All the Adventures Published in Dragon Magazine - Sorted by issue

If anyone is interested in joining me on my stupid journey to check out the adventures published in Dragon magazine, I've created a chart. Sorry it's not nicer, I'm bad at technology and this is already a endeavor without me learning html. 

Shout outs to DragonDex for creating the original list. All I did was fiddle around with it a bit in excel to sort it by "location" (issue number). I am trusting that whoever compiled this list didn't miss anything. But so far, when it comes to meticulously documenting fantasy nonsense, hobbyists have not led me astray.

This was prompted by me asking the Canonfire Discord for good low-level, vanilla fantasy/Greyhawk adventures. A user suggested Citadel by the Sea from Dragon #78. I was vaguely aware that there were adventures in Dragon Magazine but didn't know there were this many, and more importantly that some of them weren't horrible trad slogs (most of them are though). I'll definitely be plonking this somewhere on my Greyhawk campaign's map. TBC whether I'll drop the ocean elements and put it in Berghof, or whether I'll stay true to the ocean theme and put it somewhere else (issue being I don't know how long my players will stay in Berghof). 


Citadel by the Sea really stood out as being my current jam -earthy, low fantasy Greyhawk. I'll need to think about what's appealing to me about this sometime. Anyway, now I want to know if there's more gems like that buried in Dragon. I'll probably cut off at around issue #100 because I doubt there'll be anything decent after that... but sometimes I do like thinking about how to salvage stuff - especially if it's canon. 

So anyway, here you go. Enjoy!

 (I believe Ann1 etc. are the Annual special editions released between 1996 and 2001)

Title Author Location   System
"Hall of Mystery, The" Don Turnbull 21   OD&D
"Fell Pass, The" Karl Merris 32   D&D1
"Doomkeep" Brian Blume, et al 34   D&D1
"Pit of the Oracle, The" Stephen Sullivan 37   D&D1
"Missile Mission, The" Mike Carr 39   Top Secret
"Halls of Beoll-Dur, The" Dave Luther, et al 41   D&D1
"Mansion Of Mad Professor Ludlow, The" James M. Ward 42   D&D1
"Canard" Roberto Camino 43   Traveller
"Temple of Poseidon, The" Paul Reiche III 46   D&D1
"Floating Island Mission, The" Rasmussen & Thompson 48   Top Secret
"Chapel of Silence, The" Mollie Plants 50   D&D1
"Cavern Of the Sub-Train" Gary Jaquet 52   Gamma World
"Garden of Nefaron, The" Howard de Wied 53   D&D1
"Cavern Quest" Bill Fawcett 54   D&D1
"Creature of Rhyl, The" Kevin Knuth 55   BD&D
"Mad Merc: The Alulu Island Mission" Rasmussen & Thompson 56   Top Secret
"Wandering Trees, The" Michael Malone 57   D&D1
"Exonidas Spaceport" Jeff Swycaffer 59   Traveller
"Quest for the Midas Orb" Jennie Good 61   D&D1
"Chinatown: The Jaded Temple" Jerry Epperson 62   Top Secret
"Chagmat" Larry DiTillio 63   D&D1
"Assassin's Run, The" Ed Greenwood 64   D&D1
"Fedifensor" Allen Rogers 67   D&D1
"Mechica" Gali Sanchez 70   D&D1
"Taming Of Brimstone, The" Donald Mumma 71   Boot Hill
"Forest of Doom" Scott Butler 73   D&D1
"Can Seapoint Be Saved?" Bob Waldbauer 75   D&D1
"Citadel By the Sea" Sid Fisher 78   D&D1
"Wacko World" Al Taylor 79   Top Secret
"Barnacus: City In Peril" Francois Nantel 80   D&D1
"Ruins of Andril, The" Ian Melluish 81   D&D1
"Dancing Hut, The" Roger E. Moore 83   D&D1
"Heart of Light, The" Roger Moore, et al 84   D&D1
"Twofold Talisman, Part 1, The" Roger Moore, et al 84   D&D1
"Ebon Stone, The" Roger Moore, et al 85   D&D1
"Twofold Talisman, Part 2, The" Roger Moore, et al 85   D&D1
"Whiteout" Merle Rasmussen 87   Top Secret
"Battle At Ebony Eyes, The" William Tracy 88   Star Frontiers
"Aesirhamar" Roger E. Moore 90   D&D1
"Day of the Juggernaut" William Tracy 91   Star Frontiers
"Sword of Justice, The" Jon Mattson 92   BD&D
"Gypsy Train, The" Richard Fichera 93   D&D1
"Into the Forgotten Realms" Ed Greenwood 95   D&D1
"Nogard"* Anonymous 96   D&D1
"City Beyond the Gate, The" Robert Schroeck 100   D&D1
"Valley of the Earth Mother" Lise Breakey 102   D&D1
"Sudden Dawn" William Tracy 104   Marvel Super Heroes
"Betrayed!" Jim Bengtson 105   D&D1
"House In the Frozen Lands, The" James Adams 110   D&D1
"Death of An Arch-Mage" Michael D. Selinker 111   D&D1
"Chasm Bridge, The" Desmond P. Varady 131   D&D1
"Razznarock!"* John M. Maxstadt 156   D&D2
DRAGON STRIKE scenario Bruce Nesmith 196   Dragon Strike
"Whistling Skeleton, The" Ed Greenwood 200   D&D2
"Omega Variant, The" Bill Slavicsek 246   Alternity
"Ruined Tower, The" Jeff Grubb 251   BD&D
"Wolverine Vs. the Brood Queen" Rich Redman 264   Marvel Super Heroes
"Voice, The" Stephen Kenson 265   Alternity
"Shrine War" Rob Heinsoo 313   D&D3
"Sample Dungeon: Reliquary of Korthun" Monte Cook 314   D&D3
"Dragon's Hoard" WotC staff 322   D&D3 Miniatures
"Wyrmsmere" Christopher Perkins An1   D&D2
"Dragonwyr" Christopher Perkins An2   D&D2
"Handle With Care" Ron Poirier An3   D&D2
"Exit 23" Baker & Slavicsek An4   Alternity
"Kindness of Strangers, The" Christopher Perkins An4   Alternity
"Gorgoldand's Gauntlet" Jonathan M. Richards An5   D&D3

 

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