Twelve source files

Module studies

Read a place through the information it holds, the routes it offers and the consequences it allows to accumulate.

Four crooked cottages surround a well, with three paths extending outward and one traveler returning.

The Keep on the Borderlands

The party enters a guarded settlement before it enters the caves.

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A long-necked snail carries a blank curled paper beneath a feeler.

The Village of Hommlet

Hommlet gives the referee a village whose ordinary transactions can carry hidden consequences.

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Four long-eared birdlike figures listen, pass a shell and point toward a doorway.

Against the Cult of the Reptile God

Orlane asks the adventurers to judge people whose visible behavior is unreliable.

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A small observer faces a shadow on a curtain; the reader can see the bellows and vanes behind it.

The Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh

The Haunted House is introduced through a reputation that the referee already knows how to explain.

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Three burdened travelers approach a crooked doorway while one looks back at a broken bridge.

Palace of the Silver Princess

An empty room is a deliberate part of this version’s working method.

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A broken thread connects a moth-like creature, a blank curled paper and a crooked lock.

Dwellers of the Forbidden City

A group can enter this city by more than one route, and the referee can let the search for an entrance become part of the adventure.

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A foreground boot and reeds lead through a marsh inlet toward distant ruined pillars.

The Isle of Dread

The party acquires a partial record before it acquires a route.

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A traveler pauses before a bent doorway that opens onto a fork.

Tomb of Horrors

The party reaches a hill and must decide where and how to search its face before reaching a keyed entrance.

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A bent goblet contains a staircase leading to a dark lower opening.

White Plume Mountain

Three stolen weapons establish three concrete objectives before the party enters White Plume Mountain.

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A moth reaches toward falling grains beside a nearly empty upper hourglass bulb.

The Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan

Tamoachan begins its tournament expedition by dropping the party below ground.

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A traveler notices a lamp above a floor while a hidden keeper pulls its cord from below.

The Ghost Tower of Inverness

Inverness gives the referee a clear objective beneath the ruined keep: collect four parts of a key, with one part placed along each of four routes toward the central room.

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An ink-built figure presses a button on a tilted three-legged device.

Expedition to the Barrier Peaks

A picture in S3 enters play under explicit instructions.

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Citations use digital-page numbers in the module source register. Each study pairs narrative analysis with a relationship diagram and an original illustration.