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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 8413018" data-attributes="member: 29398">That last would be news to me.I know the 1e DMG seems to base itself on a weekend-warrior style of play, where the party always returns to base at session's end and in-game time then passes one-for-one with the real world between sessions; but I've never seen or heard of any table that actually played this way.But yes, wandering monsters were deterrents to resting; as were time pressures (in some modules) and resource management (a problem in all cases if you rested too often).Simple resource management - food, water, light sources, etc. - can adequately provide this pressure at low levels in an old-school game.  External time pressures are something the DM can save for later in the campaign.</blockquote>