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not-so-newguy wrote: ↑Fri May 13, 2022 8:19 am Hi, first post here

I picked up DCC a couple of months ago and I can't wait to play it. We're currently playing Goodman Games' 5E conversion of Isle of Dread. I expect to run my first funnel in July or August.

Right now I'm rereading through the class descriptions, specifically the class faction descriptions that are embedded in the artwork. It struck me that the DCC Core Rules may have a sandbox style setting expansion. A type of sandbox that would incorporate some of these class faction descriptions and the Core Rules flavor. Is that the case?

TithianKing wrote: ↑Fri Jun 03, 2022 12:27 am Unfortunately the good folks at Goodman Games have resisted writing a structured world. It is a bit problematic for those of us who would like to run a sandbox style campaign.

Isle of Dread would actually be an excellent DCC RPG campaign. That little module has potential for years of on-going play (depending on how often you play). And having the PCs shipwrecked on the Isle as level-0s is a great funnel kickoff.

I personally prefer the rules of DCC RPG to the modules. The modules are fun but they always seem a bit too short and straight-forward. For a game that prides itself on old-skool play - there is a noticeable lack of big, labyrinthine dungeon crawls. (Why not revise and re-release Castle Whiterock for DCC RPG, for instance).

Another good campaign setting for DCC RPG is Dwimmermount. Would highly recommend picking up that book. Its perfectly suited to the rules system.

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JamesBeadle wrote: ↑Thu Feb 02, 2023 4:42 pm There are a nearly infinite number of game settings out there to use for a campaign, however I would suggest that if you do not want to spend money on a new setting and then do a bunch of reading, a spiral campaign can feel very sandbox to the players. You pencil out a start area and run a funnel, perhaps using one of the many GG products for this, and then sprinkle the area with three or four adventure hooks and let the players go wild. As they explore you pencil out more area so the game feels to the players as through it's growing organically as they explore, but that's only partly true. It's not as much work as it sounds, the majority being in the initial setup stage where you outline the region.

I'm also just starting with DCC, and I've run games for 44 years. I've decided that I'm going to use the Judge's Guild Wilderlands setting, which is mostly unexplored wilderness but nicely fleshed out for all that.