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What I Want from Published Adventures

September 20, 2010 by Mike Shea

With three years of weekly games, published adventures gave me the framework I needed when I wouldn’t have the time to write up my own campaign, but in some cases modifying them took as much time as building it myself. I’ve spent these three years seeing what worked well for me with these published adventures and what did not. Adventures, as written, do not give me exactly what I want.

Filed Under: Editorial, Featured, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: 4e, adventure design, adventure modules, E3, H1, published adventures

Inq. of the Week: On Reviewing

September 14, 2009 by Dave

Alternative titles for last week’s poll: “Blood, Sweat, and Tiers”, “Tiers of a Clown”, and “Tiers for Fiers.” 91% of you have played lowish level D&D recently, 27% in the mid to high range, and only 3% dare to go EPIC. Some interesting stories in the comments too! Whatever levels you’re playing (or not playing […]

Filed Under: Board, Card, and Miniature Games, Inquisition of the Week, Roleplaying Games Tagged With: adventure modules, reviewing

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    Mike Shea is a writer, dungeon master, video gamer, husband, and son of Robert J. Shea. Mike runs the D&D website Sly Flourish, and wrote the books Dungeon Master Tips, The Lazy Dungeon Master, and Running Epic Tier D&D Games. You can email Mike at mike@mikeshea.net.

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