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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 4950535" data-attributes="member: 463">Personally I'm interested in wilderness hex-crawl, naval sea-crawl, underdark cave-crawl, urban pub-crawl... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; - basically anything but the standard WotC/Goodman Dungeon-crawl.Edit:&nbsp; WotC/DCC dungeons aren't really 'old school' because they tend to be linear sequences of set-piece encounters, without the strategic depth you get in a good old-school dungeon.&nbsp; In my last campaign I ran two old-school modules, B7 Rahasia and B5 Horror on the Hill, followed by 2 DCCs.&nbsp; The DCCs' design proved very lacklustre in comparison to the old TSR mods, often devolving to fight-fight-fight.&nbsp; By contrast the TSR mods had an emphasis on exploration and a very wide variety of choices in what to do and where to go.&nbsp; I think good module design is an art that has rather been lost.&nbsp; The Necromancer 3e mods come closer than the DCCs, but even they feel a bit lacking IME.&nbsp; Even with the mods up on Dragonsfoot, I think the ones that feel really fresh and also strategically interesting tend to be the &quot;This is my dungeon from 1978&quot; ones, like The Endless Tunnels of Enlandin, rather than more recent efforts.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 4950535, member: 463"] Personally I'm interested in wilderness hex-crawl, naval sea-crawl, underdark cave-crawl, urban pub-crawl... :) - basically anything but the standard WotC/Goodman Dungeon-crawl. Edit: WotC/DCC dungeons aren't really 'old school' because they tend to be linear sequences of set-piece encounters, without the strategic depth you get in a good old-school dungeon. In my last campaign I ran two old-school modules, B7 Rahasia and B5 Horror on the Hill, followed by 2 DCCs. The DCCs' design proved very lacklustre in comparison to the old TSR mods, often devolving to fight-fight-fight. By contrast the TSR mods had an emphasis on exploration and a very wide variety of choices in what to do and where to go. I think good module design is an art that has rather been lost. The Necromancer 3e mods come closer than the DCCs, but even they feel a bit lacking IME. Even with the mods up on Dragonsfoot, I think the ones that feel really fresh and also strategically interesting tend to be the "This is my dungeon from 1978" ones, like The Endless Tunnels of Enlandin, rather than more recent efforts. [/QUOTE]

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