Dark Tower: Fantasy Game Aid (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons) [Paperback]

Paul Jaquays (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 1980

"An Ancient Evil has overtaken a once holy shrine. Thus, a sleepy mountain hamlet becomes a focal point for mysterious disappearances and even stranger legends of what lurks beneath the village..."

Product Details

• Paperback: 70 pages
• Publisher: Judges Guild (1980)
• Language: English
• ASIN: B0023SSJR8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,300,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Legendary early adventure, ranked #21 of 30 GREATEST D&D Adventures of All Time !!!, November 22, 2009

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John Brown (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

In the early D&D era (we are talking the 1970's), adventures and modules were thin and lacked depth. This adventure- the Dark Tower, would be one of the very first to change that. IT RAISED THE BAR for all that would follow. After this, more and more background, details, depth and complexity would be the goal for the serious efforts of TSR and supporting publishers.

The Judges Guild was a notable 3rd party publisher for wargamers and adventurers and they published a lot of supporting materials. This item has been reprinted several times, but is still a hard to find classic. People that have it simply do not let go of their copy. The copy I have matches the image here- original green cover paper bound and is practically an artifact in and of itself.

In November 2004, DUNGEON magazine had an article - The 30 GREATEST D&D ADVENTURES OF ALL TIME. The Dark Tower was rated #21, and the only entry not from TSR. This was 24 years after The Dark Tower was published. I literally saw two people spot this on this list say "Yes! I had that! It was so great, man that is great to see it here!!!" and that attracted another guy who just got this crazed look on his face and said "ahhhhhh, I gotta find that one again!". So I know I am not the only one with deep seated respect for this work.

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"This Judges Guild adventure sends the party into a massive dungeon built around a pair of buried towers. The adventurers fight their way down to the bottom level and to the entrance of the Dark Tower and then fight their way back up again. John Rateliff says, "This massive 80 page book raised the bar on dungeons, providing not just a compelling adventure hook (set in what is still one of the creepiest villages in D&D), but also two opposed factions struggling over a multilevel dungeon, ending in a truly horrific final enounter (for those that make it that far)." Dungeon Magazine Nov. 2004 Erik Mona, James Jacobs, and the "Dungeon Design Panel" (a truly august body of high-level module authors- including Ed Greenwood creator of Forgotten Realms).

This is that great kind of adventure that you can enjoy for many, many hours of gameplay. Not a lot of art, not a lot of eye candy- but the Dark Tower has the kind of real character that makes is worth hunting down a copy thirty years later!

The first good (okay, the ONLY good) Egyptian themed adventure I have played. Who wouldn't enjoy taking on "a Chosen Son of Set". What else do you need to know!