Old Campaigns

Ptolus Campaign

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I’ve posted the campaign journal from the FRG Ptolus campaign which ran from November 2006 until November 2007. After the first few entries, each player took turns writing the entries. Each player brought their own unique take on things. You can find the journal on the Old Campaigns page.

Fair warning…although much of the following adventures were significantly changed there could still be significant spoilers contained in the journal. If you are playing in, plan on playing in, or simply don’t want to know about any of the following adventures, you probably shouldn’t read this journal:
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Philosophy and Design

What is a role-playing game?

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Well that certainly is a pretentious title, eh? I don’t really mean for it to be pretentious and, in fact, I’m not all that interested in defining role-playing games. What I’m going to do is take the standard definition (aka Wikipedia’s) and highlight its various components and stress the elements that I prefer in a game.

A role-playing game is a game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. Participants determine the actions of their characters based on their characterization, and the actions succeed or fail according to a formal system of rules and guidelines. Within the rules, players can improvise freely; their choices shape the direction and outcome of the games.

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Old Campaigns

Company H Campaign Calendar

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I’ve put up a link on the Old Campaigns page to the campaign calendar from the Company H campaign. This campaign was something of a combination of Red Hand of Doom and Temple of Elemental Evil and took place in a modified Greyhawk (Verbobonc to be specific). The campaign calendar was pretty much written by myself and Rachel. She would take notes during the game, send them to me later, and I’d add/edit to put it together. I’ll post a little bit about the PCs later.