{"product_id":"1e-t1-the-village-of-hommlet-1e-advanced-dungeons-dragons-ad-d-1st-edition","title":"1e T1 The Village of Hommlet (1e) Advanced Dungeons Dragons AD\u0026D 1st Edition","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003e👉🏾\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis SOFTCOVER reprint is an unread copy that is made to order. Any foldout maps (if any) that were included in the original print are separated and bound all together as 8.5 x 11 inch pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-family: Western;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e👉🏼These reprints are made to order. Please allow 1-2 weeks for your order to ship. 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The cover changed between print runs, but the content remained the same.\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Village of Hommlet has grown up around a crossroads in a woodland. Once far from any important activity, it became embroiled in the struggle between gods and demons when the Temple of Elemental Evil arose but a few leagues away. Luckily of its inhabitants, the Temple and its evil hordes were destroyed a decade ago, but Hommlet still suffers from incursions of bandits and strange monsters.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis adventure contains a map of the village and lands around, a large scale map of the inn, church, trading post, and guard tower (main floor, upper rooms and cellars), an informational key regarding the inhabitants, and a map and exploration key for a destroyed moat house, a former outpost of the Temple of Elemental Evil. The whole provides a complete, ready-to-play scenario, and is a lead-in to \u003ca\u003e\u003cem\u003eT1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProduct History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT1: \"The Village of Hommlet\" (1979), by Gary Gygax, was released in 1979 and was probably TSR's ninth adventure. It was released at GenCon XII (1979) alongside S2: \"White Plume Mountain\" (1979). As with other early adventures, \"Hommlet\" was originally published with a monochrome cover - here, orange. It was later reprinted (1981) with the full-color cover that had become standard for TSR a few years later.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdventure Origins.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"The Village of Hommlet\" was derived directly from Gary Gygax's AD\u0026amp;D house campaign. He started running \"The Temple of Elemental Evil\" after giving his classic Castle Greyhawk campaign entirely over to his co-GM, Rob Kuntz. At the time, Gygax was purposefully merging his profession with his advocation - creating a new campaign to test out ideas about outdoor terrain and random dungeons that he later planned to publish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Secret Cover.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The cover for Basic D\u0026amp;D supplement \u003ci\u003eAC5: Player Character Record Sheets\u003c\/i\u003e (1984) was originally produced by Clyde Caldwell for an adventure he was told was called \"The Moathouse.\" It depicts locations 1 and 2 from the upper level of the Moathouse in Hommlet, full of giant frogs and a rotting drawbridge.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Few Firsts.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \"Village of Hommlet\" was the first TSR adventure to depict an urban locale: Hommlet takes up almost three-quarters of the module. Judges Guild had begun depicting \u003ci\u003eCity-State of the Invincible Overlord\u003c\/i\u003e (1976+) building by building a few years earlier, but this was a first for the actual producers of D\u0026amp;D. \"Hommlet\" garnered lots of acclaim, and this was probably why: It started to depict a world wider than just subterranean adventure locales, and it was as much about roleplaying as fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThanks to the village of Hommlet, this adventure also marks TSR's first use of the \"home base + adventure\" trope, which Gygax would use to best effect in B2: \"Keep on the Borderlands\" (1979). Most other adventures using this formula would use a town, just like Gygax did, whether it be Orlane, Restenford, or some other facsimile.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eT1 was also Gygax's first \u003ci\u003elow\u003c\/i\u003e-level adventure, for 1st-level characters. Despite that, the adventure was not truly \"introductory\": Players and GMs looking for advice on how to play D\u0026amp;D would instead need to have sought - not unironically - for \u003ca\u003eB1: \"In Search of Adventure\"\u003c\/a\u003e (1978), published late the previous year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eExpanding Greyhawk.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e The depiction of Hommlet marks the first in-depth description of any part of the world of Greyhawk. It also offers up the first serious depiction of a Greyhawk god: St. Cuthbert, who has a detailed church in Hommlet. Cuthbert had been mentioned a few times previously, in \u003ci\u003eEldritch Wizardry\u003c\/i\u003e (1976) and as \"St. Cuthburt\" in \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon #2\u003c\/i\u003e (August 19776).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Adventure Continues.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Though T1 offers a nice introductory dungeon, it's also a big tease for the \u003ci\u003ebig\u003c\/i\u003e dungeon, the Temple of Elemental Evil, which should have been adventure T2. Gygax started talking about T2 being delayed as early as \u003ci\u003eThe Dragon #35\u003c\/i\u003e (March 1980). In fact, it would take another five years for the adventure to actually appear! As such, it was a matched pair with \u003ca\u003eQ1: \"Queen of the Demonweb Pits\"\u003c\/a\u003e (1981), the module intended to complete the DGQ series (though that one only got delayed for two years).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Hommlet was eventually rereleased as part of the \"mega-module\" \u003ci\u003eT1-4: The Temple of Elemental Evil\u003c\/i\u003e (1985). It was much later revised not once, but \u003ci\u003etwice\u003c\/i\u003e for 4e, first for sanctioned RPGA play (without the village!) as \u003ci\u003eReturn to the Moathouse\u003c\/i\u003e (2008), by Mike Mearls, then as an exclusive reward for RPGA members as \u003ci\u003eThe Village of Hommlet\u003c\/i\u003e (2009), by Andy Collins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the Creators.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e Though Gygax would create a few more adventures in 1979 and 1980, \"Hommlet\" marked the beginning of the end of his time as TSR's (almost) sole creator of adventures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chaos Lord Games","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47290701152450,"sku":"GQv-425-3d","price":30.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/0591\/3538\/files\/s-l1600_f2f8cad4-86fe-4d08-980c-7e0abdf5ab2b.png?v=1775701143","url":"https:\/\/chaoslordgames.com\/products\/1e-t1-the-village-of-hommlet-1e-advanced-dungeons-dragons-ad-d-1st-edition","provider":"Chaos Lord Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}