D&D 5E (2014) What kind of adventures might you buy?

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Dungeon magazine.

 

[Li Shenron]

None.

Probably I am not going to buy any adventures, at least for a long time, since I have a bunch of oldies that I haven't played or would like to replay, and I also like writing my own.

 

[Rhenny]

I like episodic adventures a la Expeditions for example. A single adventure with 5 sub parts that give me about 10 hours of play. I just recently started running "Harried in Hillsfar" and it helped me remember why I like shorter multi part adventures. They are more versitile. I can run them full bore, or I can pick parts and modify more easily than the larger adventure paths. I also find them easier to digest.

 

[Uchawi]

I would start with buying single adventures that I can look at in a store before I buy. If the quality/experience is good then I will consider buying another. With adventure paths that chances are greater that there will be multiple things I do not like or they continue the same theme of save the world. If I want the save the world experience, I will go to a movie which is much easier to consume and then take those ideas and incorporate it into my campaign.

 

[EdL]

Just curious, have you never bought & printed an adventure?

Nope. Of course, I haven't GMed in ages either. And I do have some PDF adventures, but they were free to download.

 

[CanadienneBacon]

I'm not sure if I'm picking this up from you or not...but...do you honestly think that you can't have a quality product that is b/w/greyscale?

I think you're inferring that?

I was, I think, reasonably clear that I spoke only about my preference for the type of product that I want to spend time using, largely because of aesthetic preference. Quality of substantive content is a separate issue. But, to confirm, aesthetics are important to me and I recognize in myself that I make purchase decisions based on the look and feel of a product. In addition to quality. I don't want to spend time with a black and white .pdf. There's no need to when the gaming world offers so many beautifully produced products that feature both crunch and lovely artwork. With everything, happily, YMMV.

 

[pming]

Hiya!
[MENTION=11146]CanadienneBacon[/MENTION] ; Ahhh. Ok. Got it. I have a really good friend who also probably fits into that boat. Obviously I don't...

Game on!

^_^

Paul L. Ming

 

[Psikerlord#]

I am only really interested in single adventures over a few sessions. I feel I can adlib my own single session side treks easily enough. I am not interested in multiple related adventures or side treks. I dont plan that far ahead.

 

[MechaPilot]

I voted single, multi-session adventure because that fits with how I'm gaming now (i.e. school and work combined take up too much time to make my own adventures like I used to), but if I were making my own adventures again I'd pick up just a side-trek or two to have on standby in case I needed another week to finish what I was working on.

My ultimate preference however, would just be a book of dungeon maps. Mapping out the dungeon(s) used in an adventure is the most time-consuming part of making an adventure for me.

 

[Greg K]

None of the above. If I can't hold it in my hands, I won't buy it.

My choice was would have been none of the above, because I stopped buying adventures during AD&D 1e.