Episode 646
Tier-Ranking D&D and RPG Campaigns
The Lazy RPG Podcast - D&D and RPG News and GM Prep from Sly Flourish
May 17, 202453m 49s
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Show Notes
Mike ranks ten years worth of campaigns from S through F tier.
- 00:00 Show Start
- 01:18 Goal: Define Criteria for Evaluating Future Campaigns
- 02:58 Tier Ranking Ground Rules
- 06:28 Beginning the Tier Rankings
- 06:41 Shadow of the Demon Lord
- 07:28 Numenera
- 09:39 Rime of the Frost Maiden
- 11:29 Wild Beyond the Witchlight
- 12:35 Blades in the Dark
- 14:08 Curse of Strahd
- 15:29 Descent into Avernus
- 18:17 Eberron Rising from the Last War
- 19:01 Empire of the Ghouls
- 20:22 Ghosts of Saltmarsh
- 22:21 Hoard of the Dragon Queen
- 23:10 Dragons of Icespire Peak
- 25:33 Lost Mine of Phandelver
- 27:07 Out of the Abyss
- 28:40 Princes of the Apocalypse
- 29:23 Rise of Tiamat
- 29:56 Scarlet Citadel
- 32:04 Gloaming: Cursed Scroll 1
- 33:45 Shadowed Keep of the Borderlands
- 35:15 Storm King's Thunder
- 37:39 Tomb of Annihilation
- 39:56 Waterdeep Dragon Heist
- 41:50 Spelljammer: Light of Xaryxis
- 45:53 Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
- 47:14 Campaign Tier-Ranking Summary
- 49:36 What Did I Learn?
- 51:07 Product Design Matters More than Production Quality
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- Final Tier Ranking Image
- Tiermaker SF Campaign Tier Link
- Shadow of the Demon Lord
- Numenera
- Blades in the Dark
- Gloaming: Cursed Scroll 1
- Shadowed Keep on the Borderlands (affiliate link)
- Empire of the Ghouls (affiliate link)
- Scarlet Citadel (affiliate link)
- Dragons of Stormwreck Isle (affiliate link)
- Curse of Strahd (affiliate link)
- Wild Beyond the Witchlight (affiliate link)
