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Back in 2010 a group of friends gathered to do what, to this date, has been the most ambitious TTRPG campaign I have ever GMed. It was also my first time GMing and my 3rd or 4th TTRPG session. In our mad delirium we gathered 3 GMs and 7 players. After one year of prep we started what became one of the most intense, epic, time intensive (we were all at uni) and weird campaigns I have ever witnessed.

The year was 1868 and the place was a wee fictional town in Japan called Fuyuki. In it, three families of magi gathered to perform a ritual to summon an omnipotent wish granting device, the Holy Grail. In order to gather the required energy to "kickstart it" (fill it) seven magi summon the spirits of seven heroes from the past, present and sometimes the future, and battle until one pair of magus and heroe remains. It is to this final pair that the Grail will grant their wishes. As summoning the heroes is a very complex process, they are simplified to one aspect of their lives and set into classes. An expert with the sword may be summoned into the Saber class and so on. This Holy Grail War was the second of its kind, and the first to include additional magi to fill the seven. At the end, there can be only one.

The PCs were magi and they summoned heroic spirits and, at least on the onset, it was a battle royale.

If this summary feels familiar, it is because it was based on the world of Type-Moon and, in particular, the Fate series. Each of the DMs DMed at least once a week, during 10 months. It was a logistical nightmare and it was tons of fun.

Now, in the year 2025 I have been convinced to, once again, set the stage for another Holy Grail War. I would be the only DM, there are at least 7 people interested in playing and we are all working adults. I will be sharing here the prep I do for the campaign (which I will divide into seasons of two months, two or three months of other things, another two month season and so on), my notes, tips and, when it finally begins, what my players do.

It is going to be a nightmare. It is going to be great. It is going to be an experience. Come with me in this journey into madness.

#TTRPG #FateNB #TypeMoon #FateStayNight #Nasuverse