Hommlet T1 and T1-4: The Village, the Promised Sequel and the Map Book
Editorial date: ยท TSR Archive
The T1 description points to a future T2. Compare the archived village module with the 1985 Temple campaign and its separate 16-page map book.
The Village of Hommlet is a complete small adventure as well as an entrance to a larger one. The archived fourth-printing description still points readers toward a future T2, The Temple of Elemental Evil. The later product represented here is T1-4, a 1985 campaign by Gary Gygax with Frank Mentzer. That change in designation is visible evidence of how the village and the promised destination were eventually packaged.
A complete village, with a larger destination
T1 places Hommlet at a woodland crossroads after the defeat of the nearby Temple. Its inhabitants still face trouble from bandits and monsters. The description supplies both local people and a ruined moathouse to investigate. It does not require the referee to invent a village before the party can begin.
The wording about T2 belongs to the earlier product description. It should not be read as the stock number of the 1985 collection. Nor does it establish what an unpublished sequel would have contained. For a campaign that continues beyond the village, identify the book actually on the table rather than following an old advertisement as a purchasing list.
Two packages and two scales of mapping
| Product | Recorded format | Useful distinction |
|---|---|---|
| T1, TSR 9026 | Fourth printing, 1981; 24-page book | Village and nearby lands, inhabited buildings and ruined moathouse. |
| T1-4, TSR 9147 | 1985; 128-page book and separate 16-page map book | Hommlet, Nulb and the Temple dungeon campaign. |
T1 explicitly describes large-scale plans for the inn, church, trading post and guard tower, including different floors and cellars. Those plans support interaction with a settlement as well as exploration. T1-4 advertises play from first through eighth level and beyond. Its greater extent is a campaign-scope difference. Page totals alone cannot tell you which passages of T1 were retained word for word.
Choose the opening before reconciling page references
Use T1 if your immediate job is to prepare Hommlet and the moathouse from that module. Use the T1-4 materials if you intend to follow the later campaign through Nulb and the Temple. With a used T1-4, ask specifically about the map book. A cover photograph and a page count do not establish that a separate booklet is present.
Keep your notes tied to one edition. Write the location name beside each page reference, and check the map key against that same copy. If you borrow an attractive village map from another version, compare it before showing it to players. A referee plan may contain more information than an arrival scene should reveal. These are preparation recommendations, not a finding that a particular map was redrawn.
The A1 and A1-4 comparison offers another example of an original module and a later campaign package. Each collection needs its own scope check. The similar numbering convention does not prove identical editorial treatment.
Sources and scope
Product identification and reproduced publisher descriptions: dd1/t1.htm; dd1/t1-4.htm. Cover images are preserved local archive files, linked to their source records above. No full text collation, unpublished T2 reconstruction or modern conversion. Preparation methods in this article are editorial recommendations, not a report of a new playtest.