This should be answered by someone with experience in role playing games

I am just beginning to develop a new campaign world based on the
Dungeons & Dragons (D20) 3.5 rules.  The world will be very much like
other standard DnD worlds accept it will have a strong ancient
Greece/ancient Rome feel to it.  (There will be no Roman Republic or
Empire nor any Greek city states ? however there will be nations &
city states with very similar attributes).

I expect to leverage various historical and mythological references as
well as extensive material from role playing resources such as role
playing adventures, modules, and campaign settings.  Note I do not
care if the material is for DnD (whatever the flavor) or some other
game as long as it is reasonably applicable to the genre I am trying
to create.  With this in mind materials from games such as GURPS are
applicable (Similar genre), where materials from games such as Modern
D20, ShadowRun, or ArsMagica probably aren?t.  Currently I am using
the Gurps books, Imperial Rome and Greece; TSR?s Glory of Rome:
Campaign Sourcebook and Age of Heroes as well as Testament from Green
Ronin, and OGL Ancients from Mongoose.

Lastly, the last 4 years my group has played one dungeon crawl after
another.  Separate from the above I am particularly interested in
adventures focusing on wilderness or perhaps cities (Wilderness being
greatly preferred).  The idea is to take these adventures, put a
Greece/Roman spin on them and then integrate them into my campaign
world.

Questions

1.	Provide the names of 5 very popular adventures that can be used
with Dungeons Dragons and that have a wilderness focus.  A small
dungeon crawl can be part of the adventure, but it should not be the
primary focus of the adventure.  The adventures do not have to be
written for D20 or even Dungeons & Dragons as long as they are similar
in genre. In addition the adventure module can come from any vendor
(Such as Necromancer Games, Mongoose, Atlas Games, etc).  I am looking
for adventures that are not too linear, and are known to have a good
plot line so please include your rational for the adventures you
select.  NOTE ? The adventures do not have to still be in production ?
EBAY is a wonderful thing ?
2.	Provide the names of 2 reputable and complete adventures
(adventures only - not campaigns or worlds) that are designed for use
with a Greece-like or Roman-like worlds.  Public domain adventures are
okay ? but they need to be good.  Please do not include anything from
Hollow World as I already have ordered that material.
Note if you find any general information that you think would be
useful in building a mythical world based on ancient Greece in the
Heroic age, I would appreciate the link!

Thanks,
 Ronnie Sanford

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Clarification of Question by rsanford-ga on 11 May 2004 14:03 PDT

One clarification - when generating a list of advetures with a
wilderness focus.  I would prefer adventures designed for character
levels roughly 4 - 10.  Often it is difficult or even impossible to
"upgrade" lower level adventures without distorting the story.

Thanks!

The old Judges Guild City-State products are like ancient greece.  In
fact, the map of the Wilderlands looks very similar to Greece.  They
are just starting to reprint the City State products through
Necromancer games.  Try the judges guild website: judgesguild.net or
try Necromancer games website: necromancer.com.

Harn produces the supplement for Tharda.  Tharda is Ancient Rome. 
These are hard to find and expensive at the moment because Columbia
games is no longer producing Harn.  The supplement details the
republic of Tharda with senators, Legionaires, etc..

Runequest's Glorantha also has an ancient greek/roman area called the Lunar empire.

The best bet for an ancient world campaign I think would be Judges
Guild.  These modules are not historical and they do have medieval
elements, but the feel is very ancient.  Also, they have had thiry
years to develop their world.  It has the amazons, barbarian atlantis,
very detailed cities, and quite a few creative ideas.  Sea steeds and
wave riders 1 60th scale maps for harbor galleys.  You will see a lot
of bronze armor and weaponry.  Because the setting is not historical
you will see castles in the wilderlands, but these could easily be
converted to ancient stone fortresses.

I have all of the supplements you mentioned and a large collection of
old AD&D modules, also, things produced by other companies that were
useable for AD&D.  I also have a large library on the ancient world. 
My advice is this - I wouldn't worry about trying to find modules that
say "ancient greek or roman" - you won't find much.  Instead, pick the
modules with the best plot line and modify the setting to fit.

In any case, here is a short list of adventures/interesting
supplements I think have an ancient feel to them.

Dark Tower (high level adventure)- Necromancer games
Caverns of Thraicia (mid level adventure) - Necromancer games
C2 Ghost Tower of Inverness (mid level) - old TSR
City State of the Invincible Overlord (Ancient City)- Judges Guild
Wilderlands of High Fantasy - Judges Guild

Thank you so much abelincoln-ga.

I have been playing for 23 years but I have the feeling you have me
beat!  Sounds like you have some serious RP experience!

I had looked into Harn, but didn't know anything about the others.  It
will be good to look at Judges Guild; I have a few things from them
already, but I think they closed up shop (though they are open now)
about the time I really got into DnD.  I also just received The Trojan
War from Green Ronin (yesterday).  Can't wait to read that.


As for as supplements I am going to try and get City State of the
Invincible Overlord (Ancient City).I am also thinking about "Against
the Giants".  Have you played that?  It is one of the few well
regarder older modules I have not played.  Do you think it could be
molded to fit into an ancient-style campaign (giants descendants of
titans?  Other?)

Anyway, I appreciate the comments.  I had long gave up this question
as dead.  Thanks again!
Ronnie