As the referee gains experience, he can later expand into the surrounding wilderness, fleshing out the campaign setting with as much detail as he wishes.Īs good as that advice is, it would help to have examples of what a fleshed out campaign would look like. ![]() Many have given the advice to start out small, to detail a town or village near a dungeon as the initial focus of the campaign. But first time referees are often daunted not only by the effort needed to master the game rules, but also having to create a campaign setting. The limits of roleplaying games are only bound by the collective imagination of the referee and his players. Yet few roleplaying games included a fully useable campaign setting with their rules. In all the years since, the campaign has been the centerpiece. From the experience gained with these campaigns, the first roleplaying game was written. Slightly later, Gary Gygax created Greyhawk. One could say it preceded the RPG itself, as Dave Arneson adapted the ideas of Major David Wesely’s Braustein game for his Blackmoor campaign. Introduction to BlackmarshĪt the dawn of roleplaying, the campaign and its setting were already established. The following content was contributed by Rob Conley of Bat in the Attic Games.
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