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How strict do you intend to be about enforcing DnD rules?

Will players need to be familiar with 3rd edition? Or have DnD experience, for that matter.

I suppose I'm curious about the logistics of the game and how hands-on you intend to be, vs how much freedom players will have.
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I could also run the mini-campaign with 3rd GURPS rules but then almost nobody would show up. 3rd D&D rules are the ones I am most familiar with. Newcomers don´t need to know the engine of the game system.