Wonders of Lankhmar is an adventure module

Adventure (Dungeons & Dragons)

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 published in 1990 for the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons

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fantasy

Fantasy

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 role-playing game

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Plot summary

Wonders of Lankhmar contains forty-eight miniscenarios set in Lankhmar

Lankhmar

Lankhmar is a fictional city in the Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories by Fritz Leiber. It is situated on the world of Nehwon, just west of the Great Salt Marsh and east of the River Hlal, and serves as the home of Leiber's two anti-heroes....

's world of Nehwon

Nehwon

Nehwon is the fictional world created by Fritz Leiber in which his heroes, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, adventure. It is notable for the city of Lankhmar."Nehwon", the reverse spelling of "No When", alludes to Erewhon.-Ilthmar:...

, and includes a map of Nehwon and notes on adventuring there.

Publication history

LNR1 Wonders of Lankhmar was written by Dale "Slade" Henson, with a cover by Fred Fields

Fred Fields

Fred Fields is an artist whose work has appeared largely in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR.-Biography:Fred Fields was born in northern Kentucky. He grew up in the small town of Burlington, Kentucky. Fields wanted to be an artist since childhood: "I don't know that...

, and interior illustrations by Ken

Ken Frank

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 and Charles Frank and Jeff Easley

Jeff Easley

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, and was published by TSR in 1990 as a 96-page book.

Reception

Lawrence Schick, in his 1991 book Heroic Worlds, comments on Wonders of Lankhmar: "There are a few good ideas here, but most of the entries are nothing special, and at two pages each they're all pretty short on detail."