[Discworld] What scenarios are we all planning?

[dom1]

With the new edition of Discworld RPG due out imminently, I'd love to know what scenario and/or campaign ideas people are working on? With so many new characters and ideas in the DW books since the original edition came out, there must be a ton of fresh material to be exploited in GURPS...

To get things started, I've just begun documenting my own campaign which is moving to Quirm for an epic battle between the Fools' Guild and the Undead on my blog and, in addition, I added a Dungeon Dimensions scenario seed in honour of Halloween last night ;)

So, where on Discworld will you be gaming?

[whswhs]

I'm not planning a Discworld campaign currently. My gaming is in disarray, as the result of moving to a new city; I haven't located potential players here.

When I ran a Discworld campaign, a few years back, it was set in Lancre. I decided that as part of his efforts at modernization and Being a Good King, Verence II had decreed that Lancre would have a Watch, modelled on the Night Watch in Ankh-Morpork, and had (of course) assigned Sean Ogg to set it up. Things got very exciting when an aristocratic young woman calling herself Lucia de Gramarye was murdered, and suspicion fell on Queen Magrat, because the young woman had been flirting with Verence. . . .

[johndallman]

I'm not planning a Discworld campaign at present. I plan to run some demos at the local game shop, and Phil Masters has kindly provided me with copies of his demo scenarios and pregen characters for that.

My Infinite Cabal campaign could in theory visit the Discworld, but the styles wouldn't fit together well, and I don't really want to start a new group at present: I lack the time and energy for it.

[whswhs]

Originally Posted by johndallman

My Infinite Cabal campaign could in theory visit the Discworld, but the styles wouldn't fit together well, and I don't really want to start a new group at present: I lack the time and energy for it.

I actually hope to start a new campaign, once I find prospective players. But I can't know what the tastes of the hypothetical players will be. And a Discworld campaign would probably need to be comedy, which I can do, but which is one of the hardest flavors to get right; adventure, or horror, is more forgiving of slips in tone.

[lachimba]

I want to do a Twin Peaks Discworld campaign.

An oddball cop sent from Ankh Morpork to a more remote part if the Disc to assist with a murder investigation. Quirky town members, demonic possession.

Damn fine coffee.

Sounds like a pretty straight Discworld adventure.


In the meantime I have a couple of scenarios for convention games. If a convention even goes ahead.

[dom1]

Originally Posted by lachimba

I want to do a Twin Peaks Discworld campaign.

An oddball cop sent from Ankh Morpork to a more remote part if the Disc to assist with a murder investigation. Quirky town members, demonic possession.

Damn fine coffee.

Sounds like a pretty straight Discworld adventure.

Twin Peaks - what an amazing setting that would be! Klatchian coffee might fit the bill with the PC's knurd half the time... Great idea, love to know how that works out.

[lachimba]

Originally Posted by lachimba

I want to do a Twin Peaks Discworld campaign.


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I just totally realised what I've got to do. Learn to speak backwards and do a minute or two in a key session for the players. They'll either burst out laughing or be like what the F#$k?! both worthwhile.

[Xenarthral]

Originally Posted by dom1

So, where on Discworld will you be gaming?

My currently "active" Discworld campaign dream is about Vuile-Oudestad,
a city somewhere on the Sto Lat-part of the Circle Sea coast.
It does not have a Thieves' Guild, just a large selection of colourful i
independent gangs (Gangs of New York meets The Warriors), and likewise
its City Watch is understaffed, underfunded and "supplemented" by a messy
tangle of Harbour Patrols, City Ward-specific watchmen, Official And
Authorised Thieftakers, private guardsmen and ad hoc vigilantes.

A few enterprising souls have joined together and contacted the Ankh-Morpork
Thieves' Guild. Whether the aim is franchising, opening a branch office or
just for an efficiency expert to help unite and organise the gangs into a
proper Guild remains to be seen/decided.

Something similar is true for the City Watch, and it remains to be seen if they
get someone striving to emulate Vimes or Carrot, or someone more Moist...

[dom1]

Originally Posted by Xenarthral

My currently "active" Discworld campaign dream is about Vuile-Oudestad,
a city somewhere on the Sto Lat-part of the Circle Sea coast.
It does not have a Thieves' Guild, just a large selection of colourful i
independent gangs (Gangs of New York meets The Warriors), and likewise
its City Watch is understaffed, underfunded and "supplemented" by a messy
tangle of Harbour Patrols, City Ward-specific watchmen, Official And
Authorised Thieftakers, private guardsmen and ad hoc vigilantes.

A few enterprising souls have joined together and contacted the Ankh-Morpork
Thieves' Guild. Whether the aim is franchising, opening a branch office or
just for an efficiency expert to help unite and organise the gangs into a
proper Guild remains to be seen/decided.

Something similar is true for the City Watch, and it remains to be seen if they
get someone striving to emulate Vimes or Carrot, or someone more Moist...

Loads of great character potential there, have you got them all sketched out already or is this purely at the planning stage? I love the idea of setting up a Thieves Guild and how much opposition, politics and chaos could result!

[Xenarthral]

Originally Posted by dom1

Loads of great character potential there, have you got them all sketched out already or is this purely at the planning stage? I love the idea of setting up a Thieves Guild and how much opposition, politics and chaos could result!

Barely planning stage.
I have the basics of the city and situation, but a lot depends on whether people
want to play cops or robbers.