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I'm just delving into WotBS and won't be able to run it straight up for various reasons. I'm looking for advice on where to begin mining and what are the best parts. Regardless I'm excited and if you don't have advice for the above, please just share your favorite parts!

Good luck and proceed with caution. You are opening a door you might not be able to close for many decades...

Start here. I think this stands the test of time as the best advice on starting your own campaign. Modern game design has taken it farther, but this is just a really, really solid starting place. Ray Winniger's Dungeoncraft

Most modules are built for groups and, accordingly, don't easily translate to solo adventures. This leaves you with two options. (1) Add NPCs or have your solo-player play more than one character. If you're new to the game this is really challenging. If you're experienced, this is really...

My favorite part is the optimism. During char gen, it feels like anything is possible. You can pick and build and any number of adventures may await you. The campaign is a process of whittling infinite opportunities down, similar to life. New options arise, but your realistic domain set of...

You folks are too good so I'm going to try and make them a bit harder. Here's to seeing if it works... ------------------------ We see escape and push to be free Our captor, frantic, binds you and me Caught we turn and slow betray ‘till none could ever get away And trapped again within our cell...

Yeah, not what I drive. More an allusion to a game design philosophy that fun comes from creative ideas and the social interplay between friends and not the rules, so the rules should primarily not get in the way. /Was also my first car, though...

A 1994 Geo Metro that gets 55 MPG and takes 20 seconds to get up to 60 mph. It's crappy and sometimes you're ashamed, but then you look back and realize it did everything it had to really, really well and its weaknesses just kept you from making mistakes. /We talking about first cars?

I think 4e is really flavorful just in different ways. In 3e silly little things like Meepo dominated the adventure but ended up becoming shared experiences that the entire community could relate to and discuss. In 4e, you teleport and travel to different worlds at relatively low levels which...

The SW system sounds solid and so I'd try and build off of it. Maybe a simple skill challenge with five rounds, each impacting the overall modifier. Make a check each phase and the ultimate winner is the person with the highest points at the end of the challenge. For example: Ante bellum...

I would say that because there are no resources and no precedent, there is no *right* answer. I would go with whatever leads to the best story. At the point you decide to introduce this type of scenario into your game you are taking on a lot of risk with the potential payout of emotionally...

Rune-spot on Raven-Solid answer but not what I had in mind. I think something fits even better. Thanks for the praise and participation.

Before my birth I am conceived and grow and sprout both limb and leaves until I’m brought to proper form then idly I do adorn till brilliant minds upon me find a whim or dream or vision prime and then my form is too complete a mask I wear for all I greet

WELL PLAYED, gentlemen (and women). This thread is actually making me feel pretty good because my players (who admittedly aren't good at and dislike riddles) usually couldn't solve them in a manner timely enough for gameplay. I rather enjoy when people solve my riddles so perhaps I make 'em...

The battle continues my savvy foe... When I’m bored I break the grain When I’m bound I halt the thread When I am I cannot be Until I speed across the sea

Sounds great. Anything you can share or entice with?

Alright, here is one I just made up for this thread. Mixed bag on if it is hard, I'll let the masses be the judge... A blade that pierces but does not cut A rope that binds but does bind shut Countless thrusts until the foe is slayed But upon completion none are ‘fraid.

Quite a few places aren't included in the poll... [Edit--When I responded there was no poll displayed with the post and hence there were no places to choose from. Intended as a joke. Since the poll posted, I sort of just look like a jerk... bummer] I voted for Dragonlance. Krynn was my first...

Good to know and duly noted.

Worth repeating. It reminds me of the Second Razor: "Never attribute to malice what ignorance alone can explain." It isn't that 4e defies roleplaying, it is that it doesn't openly push for it as much as previous editions may have. In honor of your username, I vote that for RPGs the saying be...