little hiccup on distribution, but Jon's talented and I'm sure he'll work it out.
I just ordered a copy on ebay because this most excellent review. The price wasn't out of whack and it was a shrink wrapped new copy.
AWESOME!!! As you saw, I have the premium reprint and I really like it. I'm sure you'll enjoy playing/ running it.
Cap have you ever given the B/X Companion a look see?
It's like the book that might have been for B/X D&D.
Yep. Have a PDF of it, and it is pretty good. I also have B/X adventurer. I've got a back log of 'Get to's' lol, so who know when I might do a video on it. Great supplement though.
@@captcorajus Can't wait.
@@captcorajus the Adventurers was originally from Bard Games. Part of the Compleat Series.
Does anyone know if this John Pinter has released his realistic maps for this campaign yet? I would be interested in buying them. Also, nice video. I enjoyed having the overall story summarized.
Not yet. As soon as I find something out, I'll post it.
Good review
Nice history lesson too
imho, a pretty solid "reboot start" for the A series
As you can see I agree. Skip Williams really hit it out of the ball park on this one IMHO.
Just waiting on my copy to be delivered!
Can you do a review on the strange alien space ship module
Are you talking about Expedition to the Barrier Peaks or Queen of the Demonweb Pits? I've done both. :)
I am trying to find the map maker he mentioned in the video.. John Pinter? Anyone have a link?
I got the print on demand a few weeks ago, but you made a mistake, it only comes in softcover, not hardcover, so it isn't quite as much a steal for that price and isn't at all equivalent to the 2013 hardcover printing. Still cool.
Yes, corrected in the description. :)
Wow... great background... a prequal.
I'm confused how this is supposed to lead into T1-4 since that module for for character levels 1-8. Is the idea here that you play A0 and then skip right to T1-4 instead of playing A1-4?
I ran this for 3 generations of gamers
Don't believe they offer a hard cover on drive thru.
Sure they do. Depends on the title though. I've got quite a few hard covers from them.
@@captcorajus can you link it ?
@@captcorajus says softcover or pdf on drive thru not sure where you see a hardcover option but hey maybe your special.
@@captcorajus actually can't tell now if your being a smart ass or not. Like of course they sell hard cover books . If that's what you meant but do they offer a hard cover option on drive through rpg of the slave lords????????
@@melborndontis2947 I didn't say I got a hard cover for THIS title. I have for others however. Have a great day.