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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark CMG" data-source="post: 3103972" data-attributes="member: 10479">The first year (discussed <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=103342" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=97649" target="_blank">here</a>), as said, had part of the D&D Basic Game adventure, which I helped organize at a local BArnes & Noble bookstore.  They included a simple map and all the minis needed to run the game.  Fun for all. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Last year (discussed <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=155107" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=149305" target="_blank">here</a>) was a chunk of <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=products/dndacc/950037400" target="_blank">The Fane of the Drow</a>, which I helped organize at the Games Plus gamestore in Mount Prospect, IL.  I also got the chance to run a session as a DM.  It was seemingly a draft copy that was poorly edited and the pre-gen characters were obviously thrown together by someone not paying attention to the adventure and setting.  However, it was tied in wth the minis game (you could run either a DDM Skirmish or an RPG adventure last year) so the minis came with it and the double-sided map, too.  The editing could be glossed over and didn't overly harm the game but some of the pre-gen characters' attributes clashed with the story for those who were experienced players.  For new players, it made little difference.This year is a mini-adventure called Curse of Gethin Abbey which will be sent to the locations where it will be run one week before the <a href="http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/20050726x" target="_blank">Worldwide Game D&D Day</a>.  The 4th-level pre-gen characters (discussed a couple of weeks ago <a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=174320" target="_blank">here</a>) for this year (a Dwarf Cleric, an Elf Ranger, an Elf Wizard, a Halfling Rogue, a Human Fighter and a Human Paladin) are available for download at that page or in a zip file <a href="http://www.wizards.com/dnd/files/gd2006.zip" target="_blank">here</a>.I suggest anyone who DMs snatch up those pre-gens to keep in your files for whatever use might come up.  Find a local place and jump in on a game this November 4th (a Saturday).  At the worst, you'll wind up with a free miniature or two and some other prize or prizes if the FLGS you attend feeds the kitty, too.  It's a good time.`Fraid that's all I know . . . <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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