Keep on the Borderlands is a conversion of paper and pencil module written by Gary Gygax, first published by TSR in 1979. The paper and pencil module, The Keep on the Borderlands, was ranked the 7th greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004, on the 30th anniversary of the Dungeons & Dragons game.
Players arrive at the Keep on the Borderlands, where they base themselves before investigating the Caves of Chaos, a series of nearby caverns full of humanoid tribes poised to destroy the keep. It typifies the dungeon crawls associated with beginning D&D players, while permitting some limited outdoor adventures.
The module is primarily a hack and slash adventure, although I have tried to add opportunities for role playing and there are some tricks and traps.
It is intended for new characters. It should work for multiplayer but I did not have the opportunity to run a multiplayer test.
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In collaboration with original module author ENoa4, the DM-Friendly Initiative (DMFI) is pleased to announce that B2: Keep on the Borderlands - DMFI Edition has just been released and is available for download on this page.
The DMFI edition of the module has additional features designed to enhance multiplayer and DM'd play, including a new DM Guide, revamped Player Guide, DM Plot Wand, the DMFI Tools, and other goodies. We hope you enjoy.
Many thanks to Carlo for all of his hard work preparing the DMFI version of Keep on the Borderlands.
As a reminder to folks, the DMFI version is an updated version of the ENTIRE mod, with additional multiplayer and DM functionality added, and none of the original functionality taken away. You can still play the DMFI version solo (if you insist). A good amount of work was done on revamping the NPC convos for the DMFI version, but it's up to the user to download the updated version if they want that.
Posted by DM at on01/22/09
Very good conversion of the PnP module. I do wish it had less typos as they distract from the whole. _________________________ Heatstroke
Posted by enoa4 at 2008-12-3011:55:20
Glad you enjoyed the module. Thanks kindly for the rating. _________________________ ENoa4 http://enoa4rpg.blogspot.com
Posted by tr0j at on12/23/08
Well done. Thanks. I liked that the merchants had limited gold to purchase goodies.
Posted by enoa4 at 2008-12-2218:02:08
Thanks for the kind rating. I am very happy you enjoyed it. _________________________ ENoa4 http://enoa4rpg.blogspot.com
Posted by Ambrose at on12/22/08
Thanks for the faithful reproduction of this mod Enoa, I remember this one back in high school. It wasen't flawless but really nothing worth mentioning as I did finish it. Equipment and money I felt was normal as well as leveling in the game. WELL DONE!! Sincerely, Ambrose MacAthol
Posted by enoa4 at 2008-11-2016:05:47
Thanks TWS. I'm an old school player too. Glad you are having fun. _________________________ ENoa4 http://enoa4rpg.blogspot.com
Posted by TWS at 2008-11-1911:19:01
I'm not too far into the module, having just finished clearing out the Kobold cave (first cave I entered) but I am enjoying the module and wish to thank Ernie for putting it together. Showing my age here, but I felt a little nostalgia having played the PnP version 20 years ago. I can't remember too much, but I think the module is at least generally consistent with the story and content of the original PnP version. I'll try to remember to post a rating once I finish.
Posted by enoa4 at 2008-10-1606:38:31
Glad you liked it sir. _________________________ ENoa4 http://enoa4rpg.blogspot.com
Posted by logansrun at on10/15/08
Enoa4 Great job, on bringing the PnP B2 to life. I played this 20+ years ago and enjoyed seeing you bring this to life. I wish more old PnP modules like the G1 to G2 were out on NWN2. Great job. Thank you for your hard work.
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