Set Your Next D&D Campaign in Lankhmar

Let's chat about the history of Fritz Leiber's swords & sorcery literature in relation to D&D. We unbox Dungeon Crawl Classics' Lankhmar box set. And I tell you why I think it's a great setting for any D&D campaign.

[@cernunnos_lives]

I'm so glad this setting is being preserved by someone.

[@williammeek7218]

Issek of the Jug, that was hilarious. Shelba & Ningauble. Shelba was a play on Baba Yaga with her walking hut. The books are a great treasure. Gary definitely read them , that’s where the thief class comes from.

[@Lo-Fi_Gaming_]

I like that they’re pretty lighthearted!

[@williammeek7218]

I have the D&D Lankmar supplement and a couple modules. Even better than that I have the entire saga.

[@Lo-Fi_Gaming_]

Have you run the D&D stuff?

[@williammeek7218]

@@Lo-Fi_Gaming_ nah , never could get anyone to play. I just love the maps.

[@Lo-Fi_Gaming_]

@@williammeek7218 if I could get my hands on it I’d love to do a vid on the AD&D material

[@williammeek7218]

@@Lo-Fi_Gaming_ still have mine .

[@n.ludemann9199]

​@@Lo-Fi_Gaming_I still have my boxed set, what I loved most was the adventure generator, I created years of campaigns with it, for many settings. It's amazing and deserves being republished.

[@Lemurion287]

I ran a campaign using the old AD&D Lankhmar boxed set, so I think it's a great idea. Admittedly, I think it's better suited to DCC than D&D. I will admit that as far as I'm concerned Fafhrd and the Mouser are the archetypical D&D party.

[@Lo-Fi_Gaming_]

How did you find the old school version paired with AD&D?

[@Lemurion287]

@@Lo-Fi_Gaming_ I liked it, but I'd already been including elements of Nehwon in my home games for a few years before it came out using the stuff in Deities and Demigods. It did have enough variant rules that I had to basically start a new game from scratch rather than just plopping Lankhmar in my pre-existing D&D setting. I had also read all the available books and even the old-school comics from the early 70's.

[@Lo-Fi_Gaming_]

@@Lemurion287 that’s cool. I completely blanked that Deities had the Nehwon stuff in it!

[@Lemurion287]

@@Lo-Fi_Gaming_ I still have a copy of that version.

[@n.ludemann9199]

A great sword and Sorcery setting. I have the old 2e boxed set which includes a modified ruleset, up to 10th level. I have the dcc set too

[@inarticulatevoid]

I've been dying to run something in Lankhmar for quite some time now! Maybe this video is a good sign to actually do it.

[@Lo-Fi_Gaming_]

Do it!