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<blockquote data-quote="pukunui" data-source="post: 7411873" data-attributes="member: 54629">Oh wow. What a question! Let's see ...During the playtest, I ran Legacy of the Crystal Shard, which crashed and burned most of the way through with a near-TPK. I tried to pick up the pieces with Scourge of the Sword Coast, but it also crashed and burned with another near-TPK.At that point, 5e had come out, and I started a new campaign with a mix of old and new players. It was set in a nebulous homebrew world and consisted mainly of bits and pieces from here and there. We kicked things off with &quot;Trouble in Red Larch&quot; from Princes of the Apocalypse, followed by &quot;Fane of the Sun Swallower&quot; from Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle, followed by the &quot;Neverlight Grove&quot; chapter from Out of the Abyss (reimagined as a trippy Halloween special), followed by a number of other short adventures - some from old Dragon magazines, others from the AL seasons and the like. I also used Feathergale Spire, Scarlet Moon Hall, and the Temple of Eternal Flame from PotA, along with the Amber Temple from Curse of Strahd. That was where we left off.I got tired of homebrewing things, so I switched back to the Realms, and we started playing through the Tales from the Yawning Portal modules. We only got through &quot;The Sunless Citadel&quot; and &quot;The Forge of Fury&quot; before switching over to Tomb of Annihilation. That's where we are now. When we're finished, I intend to switch back to YP and run &quot;Against the Giants&quot; and possibly &quot;Tomb of Horrors&quot; as a sort of sequel to ToA (Acererak's revenge).I also ran Lost Mine of Phandelver with great success for a group of new players. We then started over with the Tyranny of Dragons modules, playing all the way through them successfully. (I also inserted some shorter side quests, including some based on some AL modules, partway through.) We have since started another campaign, set in the Realms, that began with &quot;Trouble in Red Larch&quot; from PotA again. We're now most of the way through Scourge of the Sword Coast, and then I will be getting us into Storm King's Thunder.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pukunui, post: 7411873, member: 54629"] Oh wow. What a question! Let's see ... During the playtest, I ran [I]Legacy of the Crystal Shard[/I], which crashed and burned most of the way through with a near-TPK. I tried to pick up the pieces with [I]Scourge of the Sword Coast[/I], but it also crashed and burned with another near-TPK. At that point, 5e had come out, and I started a new campaign with a mix of old and new players. It was set in a nebulous homebrew world and consisted mainly of bits and pieces from here and there. We kicked things off with "Trouble in Red Larch" from [I]Princes of the Apocalypse[/I], followed by "Fane of the Sun Swallower" from [I]Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle[/I], followed by the "Neverlight Grove" chapter from [I]Out of the Abyss[/I] (reimagined as a trippy Halloween special), followed by a number of other short adventures - some from old Dragon magazines, others from the AL seasons and the like. I also used Feathergale Spire, Scarlet Moon Hall, and the Temple of Eternal Flame from PotA, along with the Amber Temple from [I]Curse of Strahd[/I]. That was where we left off. I got tired of homebrewing things, so I switched back to the Realms, and we started playing through the [I]Tales from the Yawning Portal[/I] modules. We only got through "The Sunless Citadel" and "The Forge of Fury" before switching over to [I]Tomb of Annihilation[/I]. That's where we are now. When we're finished, I intend to switch back to YP and run "Against the Giants" and possibly "Tomb of Horrors" as a sort of sequel to ToA (Acererak's revenge). I also ran [I]Lost Mine of Phandelver[/I] with great success for a group of new players. We then started over with the Tyranny of Dragons modules, playing all the way through them successfully. (I also inserted some shorter side quests, including some based on some AL modules, partway through.) We have since started another campaign, set in the Realms, that began with "Trouble in Red Larch" from PotA again. We're now most of the way through [I]Scourge of the Sword Coast[/I], and then I will be getting us into [I]Storm King's Thunder[/I]. [/QUOTE]

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