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Let me do a quick #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons, and a real classic: Rahasia (1984), by Tracy and Laura Hickman! 
Rahasia is one of two adventures that the Hickmans originally self-published, along with the other classic Pharaoh. It was originally published by their Daystar West Media in 1980, in a run of no more than 200 copies.
The Hickmans originally wrote and sold D&D adventures to fund their own interest in the hobby. However, they ran into financial difficulties and sold their first two adventures to TSR, who also hired Tracy Hickman as a writer.
Time for an #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons that is truly classic! Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes (1976), by Robert Kuntz and James Ward!
This book was the fourth and final supplement to the original "0th edition" D&D rules. It starts with a pretty amusing foreword by the editor. One of the rare times I know of that an editor admits "loathing" the project they worked on!
Curiously, the latter part of the foreword shows that the book was designed to address another early problem in D&D: power "Monty Haul" gamers! Basically: "Here are the stats of literal gods. If your characters are more powerful, you're doing something wrong."
Let's do a quick #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons: Pillars of Pentegarn (1982), by Rose Estes!
Obviously, this book, which was also labeled a "Pick-A-Path Adventure," uses the same format as classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, that exploded in popularity with the first book in 1979.
What I didn't know is that the Endless Quest books were part of a TSR initiative to develop curriculum programs for reading and problem solving! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endless_Q…
Let's do a quick #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons before bed! Undermountain: Stardock (1997), by Steven E. Schend.
This adventure has a very dubious distinction: according to DriveThruRPG, it was the last RPG product published by TSR before their bankruptcy! (Though Wizards of the Coast would publish more adventures under the TSR label for several years.) drivethrurpg.com/product/17579/…
The adventure is set in the Forgotten Realms, and in particular in the city of Waterdeep, below which is the "Dungeon of the Mad Mage," the most famous dungeon in the realms.
While I'm waiting to possibly play a boardgame tonight, let me do an #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons (which may get interrupted for a while while I game): Dragons, by Cory Glaberson (1986)!
"Dragons" is another supplement in the Role Aids line for D&D that was produced by Mayfair Games, originally under the untested premise that TSR couldn't sue them for making unlicensed products!
Okay, let me pick up this #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons thread that got interrupted on the weekend... because I was playing D&D! So we're talking "Dragons," part of the Role Aids line of products for D&D.
Time for some #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons, and a real treat: Dave Arneson's First Fantasy Campaign, first published in 1977!
So, first things first: who was Dave Arneson (1947-2009)? Arneson was the co-creator of Dungeons & Dragons, along with Gary Gygax, and really the first person to introduce true fantasy wargaming.
Arneson had introduced fantasy campaigning in 1970 into his wargaming group, and drew upon fantasy elements from Gygax's "Chainmail" combat rules. Arneson met Gygax in 1972 and showed off his campaign setting, which led to the founding of D&D and TSR.
