One of the great things about this adventure is the start. The body of a dead hobgoblin killed by a crossbow trap holds open a secret door. This is great because it telegraphs the coming experience to the players. There will be traps, deadly ones. There will be secret doors. And there will be monsters.

Professor DM just casually creating a masterclass in how to run a megadungeon, giving an entertaining as all hell recount of a campaign, showing a whole mess of incredible miniatures AND bringing a supergroup of creators to present it all, absolutely 10/10 content!

“The players make the choices; I just narrate the results.” As a DM, you’ll never have more fun than when you adopt this simple mantra.

25 minutes with multiple cameos and stellar mini cinematography ? The professor didn't disappoint, this was definitely worth the wait ! More, please !

the production level in this is top notch! well done profesor!

I ran the Lost City for my players nearly 40 years ago. They defeated Zargon, with heavy losses, and the two survivors saw the Lost City but decided to Nope out of there and return to the surface.

Dam Professor dm blowing the budget with special effects.

This must be one or THE best video from PDM so far. Excellent!!!!

40 years in the making Thanks for the shout out!

That's what I call a superproduction. Amazing job! Thank you for that!

This is your masterpiece, Professor. You've thought of everything. It's the ultimate "how to play any rpg" video, chock full of top tips for beginners and veterans, cool visuals, excellent story-telling and instruction, great painted minis, referenced miniature manufacturers, colabs with legends. It's utterly brilliant.

I just love those miniatures... Amazing painting!

The Lost City was the first module I ever bought and ran, so it is very special to me. It's my Keep on the Borderlands. We didn't know what were doing, got half the rules wrong, but what great fun it was and started me on this D&D journey that has gone on for 40 years. It remains among my all time favourites. I've run it a few times, most recently last year. Tom Moldvay managed to fit so much into a mere 32 pages.

as someone that enjoys miniatures i really appreciate you including the names and manufacturer of each of them.

"Lost City" was one of the first modules I bought with my own allowance money as a kid of like nine or ten. I never got to chance to ever actually run or play it, but it made a great coloring book! I went on to re-read it voraciously over the decades, and I'd say this and "Vault of the Drow" were the two modules that most influenced my preference for sandbox settings that lasts to this day.

Caves of Carnage, Reviled Society, and this are my all-time favorites from the professor! I am sure these must be a lot of work, but please keep these coming!!!

I love these crossovers with Dungeon Masterpiece! I just hope Deathbringer doesn't feel like he's being supplanted. We don't want to make Deathbringer angry.

ive rewatched this a few times and there's one thing I think people have not praised which they should: this also works great as an ad for the Deathbringer rules!

You seem to have bought a lot of new software. I'm curious as to what it is. Swirling fog, flickering flames, hazy highlights - all appreciated.

I know this puts me in the vocal minority, but I missed this type of content from you. Reminds me why I always say that you're the best TTRPG youtuber out there. You've done so much to help shape my TTRPG philosophies and improve my games. Pretty soon I'll publish a TTRPG and the first thing I'll do after that is turn in my work to you, professor.

Hey professor! Thanks for the shoutout, and amazing video, the graphics and pictures are really the best, definitely upping your game sir. LOVE this adventure!!

this has been my favourite video in a while. i love these campaign breakdowns and reenactments! keep up the great work PDM!

Great take-away at the end: It's better to end a campaign early than to let it peter out. Wise words to live by.

I can completely relate without watching the video. I've had the Holmes edition of D&DBasic set since 1982 or so. My sons and granddaughters are finishing the Tower of Zenopus as I speak 😂😎😮

I played The Lost City back in high school we used Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay rules. I know the GM had to add a lot to the module (especially the city), but I feel that to be true of most D&D modules: Good base buts needs some love and attention to really shine. Anyway, we had an absolute blast. I am looking to start a game with some new players and this video sold me on pitching Lost City to the group. Thanks for another great video.

The Lost City has a real place in my heart as this amazing adventure we talked about but never played when I was a kid. I think I have a copy of it somewhere still.

This is my favorite Dungeon Craft video. More please!

The intro shots to this video screams Dark Sun 👍 Thanks for an entertaining retelling of your adventures.

