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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 5642687" data-attributes="member: 20323">Needed? About 2 hours for the DM to familiarize her or himself with the campaign and players to make PCs. Then 15-45 minutes between games, about how long you'd spend reading a few chapters in a book. At least that's what I'd shoot for.Exactly this. I've been playing around with <a href="http://www.breezetree.com" target="_blank">Flow Chart Software</a> and it's pretty cool how involved the flowcharts can get and still produce something readily decipherable. I could even imagine the back side of a poster map being a circuit board like network of interwoven flowcharts and decision points. Actually many of the <a href="http://livingforgottenrealms.com/" target="_blank">Living Forgotten Realms</a> include flowcharts of  how the story evolves with Yes/No options for decision the PCs make.Having just perused the Castle Whiterock free preview (<a href="http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/WhiterockPreview1.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.goodman-games.com/downloads/WhiterockPreview1.pdf</a>), I noticed it devoted good amount of space to "what if" scenarios. The map actually resembles a limited flowchart in a way.I think the product you describe has been done and done well in DungeonQuest Advanced HeroQuest, and Warhammer Quest - not to be confused with <a href="http://www.journey-quest.com/" target="_blank">JourneyQuest | The journey is… a quest!</a>! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />I'd rather see something cover new ground and solidly be a RPG product, focusing on the opportunities doing it as an all-in-one could offer. First, the campaign-in-a-box would really show evolution over time, how rhe stories, NPCs, and places evolve. What's great is that this turns the problem of limited space into a solution. For example, we can only afford X number of battlemaps so how can we re-use maps and keep it fresh? What if many locations evolve with both the PCs' deeds and outside events?Second, the campaign-in-a-box would provide more customization options for the DM with less worry about wasting space. Since what was "wasted" in the moment can be reused as it's built into the meta-plot, the DM has a freer reign to adapt to the PCs. I guess it would be a model of integrated modularity, a balance between sandbox and rail-road.Third, the campaign-in-a-box would have all its parts tightly woven together. Maps could be overlapped to create "new" area, several maps might be joined together to create a 4'x6' king's keep, and adventures could refer to specific terrain as depicted on the included maps. Miniatures could also be used for a certain statue puzzle or with a new summoning magic item. Character themes/backgrounds could be referenced in specific quests, changing the story slightly or determining who gets which player handout. I think I'm just screening the surface of what would be possible this way!</blockquote>

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