Wow, nice bump; this thread was buried! I gather that this led (directly or indirectly) into BC's current "Rank Your Top 20" thread?

Badmike wrote:Let's bump again, per X's post in the other thread. Any comments now that we've had five years to think about this?

Mike B.

I just can't get past all the compilations.  And all the "Return to.. yada yada" modules.

I found much more enjoyment reading the Top 30 lists put together by players and collectors in response to this article.  I actually found every other Top-30 list to be better than this one.

Sorry to be a Negative Nancy.  

I hadn't seen this thread before, but I don't really agree with this particular list. Granted, I haven't played the 3e modules, but I think the whole list idea is too subjective.

I have all of these, but I think the reason more non-TSR/WotC modules are not on the list is simple -- who else had official sanction to produce modules? If we discount the d20 era, I'd think the list of companies who had an AD&D license would be shorter than 5, but I could be wrong... I can think of Judges Guild and Mayfair. Who else?

I can't vote in the poll. There's no option for 29 of the 30.  I have everything except the JG module.

Edit:  I think I6 is on the list because it spawned an entire CS, not many modules can  claim this.  It also has a nifty '3-D' map that helps put the entire castle in perspective.  It's replay value is excellent compared to most other modules.  I'm not sure about it being #2 though.

Keith the Thief wrote:If it were my ranking:

Lost Caverns of Tosj would be in top 10

White Plume would be in top 5

G1, G2 & G3 (separately) would be somewhere between 10 & 15.

And the 4th Slave Lord module (where the PCs find themselves naked in the dark) would be way up there.  I must be in the 50% that love it. Either that, or the other half.  

Oddly, I've never played, or even read, Ravenloft.
I've never been big on vampires, and it's only getting worse with all this Twilight crap.  
Still, I guess I should find a copy and see why it's #2.

My two cents'

This, all of it. My sentiments exactly.

Keith the Thief wrote:If it were my ranking:

Lost Caverns of Tosj would be in top 10

White Plume would be in top 5

G1, G2 & G3 (separately) would be somewhere between 10 & 15.

And the 4th Slave Lord module (where the PCs find themselves naked in the dark) would be way up there.  I must be in the 50% that love it. Either that, or the other half.  

Oddly, I've never played, or even read, Ravenloft.
I've never been big on vampires, and it's only getting worse with all this Twilight crap.  
Still, I guess I should find a copy and see why it's #2.

My two cents'

Interesting.  I am mostly opposite of this.  S4 isnt even in my top ten.  The G series are all in my top ten.  G3 is number one in my list, closely followed by Ravenloft.  White Plume Mountain, while fun, just doesnt do it for me.  Of course neither does Tomb of Horrors.

Never played any of the Slave Lords modules.  Although I have read them and would have probably enjoyed the hell out of A4 at least.

Ravenloft, in my opinion, is a fantastic module that can be a lot of fun, very scary, and a pain in the ass to survive in the hands of a good DM.  I didnt really care all that much for the sequel, I10, and the campaign setting is something that I just didnt get and dont really care for.

Had 20 or 21 at one point. At 4 or 5 now.

I don't remember how many I had back in 2005 but I have all of them now - some of the D20 ones purchased only because they were cheap rather than intending to buy top 30 modules.