Awesome video Professor! Loved all the cameos (and the call out to Capt., his videos on the Goodman Games version of this where what led me to buy it). I somehow missed this adventure back in the day when it first came out, I am sure I would have loved it had I found it. I have been running my son (who is almost 12) and a group of his friends through the 5e version and they have been enjoying it a lot. So far they are only on Tier 4, and on tiers 2 & 3 they also skipped over some things. They have made connections with the Magi (first faction they encountered) and the Brotherhood, but have yet to meet the Warrior Maidens. I have been making use of the factions they have met to help guide them on where to go through the factions asking them to complete tasks (such as mapping out the floor plan for Tier 4). Plan to use this a lot when they finally get to the lost city itself and start really learning more about what all is going on.

Lost or found city, doesn't matter to me. I just want more of these epic collaborations between my favorite content creators. EPIC video Professor.

Learning about the background history is amazing in this adventure. I remember being mesmerized by this years ago as a kid. I always wanted to run this as an adult now.

This was fantastic! One of my favorite DnD memories is staying up all night playing through this module in the 80’s. Thanks for sharing. Your videos have definitely “leveled up!”

What an incredible video!!! I loved the production values, great advice, all the shots of the miniatures etc.. plus all of the surprise guest stars!!! What a treat, as someone who is relatively new to your videos, this was easily the highlight of my video watching week, great work!!!

Red Nails is definitely the main story inspiration for this adventure, recommend everyone read it if they haven't already.

After so much time waiting, the video has finally came out. Couldn't be more satisfied. I loved it! Kudos to Professor DM and the other participants. Someday I will get to run The Lost City again and try to finish it for good.

I think I’m sold on this one now. Goodman Games OAR series seems to add a ton of value to an already great module!

Great stuff! Crossovers with Bob World Builder, Baron DeRopp, DM Scotty, and Trevor Duval made this episode the Avengers of DnD KZfaq. Looking forward to more installments in the PDMCU (Professor Dungeon Master Cinematic Universe).

Wow how epic was that! Gueststar speakers, great discriptions on the DM's choice on how to run the adventure, and minis were fabulous! Favorite video so far! You do us proud sir..

Wow. Excellent video. This one sets a new bar. I hope it wins some awards. Your production style involving close ups on well painted miniatures has become a signature. I particularly loved the way you portrayed the desert scenes: the orangey light and some sort of filter that makes it look like there is blowing sand. You are turning "adventure recap" videos into their own art form. Huzzah!

Now this is an adventure!

This is probably your best video so far. The miniatures looked great. The guest commentary was a nice touch. And there was a great mix between story description and “under the hood” dungeon mastering. I got to play this about 3 months ago for the first time. But we only played one 2.5 hour session. We only got to the stingbat encounter. Afterwards, the rest of the group complained that the rules sucked (i.e. Wah! It’s not 5e! It’s B/X D&D!), the adventure was boring, and that they weren’t going to play anymore. By comparison, the video illustrates these guys were clearly unimaginative impatient wankers who didn’t know what they were missing.

Fantastic! Always enjoy your campaign videos, they give me so many ideas and inspirations. Loved the collaboration with other TTRPG KZfaq creators, great to see the community coming together.

Nice shout out to Capt Corajus! Dungeon Craft, Capt Corajus and Questing Beast.... Best 3 table top role playing channels I've ever seen!

Listened to this today at work on my phone while I installed antique doorknobs in a customers house, had to come back and actually watch it and give it a Thumbs up! Keep on rockin Professor.

Love it! It's always a thrill when you set up the dice as the arbiter of fate and then accept what comes. No decapitations is a bit sad :( but sounds like the threat was thrilling enough! Until Zargon the undead returns....

We played it in high school. Can't remember how many evening sessions it took but they killed Zargon and went into the lost city. We stopped playing Basic D&D at that point and switched to AD&D starting a fresh new campaign. The rotating room was always my favourite.

So much fun to watch, riveting story, great mini setups, awesome audio, and that mesmerizing Prof DM narration...WINNER!

Argh this is so cool! This is the d&d I crave

Amazing set design. I loved the photos and the effect. Such a dynamic production. Plus great insights into how to run a game.

