Lendore Isles SeriesL1 - L3
Three unrelated modules designed for novice AD&D characters. Often referred to as the "Lakofka Series", due to author Lenard Lakofka.
L1 Secret of Bone Hill by Len Lakofka
L2 Assassin's Knot by Len Lakofka
L3 Deep Dwarven Delve by Len Lakofka
The working title for L1 Secret of Bone Hill was "The Restenford Mystery". According to former TSR employee Lawrence Schick, Erol Otus deliberately botched the rear-cover art on L1, because he didn't care for the module. We'll let you decide.
L2 Assassin's Knot comes with a double cover (module booklet nested inside two covers of maps). Thanks to Eric Pass for this info.
L3 Deep Dwarven Delve was created for a tournament at the 1979 GenCon XI (DM'ed by Lakofka himself!), but was only completed and publicly released in August 1999. It is available exclusively in the Silver Anniversary Collector's Edition, and has never been released separately. Lakofka stated that his final draft of the module sent to TSR was somehow lost, and TSR staff filled in missing segments and performed further edits without his consultation; he estimated that approximately 20% of the final published module is not his work. Thanks to Adam Shultz for help with this info.
Two additional modules (with accessory campaign sourcebooks) in the series, L4 Devilspawn and L5 Kroten Campaign, are now freely available through these links (hosted at Dragonsfoot.org). They were never professionally published.
There are no distinguishable printings of L3 Deep Dwarven Delve.
L1 Secret of Bone Hill
First (1981): ISBN on back cover bottom left.
Second: ISBN on back cover bottom left, Product Number on back cover bottom right.
Third: ISBN and Product Number on back cover bottom left, but are offset left from the rest of the back-cover text; Piece Code back cover bottom right. Thanks to Mike Kuo and Adrian Newman for this info.
Fourth: ISBN and Product Number on back cover bottom left, but are now flush left with the rest of the back-cover text; Piece Code back cover bottom right. Thanks to Adrian Newman for this info.
Fifth: Contents identical to Fourth, but has an orange cardboard header glued to the top of the module, with the D&D logo and some other advertising. The module itself, separated from the header, is indistinguishable from a Fourth printing. Further info on header modules is here.
Foreign Editions: Click the link to view editions of this module released outside the United States.
L2 Assassin's Knot
First: No white barcode box on the back.
Second: Contents identical to First, but has an orange cardboard header glued to the top of the module, with the D&D logo and some other advertising. The module itself, separated from the header, is indistinguishable from a First printing. Further info on header modules is here.
Third: No cardboard header. Identical to the previous prints, aside from the addition of a white barcode box on the rear left cover. Thanks to Michael Deaton for this info.
Foreign Editions: Click the link to view editions of this module released outside the United States.
Thanks to Adrian Newman for the scan of L2 Second Print, and Norbert Jakobs for the scan of L3.
The Second printing of L2 Assassin's Knot, with the header intact, is very rare. SW condition assumes the header is present.
L3 is only available inside the Silver Anniversary Collector's Edition, which would seem to imply that its worth is but a fraction of the complete set. eBay has proven otherwise, however, and mint-condition (which most are) L3's regularly sell for as much or more than the set in its entirety. The unfortunate side-effect of this valuation is, of course, that many Silver sets are being opened to remove the L3 inside.
The following represents The Acaeum's current valuation of these items, dependent upon condition (multiply by 3x-10x if shrinkwrap is present; L3 was never originally shrinkwrapped, so this doesn't apply to it). Values are updated at the beginning of the month, provided there were new public sales. Click the titles to view active eBay auctions!
| Fair | Good | VGood | Fine | VFine | NMint | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 Secret of Bone Hill | Fair$8 | Good$14 | VGood$19 | Fine$23 | VFine$28 | NMint$31 |
| L1 Secret of Bone Hill (header) | Fair$250 | Good$450 | VGood$600 | Fine$750 | VFine$900 | NMint$1000 |
| L2 Assassin's Knot | Fair$11 | Good$20 | VGood$26 | Fine$33 | VFine$39 | NMint$43 |
| L2 Assassin's Knot (header) | Fair$250 | Good$450 | VGood$600 | Fine$750 | VFine$900 | NMint$1000 |
| L3 Deep Dwarven Delve | Fair$51 | Good$91 | VGood$122 | Fine$152 | VFine$183 | NMint$203 |
L1 Secret of Bone Hill
1st - 4th printing
L1 Secret of Bone Hill
5th printing
L2 Assassin's Knot
1st/3rd printing
L2 Assassin's Knot
2nd printing
L3 Deep Dwarven Delve