Has anyone else ever played this adventure? I know its long out of print but i rank it as one of the greatest ever, up there alongside TOEE and COTSQ. Its the first one that i ever played in as a novice figher 18 years ago. I have also DM'd it myself in second ed and enjoyed it even more. It has such memorable npcs such as Menlo Seccord who even now means a lot to at least one of my players. I would love to see this done for 3rd ed. In my oppinion it has everything that makes an adventure a classic: Plot, Character, Location and a real reason for the pcs to want to finish it. Brilliant!!
I thought it was okay but I never ran it. I had my original copy from the 80's and sold it on E-bay. I had no clue it was such a collector's item. I got almost $50 for it from someone in the U.K....imagine my surprise.
I think the thing that made that module so cool (to some players and DMs, at least) was that it was one of the first commerical modules to feature more than a dungeon, more than combat, more than mere stats and maps in book form.
The plot was pretty intricate and there were many times where roleplaying played as big a part in the adventure as did swordplay or spell-slinging.
I own (or owned -- forget if I sold it) the 1st edition version, but never picked up the 2nd edition version that was put out as part of TSR's 25th anniversary celebration.