''Red Sonja Unconquered'' () is a 1986

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for the ''

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based on the barbarian heroine,

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. Its module code is RS1 and its TSR product code is TSR 9183. Like the similar barbarian-hero inspired Conan modules ( CB1 and CB2), this module was not very popular.

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''Red Sonja Unconquered'' is an adventure scenario intended for high-level

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s, featuring

Publication history

RS1 ''Red Sonja Unconquered'' was written by Anne G. McCready, with art by

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, and was published by TSR in 1986 as a 32-page booklet with a large color map, and an outer folder.

Credits

Anne Gray McCready Anne C. Gray McCready (born July 7, 1960, in Williams Bay, Wisconsin) is a game designer and editor who has worked on a number of products for the ''Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game from TSR, Inc., TSR. Early life Anne Gray grew up ...

: Author * Tim Kilpin: Editing *

: Cover & interior art * Dennis Kauth: Cartography * Betty Elmore: Typography

Reception

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, in his 1991 book ''Heroic Worlds'', says that Sonja gets "to an ancient burial ground, where she finds a whole lot of trouble".

References

Adaptations of works by Robert E. Howard Dungeons & Dragons modules Red Sonja Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1986 {{D&D-stub

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