tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973193492803191556.post1211653343980275182..comments2024-03-19T00:34:06.489-07:00Comments on Bones of Contention: A Pinch of Salt: The DrainBen L.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04568198881628052274noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973193492803191556.post-20225973437343231302023-01-05T23:35:43.328-08:002023-01-05T23:35:43.328-08:00Reading the first actual sentence of this review w...Reading the first actual sentence of this review would provide notice that this is a review based on running The Drain. Not as many sessions as the author would have liked, but still this is a review from playing the adventure.Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973193492803191556.post-72434044063748795672023-01-05T15:07:14.273-08:002023-01-05T15:07:14.273-08:00There's way more to a Mothership module than j...There's way more to a Mothership module than just tables, bolding and bullet points. <br /><br />I think it'd be best to actually run this before reviewing it too.D. Wilkiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233346584617696998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973193492803191556.post-90717029873175951392022-09-08T11:14:51.079-07:002022-09-08T11:14:51.079-07:00Yeah DCO's opening is more complex this one, b...Yeah DCO's opening is more complex this one, but it's the same style of "immediately throw the PCs into the middle of a high-risk situation", which is an opener I am fond of.<br /><br />There wasn't much in the way of maintaining pressure, but I found that it wasn't particularly needed - the briefing establishes that the goal is at the bottom of the cone, so that does provide direction.<br /><br />The map is sectioned off into zones - it's circular when viewed but in practice the inside of an inverted cone, so PCs can have a decent view of what lies beyond them.Danhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973193492803191556.post-23169250005565614372022-09-08T08:21:09.762-07:002022-09-08T08:21:09.762-07:00If I remember DCO has multiple simultaneous events...If I remember DCO has multiple simultaneous events that progress as the players interact with each, and there's more events than stages, so it's kind of a continuous unfolding disaster instead of a cycle of event after event. Not sure if that's the difference?<br /><br />From your review it's unclear to me how much support The Drain gives for things like the turn keeping and pressure based on coming up with schemes and how linear it is?<br /><br />1) Is there anything to create time pressure or push back against extreme caution?<br />2) Is it a map? A linear series of set scenes, or a depth crawl? If it's a depth crawl does anything that allows informed player choice about where they are going next or is it just a linear series of randomly generated scenes?Gus Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14872819206286105195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6973193492803191556.post-82616870694683057052022-09-07T12:18:10.977-07:002022-09-07T12:18:10.977-07:00I do love me the opening of Deep Carbon Observator...I do love me the opening of Deep Carbon Observatory, it is knownDanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694362417308874455noreply@blogger.com