Return to the keep on the borderlands silver anniversary series#

Return to the keep on the borderlands silver anniversary series#

There had been one prior entrant to the series, Return to the Tomb of Horrors (1998), which had appeared as part of the 'Tomes' series exactly a year earlier. There were actually a total of six Return adventures of this sort, each acting as a sequel to a classic D&D adventure, though only three appeared in 1999 with the 'Silver Anniversary' branding. (As it happens, all three of the Silver Anniversary Return adventures would also see their original modules appear in that Silver Anniversary Collector's Edition.) The first was Return to the Keep on the Borderlands (1999). Instead of just 'reprinting' some old adventures, we'll be returning to the scene of some of the greatest adventures in the history of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game.' He announced three such 'returns', all of which would appear in late 1999. However, TSR Brand Manager Ryan Dancey announced that Wizards would do even more: 'To celebrate this milestone, we're doing something very special. The heart of the project was the Silver Anniversary Collector's Edition Boxed Set (1999), which contained reprints of several classic modules, voted on by D&D's fans. Wizards decided to mark the date by revisiting older D&D adventures. 1999 marked the 25th anniversary of the publication of OD&D (1974). Those desperate adventures are just as iconic as you'd want for an adventure of this pedigree: that's surely a mace-wielding cleric, a bow-wielding fighter, a spell-wielding magic-user, and a fallen halfling thief. Here, a quartet of adventurers seem to have picked their hill to die on while facing off against an endless horde of gnolls. The original Caves of Chaos were all about the humanoids. It was published in June 1999.Ībout the Cover. Rateliff, is a Silver Anniversary adventure for AD&D 2e. Return to the Keep on the Borderlands (1999), by John D. Room-by-room descriptions of every chamber within the Caves of Chaos. Wilderness encounters with a wide range of classic monsters.

It's time for a new generation of heroes to take on the challenge.Ī special 'Advice to the DM' section for beginning Dungeon Masters, offering tips and tricks of the trade.ĭetailed descriptions of the Keep and its inhabitants. Light your torches, assemble your marching order, draw your weapons, and sharpen your wits. Only novice adventurers who have come to try their hand at dungeon delving in this traditional training spot stand in their way. Humanoids, undead, and evil minions of a dark goddess plot to destroy their enemies.

But evil once again stirs in the fabled Caves of Chaos. The trained warriors once stationed here and the experienced adventurers who once flocked to the spot are long gone. Now, almost twenty years later, the Keep has declined into a sleepy outpost settlement. First published in 1981, B2, The Keep on the Borderlands by Gary Gygax as been played by more people than any other roleplaying adventure, providing an introduction to the hobby for hundreds of thousands of gamers.