So, the scene is now set for my new game.

The Heroes will wake up one cold, windy, rainy morning to discover the walls of their beloved City Tamalir has been besieged by a terrible enemy, “The Overlord” and his nefarious dark forces.

Secret Council is held within the City by the noble hierarchy, and a desperate and cunning plan is conceived in an attempt to thwart the terrible `enemy at the gates`.

Magical, Sacred, Pure, and Powerful heirlooms, lost through the ages, need to be recovered and brought together that their combined might can aid all of Terrinoth in defeating the danger now threatening to overrun the entire land.

Heroes must be found with the hearts and courage to face many horrifying and deadly quests, to find the artefacts and restore the balance... that the forces opposing The Overlord may at last openly stand and face the enemy on an even keel.

True Heroes must be found to slip past the enemy`s besieging army, and complete their arduous quest before the City falls.

The Maps are ready, the encounters prepared, the back-story in place, the miniatures painted, the terrain pieces finished and varnished, and my notes are all in order. Dungeons are stocked with Monsters and the tunnels and chambers neatly assembled on numerous charts and tables. City street and building plans have been poured over, studied and memorized, and correlating numbers for NPC`s and City encounters worked out and fully indexed.

I`m just about ready to go.

I need another week or so to finish painting some additional Monsters I might need (you can never be too prepared), and then we can begin.

All I got to do now is write everything that happens in the campaign, take numerous photos, and make it all come together properly. Meanwhile, I`ll slog away getting used to working my website so that I can transpose everything there when I know what I`m doing.

Wish me luck,

Six  

Good luck Six.
Every hour spent in preparation is an hour of glory in a campaign.
Now just wait for you players to go completely off track and circumnavigate all your carefully laid plans!  They always do...   
Dibs on the halfling thief...

QuoteGood luck Six.
Every hour spent in preparation is an hour of glory in a campaign.

Now just wait for you players to go completely off track and circumnavigate all your carefully laid plans!  They always do...  

Dibs on the halfling thief...

hehe, thanks mad lemmey  

Gosh yes, players never do the expected do they.

HAHA, what is it about halfling thieves. That role was grabbed within minutes of me telling the gang I was going to put this thing together.


Six  

Looking forward to following your campaign and you happy band of heroes . . . including the halfling thief 

 

I`m sure the Thief will thrive and do well 

  Please start your blog soon ! Looking forward to read how your party is doing!

Quote from: sixsideddice on 25 August 2011, 01:53:33 PM
HAHA, what is it about halfling thieves.

Well, in AD&D it was the bonuses 

soon... very soon. I`m getting closer to understanding and cracking this website monster every day.

Yeeeey! I just worked out how to add images to the site 

Hmmmmm, now I got to work out how to add sounds and animation 




Six 

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,

So far we have a huge City layout to drop into the game (isolated and mountainous), with a vast sewer system underneath that, and an even bigger `deeps`below it.

I wonder how she`d react if she knew its all set in a customized version of Expedition to Ravenloft (its okay, if she sees this, she still wont have a clue what Ravenloft is)  



WOOOHahahahahahaahaaa <------  




Six  

QuoteHmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,

So far we have a huge City layout to drop into the game (isolated and mountainous), with a vast sewer system underneath that, and an even bigger `deeps`below it.

I wonder how she`d react if she knew its all set in a customized version of Expedition to Ravenloft (its okay, if she sees this, she still wont have a clue what Ravenloft is)  



WOOOHahahahahahaahaaa <------  

I just realised my last thread wasn`t totally accurate in its clarity

I`m using Worlds Largest Dungeon and Worlds Largest City, placing these in a slightly customized version of Ravenloft  (i.e. Expedition to Ravenloft and about ten other supplement manuals for that world)  with plenty of scope for expansion in any direction I want to take after that.

The game will be run using Dungeon World and Dungeon World RPG Variations; with a host of DnD 3.5 edition material added where needed. DnD Stat blocks for NPCs, Monsters, etc will be converted to Dungeon World Variations (which is really why Variations exists) to make things easier to run - in keeping with the rest of the Dungeon World mythos... and all in all this adventure will be pretty extensive and very diverse.

The campaign will also include a lot of FFG `Descent`material, as already mentioned.

