The holidays have begun and I am going to DM a major 4th edition campaign. But before I begin, I have to prepare it. I was given a time of two weeks, which would be quite a lot if I wasn’t leaving etc.

So, the first thing I did was writing down my Campaign Plan, reading The Universal Campaign Plan and going over Instant Campaign Builder and Start a Campaign Now. Now, that I have done it, I know more or less how my campaign is going to look like. However I still want to work on it, as it will be my first 4th edition campaign and I want it to be great.

So, here’s my timetable:

1st week: Writing things down
Adding treasures
Adding additional NPCs

2nd week: Adding additional quests.
Preparing the first 3 adventures

That’s more or less what I am going to do. How long does it usually take you to prepare a campaign? Please share in a comment.