Dungeonland
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Dungeonland (EX1) is a Dungeons & Dragons module written by Gary Gygax for use with the First Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (AD&D) ruleset.
Dungeonland was actually adapted from one of Gygax's own campaigns, and was distinctive primarily because the adventure was a close adaptation of Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, with the various characters from the book translated into AD&D terms.
The module is intended to be a "fun" adventure, in which events are supposed to move along in Carrollesque fashion, and the players do better to go with the flow. Nevertheless, there are plenty of deadly situations, and players must stay on their toes.
In the afterword, Gygax mentions that this was an early part of the Greyhawk world, and that his players visited it multiple times. Dr. Joyce Brothers is mentioned as having played.
The module is paired with The Land Beyond the Magic Mirror, which is based on Carroll's Through the Looking Glass. In a (perhaps intentional) mixup, the scene on the cover is actually from other module, and vice versa.