Great video! One of your best, PDM! I ran this adventure for my friends back in the late 1980's. They made it through all of the pyramid and the inverted pyramid, having the final battle with Zargon. They won the fight, but as I recall, one of the PCs perished. Never explored the underground city, but I've been thinking of revisiting the story again, as the heroes never learned they had to drop Zargon's horn in the underground volcano, so Zargon has since regenerated and returned to power. It may be time for a new group of adventurers to find the Lost City.

Super fun video! A fun and instructive story from the Professor that covers a whole campaign in less than a half hour? Guest appearances from other great channels to cover topics of their focus? Slick production that keeps the whole thing moving while also pacing it out appropriately? Yes, yes, yes! More of this, please! Also, free idea: some sort of collaboration for a campaign or setting where the Professor and other RPG channels take turns creating various elements. One person shares a portion like the environment, backstory, factions, etc. and then each video ends with an "over to you (name)" moment to intro the next creator who will say when that video will go live. End result: the rough outline of an original campaign or setting that DMs/GMs can run with to make it their own. I would watch!

OMG! so many awesome cameos! This is my favorite Dungeon Craft video! AMAZING!

Amazing! I love how you adapt an adventure to suit your player's styles and rip up the rules to make things more epic.

Gripping story, sound advise, phenomenal design and photography. A++ video, take a bow. And the cameos were the icing on the cake

My gaming group recently wrapped up a 3 year campaign set in the Lost City. I played this back in 1987 but never finished it. It was great to have them go through the Goodman Games expansions. They opened every door and experienced every monster and trap. It was great!

Good video, excellent quality and (as I often do) I really like the way you've taken the content and re-done it to keep a certain feel of the original but make it fit more into your play style.

This was hugely entertaining to watch, and I will be immediately dropping B4 on my game map. Excellent work, and great advice all around.

Proper! This takes OSR module reviews to the next level in terms of inspiring us to breathe new life into classic adventures. Great tips here from a who's who of youtube gurus!

HELL. YES. PHENOMENAL production and the commentary is LEGENDARY as well. Razor sharp on adjudicating game mechanics, real-world complications for DMs, improvising gameplay, curating pace and feeling, implementing terrain, responding to individual players desires... I could go on and on. 🤘CYCLOPEAN OVERLORD APPROVED 🤘

You've done a spectacular job on this video! It's an ideal visualization of my favorite style of D&D. *applause*

Well told and illustrated. The cameos were excellent. Really nice summary of the game-running philosophy you have expounded over many years.

This is fantastic! Thank you sooooo much for taking the time to put this together (and to the other DM celebs for contributing). I learned so much. LOVE IT!

Incredible breakdown Professor! Bummer that none of Zargon's 8 attacks were a natural 20 🙃Looking forward to the next one!

What a fantastic video, and stellar guest performers and editor! Top notch! I ran a bit of the Lost City way back when but never finished, it's nice to see someone has!

I always admire you and your party's ability to finish sessions less than 3 hours

TOP NOTCH! I was waiting for Professor DM to post this and it doesn’t disappoint. Love that he included DM Scottie and the rest of his compadres. What a great way to toast to their skills and amazing work. Hats 🎩 off to you Professor and know I’m reignited to roll. Best post I’ve seen in a long while. Love the minis and the special effects. You’ve set a high watermark this time. ❤

Wow, Professor, you knocked it out of the park with this video! I loved it! It's an all-star show, too! 👏👏👏

Fantastic video! Lots of fun to watch, lessons to learn, and great story!

Wonderful overview of the play experience and adventure itself; visual presentation is top notch.

Professor another epic video. Thank you for collaborating with so many dnd KZfaqrs. This is what it means to role-play, collaboration between like minded people. Bravo for walking the talk.

This is one of your best videos yet!!! As a DM myself for over 40 years, this video brought me nostalgia because I have run this module multiple times. (One group actually defeated Zargon). It brought me inspiration because of your incredible story telling. Also your videos always bring me a feeling of validation because I run a very similar old school game that you describe in your videos. I always look forward to your exceptional content every week. Thank you!!!

I've been waiting for this video all year, and I'm not disappointed. It was a real treat to watch.

I had the module back in the day and bought the Goodman book, but I've never actually run this. This video inspires me to consider making it the next campaign. I love the cameos from other D&D KZfaqrs on my watchlist.

Perhaps my favourite of your videos, PDM. Thanks so much!

