KISMET'S FIRST DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CAMPAIGN

• The City of Thandell
• The Thandell Academy
• History & Lore of Thandell
• House Rules
• Leadership in my Game
• A Cast List of NPCs
• A Sample of the Story
• The Faerunian Calendar

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  Index and Introduction 

      When I first started to run D&D in early 2001, I had no previous DMing experience and no model to work from. I had only seen a few relatively fun D&D sessions and I had never gotten close to seeing a successful D&D campaign.  I was not entirely lost in the dark because I had the light of inspiration to guide me, and that light was able to carry me far.  Not everyone is so fortunate, however, and DMing is a very complex undertaking.  I realized quickly that I wanted to build this web site so I could explore D&D and share what I found.  I also wanted to offer information on my campaign as it progressed, not just for entertainment or exploration, but to give people an idea of how a campaign can be developed. 

      My first campaign developed for over four years, though we took breaks to allow for for real life and other games. We had our fair share of fussing (as every group seems to), but we had a great time overall and always had the main campaign on standby. It was not brought to a proper end, but with so much of our old group missing, I don't know that I'll ever have the heart to run it again. And I don't have the heart to go through the articles below and put them all in the past tense; believe me, I've tried. So I will leave them up as an example, as a fun read, and as a pleasant reminder of how far we got.

	The City of Thandell: The city of my own creation, set in the Forgotten Realms
	The Thandell Academy: An in-depth look at the Thandell Academy affiliation (as per the PHB II), its rules and membership
	History & Lore of Thandell: A small example of some local history and folklore
	House Rules: Assorted house rules developed for this campaign
	Leadership in my Game: An examination of how I've come to handle Leadership, since three of my players have taken it over the years
	A Cast List of NPCs: A discussion of keeping track of NPCs, and an example of how it can be done
	A Sample of the Story: A very brief example of our game's storyline, taken from the earliest parts of our campaign
	Our Campaign Calendar: A calendar of events that the player characters remembered and celebrated regularly