Jon Peterson, for Polygon, highlighted that Keep on the Borderlands was created after "sales of the Basic Set rose dramatically" following the September 1979 disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III.
The module has been described as a low-level introductory scenario, which leads the player characters from an outpost on the frontier of law into the forces of chaos.
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The structure of the adventure as a series of separate caves allows segmented playing sessions for beginners. The module also provides rudimentary rules for wilderness adventures, as these were not included in the D&D Basic Set. Tips for running encounters appear throughout the text to assist beginning DMs. The module's cover notes that it is especially designed to help beginning players and Dungeon Masters (DMs). The cover of the first printing included the notation, "With minor modifications, it is also suitable for use with ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS" this was removed from later printings. It was included in printings 6–11 (1979–1982) of the Basic Set, although it was also available for sale separately. It is designed for use with the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set. It consists of a 32-page booklet with an outer folder the module was written by Gary Gygax, with cover art by Jim Roslof and interior illustrations by Erol Otus. The Keep on the Borderlands was published in 1980. When The Grand Duchy of Karameikos edition of the Gazetteer series was published, the Keep was given a specific location in the Known World of Mystara, in the Atlan Tepe Mountain region in northern Karameikos. It typifies the dungeon crawls associated with beginning D&D players, while permitting some limited outdoor adventures. Plot twists include a treacherous priest within the keep, hungry lizardmen in a nearby swamp, and a mad hermit in the wilderness. These Caves of Chaos house multiple species of vicious humanoids. Player characters begin by arriving at the keep which they can adopt as a base before investigating the series of caverns in the nearby hills that are teeming with monsters. The module received generally positive reviews, and was ranked the 7th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004. A novelized version of the adventure was published in 2001. The Keep on the Borderlands went out of print in the early 1980s, but has been reprinted twice a sequel was also made. It was designed for people new to Dungeons & Dragons.
It was designed to be used with the Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set, and was included in the 1979–1982 editions of the Basic Set. In it, player characters are based at a keep and investigate a nearby series of caves that are filled with a variety of monsters. The Keep on the Borderlands is a Dungeons & Dragons adventure module by Gary Gygax, first printed in December 1979. The artwork depicts a band of heroes in battle.ī1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, B8, B9, B1-9, B10, B11, B12, BSOLO The cover of The Keep on the Borderlands, with art by Jim Roslof.
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