I think most current D&D players started with 5E and so don't have robust language for talking about all the different styles of play D&D has been used for.
Like…are folks aware that there's a difference between an adventure with a dungeon, and a Dungeon Crawl?
— Matt Colville? (@mattcolville) June 18, 2021
TBH I started play with Ad&D (but mostly 3E) and I don’t think I’ve ever done a traditional dungeon crawl. I wonder when the play style changed – or maybe I’d read too much Dragonlance? Against The Cult of the Reptile God marks the beginning of the shift away from Dungeon Crawls and toward adventures with stories that happen to feature a dungeon.
But even then, the dungeon in AtCotRG is a Dungeon Crawl, because the game was a Dungeon Crawling game.
— Matt Colville? (@mattcolville) June 18, 2021
Are you meticulously tracking ammunition and food rations? Is running out of torches and therefore light an important part of the game?
— Matt Colville? (@mattcolville) June 18, 2021
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Terror by night! The village of Orlane is dying. Once a small and thriving community, Orlane has become a maze of locked doors and frightened faces. Strangers are shunned, trade has withered. Rumors flourish, growing wilder with each retelling. Terrified peasants flee their homes, abandoning their farms with no explanation. Others simply disappear. . .
This adventure is designed for 4 to 7 characters of 1st through 3rd levels. It includes a map of the village and a description of its buildings and occupants, an overland journey to a challenging underground adventure for especially brave (or foolhardy. . .) characters, and a list of pre-rolled 1st-level characters.