The website in coming along apace, and all the intro filler is in position already (about 40 pages of A4 to date), and all that remains is for me to read up on materials, paint the last (50 or so) miniatures, take a deep breath, and begin. I`d guess I`ll make the site public (publish I think the `webbies` call it) in about a month from now.

Cheers,

Six  

Hi six
Just to say thanks for the links and for the advice, at the moment am just placing small orders but when I have the money I will definitely get the big starter set and go from there.
Looking forward to following your adventures on your own website
Thanks again

QuoteHi six
Just to say thanks for the links and for the advice, at the moment am just placing small orders but when I have the money I will definitely get the big starter set and go from there.
Looking forward to following your adventures on your own website
Thanks again

Thats cool Hector, but how are you going to play your games without a 10mm dungeon, I`m just curious?

As for placing small orders... its a good way of ensuring you get everything painted, because you don`t get snowed under with unfinished metal  

Did you look at the DUngeon World (DW) rules? If you take to them, you`ll notice you can play really great games with very few miniatures. Let me know how you get on.

Cheers for now,


Six  

First campaign session is scheduled for tomorrow.... lavish set up and photos, I`m hoping (note to self: must charge the cameras and cam). Results will be put in the website - which will be open sooooooon.

Party starts at last 


.... naturally its starting in a hybridised Ravenloft; with a deep Warhammer “Old World” feel to it, including  elements of WLD & WLC, Pathfinder D20, and plenty of FFG and Underdark.

Six

Excellent news Six, I shall look forward toseeing you report

I'm dead jealous too, as things have been so hectic around here I've not had time to even think about modelling or gaming for several weeks

Cheers,

Kev

QuoteExcellent news Six, I shall look forward toseeing you report

I'm dead jealous too, as things have been so hectic around here I've not had time to even think about modelling or gaming for several weeks

Cheers,

Kev

Yep I know the feeling Kev. You go through those months when you just can`t find the time, usually because other more important commitments (which, of course, always come first) tend to get in the way of things. In my case lately, I`ve simply lacked my usual `non stop` motivation ... you know how it is sometimes; no matter what you do, you just can`t seem to face getting out all the toys and laying out a table, let alone sitting down to put in all the literary back-work to bring a game to life. Call it writer`s block, or energy drain, whatever, it hits the best of us at times and you either have to ride it out and wait for the enthusiasm to return, or work through it to come out the other side. Hard always to be focused though. But in my case I`m too heavily committed, financially involved, and I have too many players wanting to play that I kinda owe it to them to work through the gaming block. The game, originally just going to be for me and my partner, has sort of expanded now, and I have a line up of friends wanting to get in on the new campaign hehe. So I`ve had my work cut out to pull it all together.

However, I`m ready to go (yeeey) and the first session is tonight, so fingers crossed, the effort will pay dividends. For them, they`ll get to play a good continuing (on-going) game  â€" and for me, I get to start the `meat and veg` of my website, i.e. the `living` campaign itself.

So far the wesite has just been pages and pages of info, homebrew rules, and various bits and pieces. Mind you, it still fills a good 50 pages to date hehe. It’s been hard to concentrate on the filler when all I`ve really wanted to do was get on and play.


Six 

......   theres even a bit of gothic style sci-fi added for good measure 

Quote from: sixsideddice on 14 September 2011, 12:38:56 PM
But in my case I`m too heavily committed, financially involved, and I have too many players wanting to play that I kinda owe it to them to work through the gaming block.

No pressure then

Quote from: sixsideddice on 14 September 2011, 12:38:56 PM
However, I`m ready to go (yeeey) and the first session is tonight, so fingers crossed, the effort will pay dividends.

Awesome Looking forward to hear how it goes

Quote from: sixsideddice on 14 September 2011, 12:38:56 PM
So far the wesite has just been pages and pages of info, homebrew rules, and various bits and pieces. Mind you, it still fills a good 50 pages to date hehe.

Blimey - no wonder you've got writers block after that lot

Cheers,

Kev

Okay, nearly back on track.... its been a hectic week and I`ve not been able to do anything in days 

Site should be open after the week end, late in the week.


Six 

Great to hear Six.  Looking forward to visiting your website and reading about and seeing your first day of campaigning!!!   


As an aside, have any of you see the Red Steel variation?

cya