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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Guest&nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 6011513">Everyone ran it a bit differently. I started on the original boxed set and ran regular campaigns all the way into 3E with the sword and sorcery books. Initially it was meant mainly as a setting where characters were brought in by the mists and the expectation was they would try to escape (I still think this tends to work best, especially for a first attempt). Domains of Dread opened the setting up more to include native characters (and the sword and sorcery book just finished the job). My advice is to check out the fraternity of shadows website. Lots of good resources there.  The best thing you can do is buy the old van richten guides. Those are basically blue prints for solid, investigation-based ravenloft campaigns. For me this is the style that works best. You may also want to check out Feast of Goblyns and Castles Forlorn.  In terms of whether the PCs confront darklords or interact with them, that is up to you. I tended to avoid this because it got old fast, but some players expect it. So do what feels right.</blockquote>