Post by gorm on May 30, 2024 21:42:09 GMT -5
How to Start a Campaign: City Building © 1998-2001 Dru Pagliassotti
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So, you've had it with preprinted modules, you're bored with the campaign worlds published by your RPG manufacturer, and you're ready to create your own. Creating an entire campaign is a big job—how do you get started?
First, decide on the scale of the campaign. Do you want to run a campaign set in a unique city? In a unique realm? In a unique world? In a unique universe (or multiverse)? The larger the scale, the more work you're going to have to put in up front. This week, I'll discuss setting up a city campaign.
First, decide on the scale of the campaign. Do you want to run a campaign set in a unique city? In a unique realm? In a unique world? In a unique universe (or multiverse)? The larger the scale, the more work you're going to have to put in up front. This week, I'll discuss setting up a city campaign.
CITY CAMPAIGNS
Many campaigns can be run entirely within one city ... Western, fantasy, occult, cyberpunk, and similar genres work quite well within a relatively enclosed environment such as a large city where the characters gradually learn who's who and how to "play the game." Superspy, space-travel and time-travel games tend to involve country-, planet- or timeline-hopping and cannot usually be tied down to a single city for any length of time.
Many campaigns can be run entirely within one city ... Western, fantasy, occult, cyberpunk, and similar genres work quite well within a relatively enclosed environment such as a large city where the characters gradually learn who's who and how to "play the game." Superspy, space-travel and time-travel games tend to involve country-, planet- or timeline-hopping and cannot usually be tied down to a single city for any length of time.
Comments? See the link for the writeup.