#rpgaday #rpgaday2019 - RPG a Day - "Vast"

DAY 21 - VAST

The original, old school way of playing D&D promises a vast, almost infinite world with infinite possibilities.

The land that was promised

But this is what you as a player might get.

A lot of imagination required

For many players, not always new ones, that is too much of a choice. "You can go anywhere, you can do anything". But where to go? What to do?
Even with maps that present something it is usually abstracted to a degree that is difficult.

Looks good to me when I analyse it a bit, but what does it tell you?

This is mostly just colours

ChicagoWiz's advice on both his blog and in his unfortunately defunct podcast The Dungeon Master's Handbook was to create just three hexes.
Start small, don't smother your players with choices, develop as you go depending on the events of the game, player expectations and your own ideas.
The world does not need to be overly vast to feel alive.