A Review of: The Haunted Tower. A BECMI Dungeons and Dragons review #18

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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 3 are not that expansive. They could easily be used as singular one shots, and if pushed, one could probably finish this entire set in a single day.
Though not horrible, its also not that great.
Truthfully written for the black box/ Rules Cyclopedia era, I group these in with the BECMI era. So thus, this is a BECMI review

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  • @ianlamont9434
    @ianlamont943411 ай бұрын

    I set a whole campaign in Thunder Rift back in the day. I didn't have this boxed set and so I homebrewed the fighters academy and Wizardspire for my party to explore. The TR setting had lots of room to add more stuff in than was included in the six modules especially if you did what I did and multiplied the size of the valley by ten. I love your reviews so please keep them going!

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    11 ай бұрын

    It’s too bad that nothing was ever done with wizards spire. From what I’ve found, especially at the end, things were really rushed out and incomplete

  • @ianlamont9434

    @ianlamont9434

    11 ай бұрын

    @@TheLostAdventurer I've got to say, given the amount of history in the initial setting book a lot of the other stuff did seem a bit short on detail.

  • @SimonAshworthWood
    @SimonAshworthWood11 ай бұрын

    “Wights hidden under rotting gym mats”? Sounds chock full of symbolism on the topic of gyms and exercise! 😂

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    11 ай бұрын

    Lol, I left out that it also smelled terrible, you may be right about that

  • @tomrobbins-hill9587
    @tomrobbins-hill958710 ай бұрын

    Oh wow, my first D&D experience was playing this with my sisters, my dad DM'd. It was a TPK disaster! Great fun though!

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    10 ай бұрын

    Ooof. Where did you guys TPK at?

  • @tomrobbins-hill9587

    @tomrobbins-hill9587

    10 ай бұрын

    @@TheLostAdventurer Pretty early into the vampire's lair if I remember correctly! We were completely inexperienced players and my dad didn't pull any punches! He still has the boxed set I think, maybe I'll run a session with him and get some sweet revenge!

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    10 ай бұрын

    @@tomrobbins-hill9587 hahaha. That was rough, the Vampires Lair was supposed to be last. Ouch. :) dm the next one with your dad as a PC!

  • @45chumplo
    @45chumplo10 ай бұрын

    Love your no bull&£!^ everyman reviews, as a veteran beerleague/casual DM it just clicks

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    10 ай бұрын

    Thanks man, I definitely am not a professional DM nor KZreadr, but I’m glad you like the videos

  • @alanmay6401
    @alanmay640111 ай бұрын

    Thanks. Been prepping Thunder Rift and your videos have been very helpful..

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    11 ай бұрын

    I'm glad you've found my videos useful Alan!

  • @TheBattlinBarrowGaming
    @TheBattlinBarrowGaming11 ай бұрын

    I never really did Thunder Rift. I have the Dragon Quest boxset and a PoD...In this are Sir Jameson and sir Matheson references to blended whiskeys?

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    11 ай бұрын

    Its supposed to be Sir Jameson and Sir Matthew... but Jameson is spelled the same way as the liquor. My mind blanked on Matthew and just called him Matheson the entire video.

  • @agrayday7816
    @agrayday781620 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the great video! Do you have videos on the other Thunder Rift BECMI box sets?

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    20 күн бұрын

    Thanks, I have plans on doing goblins lair and dragons den in the future!

  • @AuntieXoXo
    @AuntieXoXo11 ай бұрын

    nice ty

  • @TheLostAdventurer

    @TheLostAdventurer

    11 ай бұрын

    No problem…. This was another one of those “No ones done it, so I guess I will”. Videos. Thanks for the Comment!

  • @charlieb308
    @charlieb3087 ай бұрын

    I’m not sure I would visit a place called the tower of evil

  • @devinthunderstrike
    @devinthunderstrikeАй бұрын

    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.