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Maglubiyet
2015-06-26, 07:13 AM
Just string together a bunch of dungeon delves. Don't bother to come up with even the barest thread to connect them narratively.

If you build it, will they come?

Flickerdart
2015-06-26, 07:20 AM
Isn't that what the World's Biggest Dungeon is?

Maglubiyet
2015-06-26, 08:21 AM
Isn't that what the World's Biggest Dungeon is?

I was never a fan. I know it was infamous, but was it actually popular, like people played it?

I ran an Undermountain game for a few sessions, but it fell apart for other RL reasons. Never got to see if it would have long-term appeal.

kyoryu
2015-06-26, 02:37 PM
That's how a lot of classic campaign worlds started. Dungeon with a town on top.

If you have a large and inconsistent group, it can work very well. Typically, after a while subgroups will start doing more "plot-like" stuff, but with the dungeon always there to entertain people, the game becomes very resilient to player churn.

Comet
2015-06-26, 03:07 PM
A dungeon is a setting, no?

Make it good enough and nobody's going to miss meeting up in a tavern.