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Just so. (Which is one reason I'm a little uncomfortable with the term "end game," and put it in scare quotes. It's not really the end of the game, or the campaign, at all.)

Absolutely. I agree. I think this style of dungeon is best created through play, in a "creativity feedback loop" with your players. That's probably why published modules focused on tournament-style adventures or smaller "lair style" dungeons, and why even the larger published dungeons tend to...

Nope. I don't think I would do that, although it might be possible (especially if you combined the "underground wilderness" approach of D1-3 with a campaign megadungeon beneath an underground city, or something like that). My mythic underworld dungeon is a central feature of the campaign, but...

The First Fantasy Campaign Blackmoor dungeon is one of the published examples that best matches what I think of as a campaign-style megadungeon. (Although I still think the upper levels are a bit small.) What I've seen of Gary's black-binder Greyhawk dungeon has a similar very minimal key...

I wouldn't include Maure Castle, either. Like some of the others, it's very cool (one of my favorites), but too small and focused for repeated campaign play, in my opinion. Rob's big campaign dungeon is El Raja Key, which I don't believe has been published. When we had the megadungeon q/a...

Those are both really big dungeons, but have a lot of what I think of as "lair style" design about them. For example, they tend to be pretty dense (not a lot of empty space) and often have smaller levels and fewer "paths" than I think is ideal for a mega/campaign dungeon. I believe Rappan...

I see D1-D3 more like an "underground wilderness" than a dungeon. Definitely good for long term exploration, though, not matter how you look at it.

I'm running my Cromlech Tor dungeon (with several of the local Knights-n-Knaves guys being regular players). Some of the other guys have been running theirs, too. In my case, I decided I wasn't going to do session reports (too much work). Some of the players started doing session reports, but...

Very few published is damn right. I think megadungeons are not very well suited to publication. (I also prefer the approach of creating the megadungeon through play, in any case.) Smaller and more self-contained "lair dungeons" or tournament-style dungeons fit the publication model better. I...

Most of my thoughts on that can be found in The Dungeon as a Mythic Underworld and Creating a Mythic Underworld Dungeon. If the dungeon is set up for that kind of game, it's not a question of advantage or disadvantage. The dungeon is so large that returning to explore the unknown areas is...

My personal choice would be original D&D or AD&D (1e). However, given the above information, I recommend Basic/Expert D&D. I'd use the 1981 B/X sets, which I prefer over the 1983+ BECMI or RC version (I prefer its level scale, art, organization, and lack of rules like general skills and weapon...

He's a hell of a good player, too. :)

I think you're probably taking that example of "attitude" too literally. In my experience, many DMs who have been playing since the early days make a bit of a show of "cursing the PCs' luck" and such, but it's done with a wink and a nod: just part of running the game (which means running the...

Mythus Amber Dying Earth* Trail of Cthulhu* Pendragon Lejendary Adventures* Traveller (Classic or Mongoose)* * - I've played this, but not enough to get a good feel for it. Maybe one or two sessions, at most.

I believe Harley ran at least one session at NTRPG Con. I didn't play in it, though. You might ask on the NTPRG Con forums.

Original D&D and AD&D 1e, in that order. Also some BRP games (Call of Cthulhu, mainly, but also Stormbringer). I played a session using The Pool a couple months ago.

Still use it, in both AD&D and in my OD&D combat sequence, too.

Hmm. Probably Chaosium Basic Roleplaying. The OSRIC hardcover is way up there, too.

You didn't know you were stepping into the heavily mined DMZ warded by veterans of the edition wars? Some of us are so shell-shocked that if you don't carefully qualify and parse your post before hitting that button, we'll come out screaming "They're coming through the wire! I need...

When you say "10 guys," do you mean you had 10 players, or 10 PCs + NPCs, or 10 combatants, total? (Or something else.) Just curious. My games have been getting larger, lately. A think the average party size (PCs + NPCs) is probably around 8, but a couple sessions ago the players took a...