The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror

DnDmodule| module_title = The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror
module_

module_code = EX2
module_rules = 1st Ed. AD&D
module_character_levels =
module_campaign = Generic / Greyhawk
module_authors = Gary Gygax
module_first_published = 1983
series = EX1 EX2

"The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror" (EX2) is a "Dungeons & Dragons" module, written for use with the First Edition "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons" roleplaying game, and set in the "World of Greyhawk" campaign setting.

This module, like its companion "Dungeonland", is actually a close adaptation of a work of fiction by Lewis Carroll, in this case "Through the Looking Glass". [cite book
first=Lawrence | last=Schick | year=1991
title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games
publisher=Prometheus Books
location=Buffalo, New York | id=ISBN 0-87975-653-5 ] D&D creator Gary Gygax adapted the module from his own D&D campaign.

To keep the surprise in the game, the module advises dungeon masters to keep the players in the dark about what is happening as long as possible, although well-read players will eventually recognize the monsters and situations.

In keeping with its sense of oddness and surprise, the cover of this module depicts a scene that appears in its companion adventure EX1 Dungeonland (a battle with a hangman tree). In the same way the cover image of EX1-Dungeonland shows an encounter that takes place in this module (the attack of the roc raven).

Receiving 9 out of 10, the module was positively reviewed in Issue 48 of White Dwarf magazine. The reviewer Jim Bambra enjoyed its sense of humour and exciting role-play, but criticised that it needn't have been written for such high level characters (a common problem in early modules), and could have been modified for lower level ones. [cite journal
last =Bambra
first =Jim
authorlink =
coauthors =
title =Open Box: Dungeon Modules
format = review
journal =White Dwarf
volume =
issue =Issue 48
pages =10
publisher =Games Workshop
year = 1983
month = December
url =
issn =0265-8712
accessdate = ]

References

*Gygax, Gary. "The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror" (TSR, 1983)

External links

* [http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/dx20020121x8 Article and download at Wizards of the Coast]