Category: The Dungeon World Tavern: Adventures

This week on Dungeon World

I’m trying to work out how to best play DW as self-contained episodes.

What I’m looking for

– flexibility so game can continue even one or two people (out of five) are missing each session, perhaps even different GMs

– new port every session, creating a montage of action since last session

– start each session knee deep in the action, already committed

– end each session whenever, yet allow success and trouble influence the montage that sets up next session   

I’m thinking sort of mission- or job-based session with a varying crew. 

Things I’m considering using to prep each session

– Work through Steadings

– Advance Campaign Fronts, with gods and armies and dragons etc.

– New business, inspired by Campaign Fronts but also random like Finding Work from the Planarch Codex

– Unfinished Business, when sessions don’t end neatly; something for influencing the montage and next session set up

– Of course, follow all the GM agenda, principles, move etc.

I’ve got some ideas for how to resolve Unfinished Business, possibly randomly, but I’m wary because I often overcomplicate things like this. I mean, maybe something like an In A Wicked Age Oracles. Or am I missing an obvious simple way to create such an in-between action montage? 

Originally shared by Oliver Granger (watergoesred)

So I’ve made a map for upcoming my Torchbearer game, but based it on the history created in the Microscope game I played in to prepare for an upcoming Dungeon World game. Multipurpose map for the win!

Locations

Elfland – Devout Wait

Dwarven Halls – Bright Crown

Religious Bastion – Pentos Undying

Bustling Metropolis – Elysium

Wizard’s Tower – Ulsta of the Far Sky 

Remote Village – Meredune

Busy Crossroads – Keepers’ Crossing

Mountains – Dragon’s Jaws, Sword and Hilt 

River – Sharshunk 

Road – Ash Road

Coast – Moonstone Tides

The Forest – Bearhounds

Halfling – Stanton 

The Hilt – Dragons

Western lands – Giants