My Caves of Chaos group is going through the Bloodstone dungeon after another band of players almost destroyed it.
This is probably the most entertaining and dynamic dungeon crawl I’ve seen in over 30 years of gaming.
In three sessions, there has been several alliances and betrayals, a siege, a honour duel, kraken tentacles, an angelic intervention, an opening chasm, plots, religious conversions, flights, fights, secret doors, ghost librarians, negotiations, an abduction, a magic sacrifice, several mangled limbs, a drowning and a geyser of orc blood.
I don’t think I can top this, ever. I’ll have to retire from GMing when it’s over 😀
The Bloodstone Idol I take it?
Mate, I’ve played it more times than the ‘sword’ for burning wheel and that’s saying something. 🙂
I love that adventure.
David Silverman It was in the ‘basic’ release of DW, I don’t know if that’s still available. The French Red Box has an updated version.
Nathan Roberts
Strangely, it wasn’t half as crazy the first time around. I don’t know if it’s these players, my improved grasp of the World Engine, or all the shit overflowing from the Caves of Chaos. Probably all three, really.