One Shots


Being perfectly honest, I am not great at "one-shots". Usually the shortest I go would be a mini-series type campaign with at least a half-dozen sessions and such because I like worldbuilding and campaign building. Even when I have tried (such as the Gareth Hendrix series) it ends up growing a good bit. However, there is always the possibility and I do play some here or there [and end up having to explain to myself that I don't need to expand them all out into mega-campaign length]. 

Sinister Semester X

For at least the first six months of this blog, this was my most viewed post by a shot.

Bonus Fun Fact: I played this one twice and the playthrough posted (which was sort of also helping with a playtest of the title) ended up being a direct reference to the details of the first time through with new developments. There was meant to be a third chapter but I decided to focus on some other things instead. A couple of those ideas ended up in the Eustace Delmont series (a character directly inspired by the first playthrough's Del Eustace), instead. 

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