DA2: Temple of the Frog (1987) brings the location of the first RPG adventure into then-modern D&D terms. The production values are way better but the temple itself is largely the same. The players are sent there to rescue a kidnapped baroness, but there isn’t a lot of story here; it’s basically just a historic dungeoncrawl.

Which is fine, really, that makes it the best of the three Blackmoor modules I own (missing the fourth, probably forever, unless people get sensible about pricing). The most interesting thing about it (and its predecessor) is the fact that it is very much a science fantasy scenario. The temple was founded by a fascist (Catholic?) space traveler equipped with all sort of high-tech doo-dads. Breaking the power of the temple conveniently gives players access to a stockpile of laser guns that aren’t hobbled by tricky interfaces like those in Barrier Peaks.

It’s fine. It doesn’t quite live up to the promise of the Denis Beauvais cover, but so few things do in practice. Mark Nelson did the interiors. Not nearly enough of them, honestly.