Are tournament level 0s good for home use w/ few players?

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Are tournament level 0s good for home use w/ few players?

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For various reasons I'm looking at running DCC RPG with a small number of players (at least at first - I expect I can get more if I can convince the initial group). I have not run DCC RPG before (but I loved the old 3.0/3.5 DCC adventures), and my players haven't played DCC RPG before. So I'm looking for a funnel that works decently with say 2 players and don't think giving them 8+ characters each would work well.

I have #RC3 The Shambling Un-Dead which says it is designed for a tournament with 8 players, and when a character dies to swap that player out for a fresh player (if available) and have the new character emerge from a crate, barrel, or hiding place.

In a normal level zero funnel each player gets ~4 characters and maybe replacements, maybe not (and the party is expected to be pretty huge).

So if I happen to have a table of two players for DCC would it work to break out something like #RC3 and give each player 4 characters and replacements as long as they aren't obviously wasting them? I assume that works mechanically, but has anyone tried something like that? How does it work in practice?

If it doesn't work does anyone have a good suggestion for what to do with only two players? At least one of which is downright excited by the concept of a level zero adventure.
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Re: Are tournament level 0s good for home use w/ few players

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I have run The Arwich Grinder with two players, each using 6 PCs.
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