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Critical Lit: Tomb of Horrors

Author
Sal Tamarkin, Dan Dillon, Amelia Som, I-Hsien Sherwood
Published
Sun 13 Jul 2025
Episode Link
https://critical-lit.simplecast.com/episodes/critical-lit-tomb-of-horrors-4zEzwjrc

We begin at the beginning, with two false entrances and a green devil face. Grab a 10-foot pole and a spare character sheet and join us as we plumb the depths of Tomb of Horrors, TSR's 1978 1st edition D&D adventure, written by Gary Gygax himself. How does it hold up? What does it tell us about the tabletop community of the day? And how did this handful of black-and-white pages, barely a pamphlet, echo down the long years to inspire and traumatize generations of game designers and players? Not with fair play, that's for sure.

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