Brian said that we needed a new adventure module for the Basic set, something with a little more action, and a little broader and so forth. Keep on the Borderlands I just made up out of whole cloth, though. 'Keep on the Borderlands was a module where I said ‘I’m not trying to get any realism or verisimilitude going here I’m going for pure whimsy fantasy action, and you’re going to be kept amused every minute.’ I still get emails from people saying ‘yeah, that was great'. Likely it would be okay on the border of the Pomarj, though.' ( email to Gene Weigel, quoted in Dragonsfoot forum post in 2003 )

Q: 'Was the Keep on the Borderlands originally in the World of Greyhawk and if so where did you place it in your campaign?Ī: 'KotB was not set on Oerth, it was just a free-form locale that any DM could fit into his campaign world. Keep on the Borderlands, for example, is a place devised detailed and meticulously, at which several creatures fight for their survival.' (Drache #3, An Interview with Gary Gygax, translated from German and transcribed in an Acaeum forum post ) There has to be a reason for the PCs to risk their lives to have an adventure at that place. Who lives there, and how does he live there.

There has to be a reason for the place being there. 'There has to be a reason for everything. 'In addition, Design is working on a number of modules for D&D - and I recently finished a new one for the Basic Set, as sales demand that we change the module every six or so months.' ( The Dragon #35, pg 13, From the Sorcerer’s Scroll column titled “What’s ahead for TSR?') This is a compilation of quotes from Gary Gygax about his module B2 Keep on the Borderlands (1979)

Module b2 the keep on the borderlands