Favorite Adventure You Have Run
The old Saltmarsh series — AD&D adventure modules U1 to U3, by Dave J. Browne and Don Turnbull of TSR UK — are far and away the best set of adventures I’ve ever played as a DM.
“Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh” is a perfect example of how to create a multilevel mystery narrative and marry a site-based adventure to a story without railroading the characters. “Danger at Dunwater” (besides having the coolest AD&D cover art ever!!!) is a great lesson to PCs and players alike about why you should never take a straight-up hack-and-slash dungeon crawl at face value. “The Final Enemy” marries a stealth infiltration mission to monstrous political intrigue and moral dilemma. Oh, and your characters are underwater the whole time.
What are you going to do?
(Archive post from the personal blog.)