& As the esteemed Joseph R. Lewis likes to say at the intro to his videos, “hi, I’m Joseph R. Lewis, and I write adventures.” Except, my name is Nick Campbell and while I write adventures, I find myself more fascinated in their layout, structure, & design.

&& There are good adventures and there are great adventures. What makes a great one seems to be when the good adventure marries the writing with the design so that it is usable at the table. This is a consideration that is unique to most OSR design (exceptions for DCC & Mork Borg). Contemporary design seems to find itself mirroring textbooks and novels more than usability. I find these distinctions fascinating because it tells you a lot about what is considered great and what isn’t.

&&& I focus primarily on Shadowdark RPG adventure writing, so I’ll plan to focus learning in that capacity. Maybe I’ll review things in between. Anyway, if you want an adventure I wrote, you can find it at DriveThruRPG.