Gonzo Madness!
Gonzo Madness!
Got a physical copy of Anomalous Subsurface Environment by Patrick Wetmore and it is such a treat. The mega dungeon has so many wacky elements but they all fit an internal logic that feels very cogent. Anyone run this guy before? What did you think?
I ran the first level of ASE (plus the gatehouse mini level) using a slightly modified Electric Bastionland a while ago. We had a great time, super fun to explore. But when my players find a way down to the second floor and I read ahead to see what was coming up it got, for my money, a bit too ridiculous.
We talked it over as a group and ended up dropping the campaign to do something else.
What we played was a ton of fun, and just that first book is a very significant chunk of dungeon crawling, but I just didn't want to run the weird clowns and such that the second floor introduces. Went from wacky and fun, to just over the top weird.
My one criticism of the first floor is that most of the "factions" are intrinsically hostile and non-trivial to try and communicate or parlay with. Sort of ran against the the usual mega-dungeon faction play, but it wasn't hard to tweak on the fly to make things work better.
2I’ve run the intro/gatehouse using MCC. It’s great!
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