What was your favorite campaign?

[DWARF]

I'm thinking of making a future campaign for my players as the current one winds down. I was thinking of designing my own homebrew world so I have no problem having the characters end up changing or destroying it without thinking "crap, now those supplements I bought can't work".

So please tell me, what was the most fun campaign you were involved in. Hopefully that can lead me to creating a fun one for my group.

 

[Asmo]

I´m playing in a "Rods of the 7 parts" kinda like campaign.

We are a party where all is from the same family( our dm:s last desperate resort to avoid party-split). We are hunting for a bunch of artifacts belonging to a long forgotten god wich we are about to set free....
We have 3 now, 4 to go

Very funny, but very deadly:at the moment we are in the Underdark,and it´s not a nice place to be...

Asmo

 

[caudor]

My favorite campaign was a semi-home brew in the Thunder Rift...a self-contained mountain rift published by WotC. (Challenger series).

What I think made it work was that it didn't start off 'too big'. The players were able to explore an area, defeat foes, and get the know the local NPCs, rumors, spooky areas, etc. There was plenty of variety, but it was still contained enough to wrap our minds around.

Based on this experience, I recommend that you focus on and develop one particular area as a 'starting area' and focus on fleshing that place out very well. You can pack alot of flavor into a small bite...one that is not too big to chew when first starting out (for DM or players).

For example, if your campaign was the Forgotten Realms, you might focus in on Mistledale and the surronding forest for a few adventures. Then expand the detail outward from your center point.

That's my 2 cents. I'm not one of them, but I know of some top-notch DM's on this board. I'm sure you'll get plenty of good advice.

Good luck with your campaign!

 

[Hummingbird]

I havn't actually played it yet, but I am working on a homebrew, that takes place inside a Dyson sphere. The area of shadow that the moon creates is an area controlled by the undead, and they are trying to extinguish the sun, to take over the world. The surface of the sphere provides HUGE expanses of land, so you can insert an y variety of cultures you like. (oriental, medieval, aztec, primitive etc.) I'm looking forward to Dm'ing it sometime.

---Hummingbird

 

[Sixchan]

I'm currently working on a campaign based on a game of Civ 3. I'm going to alternate adventures between the different ages (just as soon as I get d20 Modern), and have the Party play their ancestors and decendants. If all goes well, I may have a new favourite.

 

[Nightfall]

So far it's the one I'm presently running.

 

[drakhe]

My favourites are two campaigns that actualy were in between campaigns, a couple of sessions to blow off some steam before continueing the main campaign.

I played in a Dark Matter'ish campaign (using a simplified Top Secret rules set) that lasted 2 sessions and was based in the Profecy films (we were a special crime unit investigating angels ripping each others heart out and stuff)

I also DM'ed a campaign based on the Profecy films based on the scenario I played in but with some different plot twists. I used a simplified and adapted rules-set based on the L5R system and ran it as a X-files episode (they even got an encounter with Mulder ) It took 3 sessions.

I liked both because...

They were something completely different (not the regular system and definetly not fantasy)

They allowed for some real roleplaying since both required investigating rather than fighting. ( in the Dark Matter'ish campaign I remember we had to avoid combat at all cost, or our little crime unit of 5 detectives would have had to deal with a full blown gang war. Some of the players thought they could out-play the DM and got a bullet as a result. You've got to love a good dfive by shooting, at least if your not on the receiving end)

They were very intense, the pace was very high, like a TV-show episode and there was no healing: a bullit in the head...

Other than that, from those I played/DM'ed I prefer Greyhawk and from those I never played: I definetly would like to play in a Celtic flavored campaign (something like Harnmaster or Slaine)

 

[DWARF]

bump

 

[LostSoul]

My favourite campaign was a Star Wars one. Because the campaign was all about the characters. The setting was more or less incidental; the focus on the characters was what made the game.

 

[Sanackranib]

favorite campaign

mine would have to be the Scarred Lands campaign (set in the country of Darakeene) that I am running now.