Dungeonland

Greyhawk Source

Dungeonland
Type:	Adventure
Code/Abbreviation:	EX1
Edition:	AD&D first edition
Author(s):	Gary Gygax
Series:	EX1 EX2
First Published:	1983
Class:	Canon

This article is about the module. For the demiplane region of the same name, see Land Beyond the Magic Mirror.

EX1 Dungeonland is an adventure for the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, written by Gary Gygax for use with the First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) ruleset.

The nature of the adventure is such that it is easy to add into almost any campaign.

Dungeonland was actually adapted from one of Gygax's own campaigns and was accessed via Castle Greyhawk. This module was distinctive primarily because the adventure was a close adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with the various characters from the book translated into AD&D terms.

The module is intended to be a "fun" adventure, in which events are supposed to move along in Carrollesque fashion, and the players do better to go with the flow. Nevertheless, there are plenty of deadly situations, and players must stay on their toes.

In the afterword, Gygax mentions that this was an early part of the Greyhawk world, and that his players visited it multiple times. Dr. Joyce Brothers is mentioned as having played.

The module is paired with The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror, which is based on Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. In a (perhaps intentional) mixup, the scene on the cover is actually from the other module, and vice versa.

Receiving 9 out of 10, the module was positively reviewed in Issue 48 of White Dwarf magazine. The reviewer Jim Bambra enjoyed its sense of humor and exciting role-play but criticized that it needn't have been written for such high-level characters (a frequent problem in early modules) and could have been modified for lower-level ones.

References

Bibliography

• Bambra, Jim. "Open Box: Dungeon Modules." White Dwarf #48. Nottingham, UK: Games Workshop, 1983.
• Gygax, Gary. Dungeonland. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983. TSR9072

Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.

Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
EX1 Dungeonland	Adventure	Located in: Greyhawk (Castle Greyhawk),	Dragon magazine #230	15
EX1 Dungeonland	Adventure	Located in: Greyhawk (Castle Greyhawk),	EX1 Dungeonland	All
EX1 Dungeonland	Adventure	Located in: Greyhawk (Castle Greyhawk),	EX2 The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror	2, 4, 13, 23, 25, 26
EX1 Dungeonland	Adventure	Located in: Greyhawk (Castle Greyhawk),	From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess	72
EX1 Dungeonland	Adventure	Located in: Greyhawk (Castle Greyhawk),	Living Greyhawk, Living Onnwal Gazetteer, D&D 3.5e	5
EX1 Dungeonland	Adventure	Located in: Greyhawk (Castle Greyhawk),	The Adventure Begins	77
EX1 Dungeonland	Adventure	Located in: Greyhawk (Castle Greyhawk),	World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983)	30
GC1 Dungeonland	Adventure		Reference	SEE EX1 Dungeonland