Today I’m going to compose a list of my personal favorite D&D module covers from TSR circa 1981-1987. Hopefully you all will remember these fondly as well.
#10. B3: Palace of the Silver Princess – Erol Otus
#9. U3: The Final Enemy – Dave de Leuw
#8. B4: The Lost City – Jim Holloway
#7. X1: The Isle of Dread – Jeff Dee
#6. M1: Blizzard Pass – Tim Truman
#5: T1: The Village of Hommlet – Jeff Dee
#4: I6: Ravenloft – Clyde Caldwell
#3: I3: Pharaoh – Jim Holloway
#2 S1: Tomb of Horrors – Jeff Dee
#1 D1-2: Descent into the Depths of the Earth – Jim Roslof
I’m sure there will be a good deal of debate here, but nonetheless I think this is still a strong list.
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Tastes of course vary. You have some strong ones there, but I myself would have chose:
- Dave Trampier’s Village of Hommlet Cover
-Erol Otus’s Lost Cavern’s of Tsjoanth or Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan covers (both of em)
- Not a DL fan, but I liked the Elmore cover with the white dragon and the boat
- The original S1 cover had that “something”
- Oh, and there is also the cover of Secret of Bone Hill that I remember caught my teen-aged attention :)
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