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The best mods (100% subjective):

1-4:
CORE1-2: The first time we got to see a creative skill challenge embedded in a combat encounter.
CORE1-3: The Big Man. I also really enjoy the campiness of Molley's style. The puzzle at the end was somewhat boring though.
CORM1-1: Fantastic "chase scene" skill challenge and the adventure set a cool, dark tone. The combats were boring and too easy, however.
LURU1-1: A classic dungeon crawl with some creative opponents.

4-7:
CORE1-4: More awesome campiness. I also think that the tone of Athkatla was presented well.
CORM1-2: Mutually agreed upon as one of the best mods out there so far. Probably a combination of the story "cool factor" and the amount of player choice allowed. However, I felt that the combats were too easy.
DALE1-2: I'm not sure why... I just have a lot of fun playing it.

7-10:
DALE1-3: Although the final encounter was a logistical nightmare, the module was unique and the first combat had some really fun potential. Sadly, the "rules" associated with it really cut it short.
EAST1-3: A straight-up, no-nonsense delve with NEW opponents (mostly). Very retro (as far as D&D goes). Had a blast.

I'll try avoid mentioning any adventure I wrote... that's poor style.

My personal favorites thus far (having played and/or run all level 1-4's except for Scepter Tower, over half of the 4-7's, and just now getting into 7-10's):

1-4
- CORE1-3 - Best. NPC. EVAR. Also, while the puzzle was a bit bland, I'm a huge fan of puzzles in D&D so it was nice to see (and hopefully see more).
- DALE1-1 - There's an oddball encounter in there as I recall (I haven't looked at it in awhile) but I remember having a lot of fun RPing that one.
- DRAG1-1 - Good story behind the module, and sets up a lot of recurring story and characters for later.
- AGLA1-1 - It might just be the DM quality we've had with this one, but every time I've played this it's been an absolute blast interacting with the faeries...
- ADAP1-5 - Flavorful, challenging combats. Great stuff. This module, combined with CORE1-3, cemented Mr. Molley as my favorite author to date. (I haven't been disappointed yet.)
- CORM1-1 was good the first couple times through, but I've played and run that one so much that it's just gotten really old for me.

4-7
- CORM1-2 - If I had to pick one must-play in all of LFR right now, this would be it. In fact, I'd put this up as a must-replay as well - the range of options in there is incredible and it's impossible to experience everything the first time through.
- CORE1-4 - Great regional flavor, a good storyline, and combats that make for some good fun. (Barfupalung, anyone?)
- BALD1-2 - It's got a couple of problems in my book (one being length, the other being that the relative importance of the PCs' actions makes it seem more like a paragon module reskinned as heroic) but even in spite of that it still makes my favorites list.

7-10
I can't give much opinion here yet as I've only run one so far, but we rather enjoyed EAST1-3 - it's a pretty standard D&D story done well, with some new and iconic monsters. I'm also really looking forward to getting into CORE1-7 next week (you'll notice both of its prequels on the lists above) as well as CORE1-6 after that.

dkay807 wrote:

DALE1-3: Although the final encounter was a logistical nightmare, the module was unique and the first combat had some really fun potential. Sadly, the "rules" associated with it really cut it short.

Well, the 'rules' are kinda 'optional'...

Gomez

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Based on input collected in this thread so far, it seems clear that CORE 1-2, CORE 1-3 and CORM 1-1 are big hits with the player base.

I've got a lot of "me too" stuff (for example, my list includes the CORE1-2/1-6 and CORE1-3/1-4/1-7 quest trees and all Cormyr adventures), but I want to particularly call out IMPI1-3 as a stellar adventure. There are (for good reason) few adventures that can generate true turning points in how characters perceive their world and/or the role they play in it as a result of actions taken and those actions' consequences, and the events of this adventure played a significant role in changing one of my characters' perspectives on who he is and why he does things.