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According to Sid Sackson's 'A Gamut of Games': Enter a series of caverns in search of treasures of all kind. A die calls up monsters (which, like the adventurers, are metal figures to be colored with the paints supplied) and governs their attacks. Crypt of the Sorcerer was the companion piece in the series; the boards could be combined into one adventure. A friend bought the Caverns of Doom. We collected the heritage figures, made additional rules and other maps. Then we played Stormbringer (based on the Elric series by M Moorcock) and some d&d. And the Hero system.

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Aldroud	20 Mar 2020 7:13 p.m. PST
This was one of my gateway products into miniatures and role playing. As a father, I want to share that experience with my kids. To that end, does anyone know where I can find either a box set or copy of the rules/maps? Still have most of the miniatures, have kept them in display case all these years but would love getting more so kids can practice painting.
DisasterWargamer	20 Mar 2020 7:49 p.m. PST
The scan of the map is about mid-page here along with its companion map at the top
dilettante	20 Mar 2020 8:06 p.m. PST
ninthdoc	21 Mar 2020 10:32 a.m. PST
The fact that I had no idea that this ever existed is not surprising. I looked at the logo and immediately recognized it from something else. Reaper Miniatures used the exact same logo a year or two ago for their monthly promo miniatures. I'm guessing because it's now open domain?
Aldroud	23 Mar 2020 6:29 p.m. PST
Found some minis on Ebay and the map helps, thank you. Anyone know where I can find the rules?

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*The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth*
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The cover of The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, with art by Erol Otus. The artwork depicts a group of adventurers confronting a behir.
Code	S4
TSR product code	9061
Rules required	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition
Character levels	6-10
Campaign setting	Generic or Greyhawk
Authors	Gary Gygax
First published	1982 (1976)
S1S2S3 S4

The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth is an adventure module for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It was written by Gary Gygax and published by TSR in 1982 for the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) rules. The 64-page adventure bears the code 'S4' ('S' for 'special')^[1] and is set in the Greyhawk campaign setting. It is divided into two parts, a 32-page adventure, and a 32-page booklet of monsters and magic items. The plot involves the player characters investigating rumors of lost treasure. After traversing a wilderness and two levels of dungeons, the players face Drelnza, the vampiric daughter of long-deceased archmage Iggwilv.

The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth is a revised and expanded version of The Lost Caverns of Tsojconth, a tournament adventure that Gygax wrote for the 1976 WinterCon V gaming convention. Gygax expanded the tournament adventure by adding a wilderness area, with part of it based on earlier work by Rob Kuntz. Work on the adventure delayed the completion of The Temple of Elemental Evil, another Gygax adventure. The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth was included in the 1987 supermodule Realms of Horror, and updated for v3.5 in an online edition in 2007. It was well received by critics, ranked the 22nd greatest Dungeons & Dragons adventure of all time by Dungeon magazine in 2004. A White Dwarf reviewer gave the adventure 9/10, noting its difficulty and rewards of powerful magic. It is part of a series along with S1: Tomb of Horrors, S2: White Plume Mountain, S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks. It also has a loosely connected sequel: The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun.^[2]

Plot summary[edit]

In the Yatil Mountains south of Perrenland there is rumored to be a magical hoard of unsurpassed value, a treasure of such fame that scores of adventurers have perished in search of it. Find the perilous Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and you may gain the hidden wealth of the long-dead arch-mage — if you live.

Cover blurb for The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth^[3]^:cover

The introduction, with instructions that the Dungeon Master read it aloud to the players, outlines that there is a treasure in the Yatil Mountains south of the Greyhawk realm of Perrenland. The player characters must investigate rumors of a lost treasure that scores of adventurers have perished attempting to find.^[2] The treasure is a remnant of the wealth amassed by the archmage Iggwilv,^[2] former ruler of Perrenland, prior to her presumed death at the hands of the demon Graz'zt, whom she had 'imprisoned and forced into servitude.'^[3]^:2 The players must first traverse a wilderness area with 20 numbered encounters before arriving at the caverns. The encounters have names such as 'Border Patrol' (encounter 1) and 'Hill Giants' (encounter 10). After the wilderness are two lettered encounters: the 'Gnome Vale', which includes a map for their lair, and 'The Craggy Dells', where humans and orcs are capturing hippogriffs to sell.

Next, the player characters reach the caverns. They consist of the 'Lesser Caverns' with 22 encounters, and the 'Greater Caverns' with 20 encounters, each with its own map. The lesser caverns include encounters such as 'Stinking Cave' (encounter 5) which contains four trolls and 'Underground Lake' (encounter 14). The greater caverns include encounters such as 'Uneven-Floored Cavern' (encounter 5) where the player characters face an umber hulk and 'Canyon of Centaurs' (encounter 9). The 20th and final encounter is titled 'The Inner Sphere'. Here, a 'woman sleeps on an alabaster slab.' She is 'armored from toe to neck in gold chased plate mail.'^[3]^:29 The woman is actually Drelnza, a fighter/vampire and the daughter of Iggwilv. After defeating Drelnza, the players are rewarded with treasure, and the adventure ends.

Publication history[edit]

The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth is a revised and expanded version of The Lost Caverns of Tsojconth, a tournament adventure that Gygax wrote for WinterCon V, a gaming convention sponsored by the Metro Detroit Gamers (MDG) in 1976.^[4] It is based in part on one of Rob Kuntz's dungeon levels, as Kuntz helped Gygax revise the tournament version.^[5] This original version consisted of eight loose sheets, an outer folder, and a zip-locked bag; only several hundred copies were printed.^[4] In the May 1980 issue of Dragon, Gy

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