Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 36

Time for the latest compilation of old school Dungeons & Dragons threads; all of the compilations can be found in my Dungeons & Dragons blog tag. I’ve still been on a roll in terms of doing these threads on Bluesky quite regularly! Legions of Thyatis (1990), by John Nephew. Here we have one of the very few ancient Roman Empire D&D adventures! This adventure is set in the D&D campaign world of Mystara, and is set in the empire of Thyatis, which is modeled after the late Roman empire. We therefore have Emperors, gladiators, legions, Senators, and political machinations! The campaign set for Thyatis and Alphatia came out the year before. Legions of Thyatis is the sequel to Arena of Thyatis, in which characters were drugged and forced temporarily into the gladiator ranks. This adventure assumes that either the PCs are thus friends with the gladiators or have another excuse to become friends with them. The adventure begins with a gladiator riot! The PCs have visited the gladiator manager…