{"id":465,"date":"2025-01-22T16:00:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/?p=465"},"modified":"2025-10-08T17:56:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T15:56:51","slug":"brimstone-wytchbane-the-campaign-takes-form","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.wyrdingmedia.org\/index.php\/2025\/01\/22\/brimstone-wytchbane-the-campaign-takes-form\/","title":{"rendered":"Brimstone &amp; Wytchbane: the Campaign Takes Form"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As I now have some players interested in starting a new campaign, I have worked on creating a <a href=\"https:\/\/slyflourish.com\/one_page_campaign_guide.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">one-page campaign guide as proposed by Sly Flourish<\/a>. This document is a quick and easy way to introduce new players to your campaign and setting. 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