Worked example of Into the Odd GM notes

As my players have led a successful revolt in the main town of our Into the Odd campaign, I thought it might be useful to publish the notes I used to run it.

Depthcrawl for Into the Odd

I wrote and ran a depthcrawl based largely on Numenera content for Into the Odd. Here are my exact notes for it as well as a write-up of our experience running through it.

Going further Into the Ninth World

I continue to iterate on how I run Numenera content using Into the Odd, building also on work by Jason Tocci.

Those Who Came Before – Session 3

Session 3 of our Into the Odd campaign sees the group rest in town, trade their treasure for coin, and head to their next adventure site.

Those Who Came Before – Session 2

In Session 2, the group completes their exploration of the site and learns that the world is more complicated than they could ever have known.

Those Who Came Before – Session 1

We kicked off a new game of Into the Odd in a setting that borrows heavily from Numenera. Dungeon crawling in a science fantasy world!

Implied setting

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Create the content you want to see in the world

Lately, I've been thinking about whether I should start publishing more stuff beyond my musings here and my game sessions. I wouldn't do this for the income stream ("monetize your hobby and make it a job" doesn't appeal to me) but rather for the fun of seeing other people use what I've made and hopefully … Continue reading Create the content you want to see in the world →