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<blockquote data-quote="Qualidar" data-source="post: 4629814" data-attributes="member: 13388">I'm with Storminator: my preferred M&amp;M adventure length to run is one night/3-4 hours. I also use that for Game Days, so I've done it for HEX, d20 Modern &amp; Future, and played in many other systems. That's all stuff that I've written myself, however (or the GM did, if I was a player). And it wasn't D&amp;D (the last thing I generally want to run or play in at a game day is D&amp;D, as we play it all the time). So I think that you have to really write them yourself.The only pre-written ones I can think of are tournament scenarios, so off the top of my head: Living (whatever) adventures for D&amp;D, as well as free scenarios for Shadowrun and Witchunter. I think that there's a bonus in writing them yourself over running pre-packaged: if it's short enough to be run in 4 hours, it's really showcasing your idea, and lets you both explore something to your satisfaction and discard something that isn't working for you without too much investment. You also get to run through a bunch of different genres, approaches, styles, whatever in the time that longer campaign arc uses to get comfortable with one. The shorter length makes the actual game prep feasible for me: I rely on pre-written adventures for longer scenarios. I just don't have the time.That said, I switch it up between one-shots and longer campaign arcs with my regular players, as too much of a good thing can kill it's appeal.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Qualidar, post: 4629814, member: 13388"] I'm with Storminator: my preferred M&M adventure length to run is one night/3-4 hours. I also use that for Game Days, so I've done it for HEX, d20 Modern & Future, and played in many other systems. That's all stuff that I've written myself, however (or the GM did, if I was a player). And it wasn't D&D (the last thing I generally want to run or play in at a game day is D&D, as we play it all the time). So I think that you have to really write them yourself. The only pre-written ones I can think of are tournament scenarios, so off the top of my head: Living (whatever) adventures for D&D, as well as free scenarios for Shadowrun and Witchunter. I think that there's a bonus in writing them yourself over running pre-packaged: if it's short enough to be run in 4 hours, it's really showcasing your idea, and lets you both explore something to your satisfaction and discard something that isn't working for you without too much investment. You also get to run through a bunch of different genres, approaches, styles, whatever in the time that longer campaign arc uses to get comfortable with one. The shorter length makes the actual game prep feasible for me: I rely on pre-written adventures for longer scenarios. I just don't have the time. That said, I switch it up between one-shots and longer campaign arcs with my regular players, as too much of a good thing can kill it's appeal. [/QUOTE]

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