T̶a̶l̶e̶s̶ Quests from the Infinite Staircase | D&D 5e

The Goodman games books are more than conversions , they offer also interviews and historical commentary on the module with designers from TSR, and their 5e conversions usually adds a new level or section of the dungeon .

Goodman games no longer publishes those books but they now have a new set they will be releasing

I do love those old school modules -- I'm old enough to have played most of them, back in the day. I have very strong memories of Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. We went in knowing absolutely nothing about it, and were completely flabbergasted when the robots and laser guns started showing up. The Lost City is another good one. It's more "sandbox-y", in that there isn't really much of a plotline, just a big, interesting environment to explore, and lots of different factions you can get involved with. DungeonCraft did a long video about The Lost City, if people want to see more about it.

when your goodman conversions suddenly become small treasures...

I have a module from the tail end of 2e, "Tale of the Comet". It's another scifi adventure where the party gets caught up in a war between aliens who crash landed on your world and the AI robots that are chasing them. I've wanted to run it for like 25 years, but all my groups fizzle out before it can happen.

I do have the Goodman Games OAR Lost City and they really fleshed it out nicely. They populated the entire city as well as the rest of the cavern containing it. It's now a campaign level adventure taking the characters from levels 1-7 (originally 1-3). This is a boss level publication but yeah, not worth $500 by any stretch. If you can find it for $75 or less, do grab it. EDIT: If you can get your mitts on it, the Goodman Games OAR version of Castle Amber is an absolute gem. They knocked it out of the park with that one. If I was only allowed to keep one of my OAR books, that would be the one. Cheers!

I’ve been picking up the OAR series whenever I find them, I have Into the Borderlands, Castle Amber, and Temple of Elemental Evil. I’m running borderlands with my son and some of his friends, and we’ve really enjoyed it so far

I think quests from the Infinite staircase sounds like a great cthulu module. Love your show.

I love the old modules! OSE really makes it fun to go back & play almost anything. The older rule books have the info scattered all over the place and Thaco... forget about it. With OSE, I can convert almost anything D20 & every module in the past 50 years is ready to run! Ive always had D&D, but never had someone to help me solve its riddles. Now, we have the key to play all D&D editions! The community support through third party game designers & games unify our hobby!

I really like how Perkins and the other dev said in the D&D youtube vid tht they're not just converting these, but updating and adding too them. So its a full revamp in some cases, to help add to the 5e/5e REvised lore. I imagine this might mean they add to some that are just part 1 of more, or maybe we'll see more quests from the Infinite Staircase in the future. Still, glad to see more from you!

Barrier Peaks was awesome and memorable. It really can’t be replicated unless you have a lost super tech civilization setting.

Excited about the book!! And love the alt cover.

I just finished a VTT conversion (using notes from what is basically a 3-4 page 'This monster is from here, replace this monster with this, here's a stat block we made up for that monster, these things should have these DC's attached') of Ghost Tower of Inverness to 5th and I'm really looking forward to running it. I'm also looking forward to these, a couple of these are some of my favorite all time modules I have both played in and run from my old 1st Ed days.

I'd love to hear more about these kinds of books!

B4 - The Lost City, was the first ever module that I bought. Miss it terribly!

Our DM is running us through some of the old modules and we're having a blast. We still do the save or die mechanics from the old adventures. We just had a local con, Coast COn, where I ran cave A of Keep on the Borderlands using the Shadowdark rpg.

Fun fact. The Extra Life one-shot The Lost Laboratory of Kwalish is a sequel of sorts to The Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. The original Adventure doesn't really have a hook, so you could do the Lost Laboratory, save the ship by slowly letting it sink back down, and then have the players go inside. I thought the Lost Laboratory was fun and quirky.

The Goodman Games version of Lost City is excellent (I'm running it right now) and extended the module significantly...worth snaffling if you can get it. I'm currently building upside-down terrain for "The Fang" (a huge stalactite with a small dungeon inside) using wire mesh & paper mache for a big flying battle. Should be a blast!

Love your content brotha man, yet another jorphdan masterpiece

Lost city still is available in print in European Union, both online and brick/mortar shops in some Swedish or Danish stores. around 80 usd.