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<blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 6409044" data-attributes="member: 10479">It's not unusual.&nbsp; I've seen it happen in gameplay at conventions.&nbsp; When DCC was being playtested, I got in a couple of games at Gary Con with Joseph Goodman at the helm.&nbsp; A lot of the trimmings were certainly D&amp;D-esque but gameplay was more like playing at a table with Jim Ward running MA/Gamma World, or to use a more modern reference playing Paranoia.&nbsp; The game seemed less about building a character that had a likely chance of survival and more about enjoying the demise the DM described when the dice inevitably struck your PC down.&nbsp; I've only played a handful of DCC games but several were with Joseph Goodman GMing, so I assume this is not a case of getting a bad GM, nor one who doesn't know what he is doing.You've lost me here.&nbsp; How are &quot;player-character determined campaigns&quot; considered railroads?I do agree that the DL series was decidedly a railroad.&nbsp; It became obvious to our group the summer after the DL adventures became available and we decided to play them.&nbsp; Someone else in the group would DM, so the rest of us made sure not to check them out at all.&nbsp; We had one more player than the modules included so, having the most experience, I made one up for myself while everyone else had the named PCs.&nbsp; I asked the DM about making a Half-Orc Fighter and he said he thought it would be fine.&nbsp; The next couple of months were a series of game sessions (two to four per week in those days!) where the DM ran the adventures by the book.&nbsp; If it hadn't been obvious enough to us from running the pregens how forced it all was then the &quot;fifth wheel&quot; Half-Orc Fighter who essentially got to do nothing but swing his bastard sword when combat erupted made things abundantly clear.&nbsp; Somewhere in the third module we voted to switch the campaign to something else.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mark CMG, post: 6409044, member: 10479"] It's not unusual. I've seen it happen in gameplay at conventions. When DCC was being playtested, I got in a couple of games at Gary Con with Joseph Goodman at the helm. A lot of the trimmings were certainly D&D-esque but gameplay was more like playing at a table with Jim Ward running MA/Gamma World, or to use a more modern reference playing Paranoia. The game seemed less about building a character that had a likely chance of survival and more about enjoying the demise the DM described when the dice inevitably struck your PC down. I've only played a handful of DCC games but several were with Joseph Goodman GMing, so I assume this is not a case of getting a bad GM, nor one who doesn't know what he is doing. You've lost me here. How are "player-character determined campaigns" considered railroads? I do agree that the DL series was decidedly a railroad. It became obvious to our group the summer after the DL adventures became available and we decided to play them. Someone else in the group would DM, so the rest of us made sure not to check them out at all. We had one more player than the modules included so, having the most experience, I made one up for myself while everyone else had the named PCs. I asked the DM about making a Half-Orc Fighter and he said he thought it would be fine. The next couple of months were a series of game sessions (two to four per week in those days!) where the DM ran the adventures by the book. If it hadn't been obvious enough to us from running the pregens how forced it all was then the "fifth wheel" Half-Orc Fighter who essentially got to do nothing but swing his bastard sword when combat erupted made things abundantly clear. Somewhere in the third module we voted to switch the campaign to something else. [/QUOTE]

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