{"id":3401,"date":"2011-07-25T06:23:35","date_gmt":"2011-07-25T12:23:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/?p=3401"},"modified":"2011-07-25T06:26:29","modified_gmt":"2011-07-25T12:26:29","slug":"gm-bucket-list-dnd-modules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.campaignmastery.com\/blog\/gm-bucket-list-dnd-modules\/","title":{"rendered":"My Game Master Bucket List \u2013 D&D Modules"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before I die, I want to run all these modules.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I said to a friend the other day in Starbuck\u2019s. We were planning campaign dates and got to talking about Castle Amber, the classic Moldvay adventure, and possibly my favourite adventure of all time.<\/p>\n

I waxed on about how I\u2019d love to GM it again. Then it occurred to me that I should start planning to run the module instead of just wishing about it.<\/p>\n

I Gotta Make the Time<\/h3>\n

With regular campaigns taking up a lot of my planning and gaming time, I could spend the rest of my life just running my campaigns. I might never get to running certain modules I\u2019d be chafing to get at. I might never get to visit Castle Amber again, with its crazy NPCs and tricky encounters.<\/p>\n

So, I decided in the coffee shop to make a published adventure bucket list and to make the time to work through it.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s on the List?<\/h2>\n

My list only contains published adventures. And there are two types:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. I have DM\u2019d it before and want to do again<\/li>\n
  2. It\u2019s on my shelf begging to be run for the first time<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    I have Dungeon Magazine\u2019s picks for top adventures of all time, and several of those made it into category two. \u00a0Several other modules have a great reputation or rating online. And a few are just teasing me to try.<\/p>\n

    My Game Plan<\/h3>\n

    The point of the list is to create a plan that will get accomplished.<\/p>\n

    Just making a wistful group of modules I\u2019d like to run someday will not get the job done. It\u2019ll always remain a fantasy. Then I\u2019ll get hit by a bus, my family gets a bunch of insurance money, and those modules will land up in a garage sale without me having the opportunity to spill cola on them or get food crumbs lodged in that crevasse you can never reach between pages.<\/p>\n

    I will take a module from the list, prepare it to my game system de jour, and run it outside of my regular campaign. I\u2019ll schedule a weekend day, or a few, to get the adventure complete.<\/p>\n

    That way, my main games go on unhindered, I get my bucket list slowly pared down over a period of years, and \u2013 the best part \u2013 I get additional gaming in!<\/p>\n

    I get to carve a new gaming island out of my schedule and be stranded on it for a multitude of adventures.<\/p>\n

    That said, I also will incorporate some modules into my regular campaigns (assuming I am still gaming fantasy at any given time). That will help me get through my bucket list faster, before that nasty DM Killer Bus hits.<\/p>\n

    Some modules are full campaigns, and they will not get gamed in one weekend, so they\u2019ll have to be part of my regular gaming or a dedicated side group.<\/p>\n

    List A \u2013 Modules I\u2019ve Run Before and Will Again<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    Castle Amber<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Curse of Xanathon<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Keep on the Borderlands<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    Night Below<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Queen of the Spiders<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Scourge of the Slave Lords<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Underwater series<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Desert of Desolation Series<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Forge of Fury<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Forgotten Temple of Tharizdun<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Ghost Tower of Inverness<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Secret of Bone Hill<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Temple of Elemental Evil<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
    List B \u2013 Modules I Will Run for the First Time<\/h5>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    Against the Cult of the Reptile God<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Axe of the Dwarvish Lords<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Bloodstone Series<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    City of Skulls<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    City of the Spider Queen<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Dead Gods<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Die Vecna Die!<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Dragon Mountain<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    Dwellers of the Forbidden City<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Egg of the Phoenix<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Hidden Shrine of Tamoachan<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Illithiad Trilogy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    Needle<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Red Hand of Doom<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Return to White Plume Mountain<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    Shackled City<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Assassin’s Knot<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Gates of Firestorm Peak<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Lost City<\/a><\/td>\n    		\"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Rod of Seven Parts<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
    \"\"<\/a>
    \n    The Witchfire Trilogy<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

    What on your list?<\/h3>\n

    What’s on your game master bucket list – things to do while you still can?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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