https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/okayyourturn/the-baba-luga-rant-turned-loga-t3139.html
The above link is to a thread that describes my old Banewarrens campaign from all the way back in April of 2005. It's hard to believe how much time has passed since then.
The Banewarrens by Monte Cook was only the second campaign I ever ran for 3.5 D&D. My first attempt at running a 3rd Edition game was an ill-fated Rappan Athuk campaign that quickly ended in a total TPK when the party found themselves going against the Upper Temple of Orcus way before they were ready. They took too many wrong turns.
I wasn't really prepared to run a campaign when I did Rappan Athuk. I'd hadn't played D&D in almost a decade (when it was still just 2nd Edition). I'd mostly skipped 3.0 but I dived headlong into the 3.5 revision. Bought all the books, hung out on all the cool boards, that sort of thing.
The Banewarrens was the best campaign I ever ran. I think I love it so much because that edition of the game was still new to me and it felt like I was discovering D&D all over again. Also, I had discovered the Okay Your Turn message board on Monte's website and I was able to bounce ideas off of other Dungeon Masters. That was pure gold to me and I will forever be indebted to Eric of Ptolus, Ugulu, Thrommel, and the others who commented on my campaign log and gave great advice and suggestions.
I was also blessed at that time with a core group of gamers who had been playing D&D since 2nd Edition and were really familiar with the rules. This was a great boon to me because I was still learning lessons about balance and overdoing things. If you read my campaign log you will see what I mean. I got really carried away with factions in the Banewarrens and forgot to give the player characters some breaks outside of the dungeon with strong, trustworthy allies.
The Banewarrens is the campaign I'd most like to revisit but I don't think my current group is really up to it. So far they've only dabbled into 3.5 D&D and seem more enamored with 5E.
But I'm not giving up hope. I really want a do over with this campaign that will see it through to the exciting conclusion. Some day.
