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<blockquote data-quote="der_kluge" data-source="post: 9336512" data-attributes="member: 945">My hope is that others can benefit from A) knowing what to avoid and B) what is great, or at least what can be great with a little bit of work. There are just so few reviews online of this stuff (mostly because it largely predates the internet).Great question! When I started this process, my plan was to use black box. I used to actually own it, but I no longer do. I didn't even know about the red box until I started digging into a little bit. The grand conjunction stuff doesn't interest me in the least. But I really like VRGtR. It's excellent! It's such a concise, usable cohesive book! And what I love about it, ironically, is that it lacks a map. That, to me, speaks to the flavor of Ravenloft. Because when I was planning out my campaign, I was trying to figure out where certain modules were based, and I needed some sort of path through the domains in order to run the kinds of things I wanted to run. But just going with the idea that the borders are ephemeral and undefined is a perfect solution that works so well. So yes, I'm using the 5e book as my base.Doubly ironic, because I'm actually not planning on using the 5e ruleset. I'm going to be using &quot;Low Fantasy Gaming&quot; (LFG) as my ruleset. I feel like it might work better to capture the flavor. I considered Savage Worlds as well, but that might be a bridge too far at this point for me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="der_kluge, post: 9336512, member: 945"] My hope is that others can benefit from A) knowing what to avoid and B) what is great, or at least what can be great with a little bit of work. There are just so few reviews online of this stuff (mostly because it largely predates the internet). Great question! When I started this process, my plan was to use black box. I used to actually own it, but I no longer do. I didn't even know about the red box until I started digging into a little bit. The grand conjunction stuff doesn't interest me in the least. But I really like VRGtR. It's excellent! It's such a concise, usable cohesive book! And what I love about it, ironically, is that it lacks a map. That, to me, speaks to the flavor of Ravenloft. Because when I was planning out my campaign, I was trying to figure out where certain modules were based, and I needed some sort of path through the domains in order to run the kinds of things I wanted to run. But just going with the idea that the borders are ephemeral and undefined is a perfect solution that works so well. So yes, I'm using the 5e book as my base. Doubly ironic, because I'm actually not planning on using the 5e ruleset. I'm going to be using "Low Fantasy Gaming" (LFG) as my ruleset. I feel like it might work better to capture the flavor. I considered Savage Worlds as well, but that might be a bridge too far at this point for me. [/QUOTE]

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