At the end of March, our weekly group hit session 50 (!) of our Nightwick campaign. In order to celebrate this note-worthy milestone, I worked with the player of Sotar to assemble some stats around the collected session reports up to this point. And as our DM might say: Behold! A harrowing tale of our adventure is rendered for your very eyes in an infographic! (click here for better res)
I know that there are many campaigns that have lasted longer than 50 sessions, however, I think there is still an under-reporting of those experiences. I still think people don't believe classic gaming, especially dungeon crawling, can deliver the experience that is often claimed. This is not true. In fact, my experience the Miranda's Nightwick only reinforces to me the value of a large dungeon that functions as a tent pole for the campaign. And I hope this infographic and the session reports it was derived from help provide evidence for that.
So trust in dead frogs. Grab the dungeon you've always wanted to play or stack three single-level dungeons on top of each other. Put 'em in a notebook and scribble all over them. Pull a single rulebook off the self-use that and little else. Don't think too hard. And just play.
It also important to remember that something is better than nothing. All D&D is hackwork and a half-assed idea that gets your game on the table is better than a perfect one that takes months. ~In Places Deep
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