The direct continuation of EX1: Dungeonland, also by Gygax, this is also a direct adaptation of Lewis Carrol’s sequel to Alice in Wonderland, Through the Looking Glass. As such, in a similar vein to the previous module, it’s a fun, whimsical but incredibly punishing adventure.

Wonderland works pretty much in a similar way to the Feywild, a place where no being can be trusted, where nothing is exactly what it seems and where apparently innocuous things will get you dead in no time. And Gygax is true to that spirit, never a designer of easy or forgiving dungeons, this is another case of a dungeon for experienced and canny players who will know how to keep themselves alive and not put greed over survival.

Another interesting aspect to the EX modules is the fact that they are EXpansions, originally for the Greyhawk Castle dungeon, they were released before there was a proper release of the Greyhawk dungeons (it was never to be, there are some reconstructions out there, but the original stayed with Gygax). However, you can insert these into any ongoing dungeon as its own demiplane. This module is also a tribute to Don Kaye, a co-creator of D&D who died in 1975 and was Gygax’s childhood friend, his player character, Murlynd, a kind of Wild West transplant to Greyhawk, has a central role to play here.