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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MNblockhead" data-source="post: 9548516" data-attributes="member: 6796661">I'm running The Enemy Within (TEW) campaign now. Just finished the first book with the party leaving Bogenhafen the next session and moving into the second book. Even the first book is a heavy lift for the GM. It seems every book gets more complex. More than that, it is a significant commitment for both players and GM, in that it is a campaign that is likely to take two or more years to complete with regular weekly sessions.The overall plots are not that difficult, but the number of NPCs and how there are open investigatory sections that also tie into NPC timelines that you have to track, can make it complicated and confusing for players who don't like note-taking and are used to more straight forward adventures.  At times it feels more like like a Call of Cthulu adventure mashed up with a gritty, tactical skirmish battle game.All that said, I love running it. And I'm a glutton for punishment as I've worked in more content to fill out some of the weaker links the GM has to deal with in connecting the plot points and events without getting too ham fisted with the parts of the campaign that require some railroading. I've combined TEW with Rough Nights and Hard Days (RNHD) and have worked in patrons from Patrons of the Empire, NPCs in TEW and RNHD, and NPCs I've created.I took us one year to finish book 1, Enemy in Shadows, but that is in large part because I also started with the the Starter Set adventure to first make sure we all enjoyed the system and I also ran three of the adventures in RNHD. We should be moving through the campaign material at a fast pace this year, but Death on the Reik is also a much longer adventure, so it will likely take a year to complete. That's based on 8 hours of playtime a month. So I'm probably looking at a 4-5 year campaign if we complete it.</blockquote>

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