I've run The Lost City many times over 35 years, and have the Goodman Games book too. There is a lot of room for DMs to put their own spin on things here, and I think I'll reskin the heck out of it next time I give it a go! :)

What a great campaign, now I want to run that for my players

More videos like this please. I loved that several KZfaq creators were involved in this video. I loved the adventure recap with the minis, terrain, and animation. I loved the tips on how to run this adventure and others. Very well done!

Started with Keep with friend. Lost City was the first real DnD, with an adult DM. Will never forget it. DM handed out characters on dot matrix print outs. All randomly generated by computer. My long time DnD friend ended up with a magic user with 1 hp, died on first encounter with the stirges. It was awesome and I learned how to play.

This was great! Beautiful storytelling!

This is very well done, love the collaborations and the artistic flourishes - and the new miniatures!

What an awesome collaboration. Great work, everyone. This was truly a treat to watch.

Outdid yourself here PDM. Tom was/is my fave adventure author and B4 in my top 2. Fantastic production, and watching it was a treat.

Nice work Professor and everyone. A couple of notes: at the beginning you mentioned that the module is more of a sword and sorcery style (which I totally agree on) but the later feeling is that you guys delivered more of an epic fantasy flavour. Also, four sessions feels like a considerable rush for a sandbox, so I just assume everyone, DM and players, kind of was "focused" to end the dungeon, right? All things considered, however, amazing job, hope to see more content like this one.

At long last! Marvelous! AND a great DM collaboration, besides!

Really knocked it up a notch with the production value on this one! Nice work

Great retelling of your groups mini-campaign in the Lost City. Enjoyed the guest appearances, but they did catch me by surprise. Twice I thought I had accidentally moved to different videos. It’s nice to see you all supporting each other and home brew D&D.

Awesome video, Prof DM. Loved every minute and loved the guest star cameos!

I played this back in the ;ate 80s, I think. We did ok for murder hobos, but moved on to something else after like 5 sessions(never got to the lost city). I ran this like 3-4 years ago(early covid) and converted it to The Fantasy Trip...They united the factions, then left to hit other campaign plots, with the idea they would return to help confront the Zargon faction...never made it back. It was a great starter story to suck in the players, though.

I think this is one of your best videos ever. Certainly my favorite. I admire how you've streamlined your mechanics and how you cater fairly to your players. It's an excellent example of thinking outside the box and adapting what'sgiven to what you want or need. When not concerned about time I usually have my players make skill or ability checks, even if roleplay or circumstance has already decided the issue, as an extreme result can still influence events. I find it to be a great opportunity for improvisation for me and/or the players and a lot of fun. Anyway, although I generally watch every video you create I would be very enthusiastic to see more like this or anything related to miniature painting and terrain creation. Thank you for this video.

Wow! Professor this was fantastic, thank you and hope to see more production's like this.

This was epic. I got chills.

never played it, but made it to the barrier peaks. i don't play dnd but maybe again one day with this attitude.

Professor DM always makes great content, but this episode really went above and beyond. The amazing narration, the epic shots of the minis showcasing the encounters (with tags to where to get them), and guest appearances of some of my all time favorite youtubers!!! It was so good I lost track of time and was late to work XD

Bijoux in sessions. Epic in scope. The stuff of legends. One of the best videos to date

Omg, this adventure is perfect for one of my long running campaigns. Ive literally been hitting major writers block trying to figure out how to make it work. My campaign setting even makes heavy use of elder evils so Zargon is just an amazing fit, never heard of this classic adventure before, thanks!

I’ve been waiting for this

My dad owns an original copy of the lost city. I never dared to run it, because of how massive and constricting it is. Thank you for showing me how to change that.

This is like the magnum opus of Prof DM, the culmination of his entire GMing philosophy and process. I am delighted and inspired to run something like this.

I converted it over to PF2 and ran my party through it. I had the 1st five tiers above the city and the bottom 5 tiers below the city. It was great :) Edit: Just checked my notes, it took 1 year and a month of playing. 22 sessions that each lasted about 5 hours :) We only get to play about every 2 weeks but it was a lot of fun!

Great video! Watching it, I 've got some doubts and I must ask... did your players make their own map ? or did you provide them a "player's version" of the map? or none of these?