So, some Bloggers and influences have been doing the "Gygax 75 Challenge" fir the past half decade, based on a 5 step campaign setting development program laid out by Gary Gygax in an article in the fanzine Europa in 1975...an article that WorC is actively printing and selling next month.
The 5 steps as outlined by Gygax:
That's right, folks.
The referee of the campaign must structure the game so as to have
something to play. He must decide upon these things:
1) The overall setting of the campaign;
2) The countryside of the immediate area;
3) The location of the dungeon where most adventures will take
place;
4) The layout and composition of the nearest large town; and
5) Eventually the entire world - and possibly other worlds, times,
dimensions, and so forth must be structured, mapped and added.
Extracted From Europa WEB ARCHIVE, issues 6-8, April 1975. Page 20 E 6,8, page 18 GABT GÏGAX: D&D HPV TO SET UP YOUR DÜNGEONS & DRA...
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