11 November 2019

Mega-Dungeon Mondays - a new blog series from grodog

I'm trying to get back on track with writing more in general, and decided that a more-regular series of posts on mega-dungeons would be a good way to do that.  I also figure that if can get a regular posting schedule on Mondays, that I should also be able to do a bit more during the week between Mondays too. 

So, starting next week, and on Mondays henceforth ever after, I'll post something new and hopefully interestingly useful on the blog concerning mega-dungeon design stuff.

This week as the kickoff, I present a TSR blue rendering of my First Landings Level from my version of Castle Greyhawk:
The Landings Level Map - grodog's Castle Greyhawk
Charley Phipp's TSR Blue version
It's somewhat fitting that this level kicks off the new series, since it also began the most-recent phase of my design work on the Castle (back in 2008).  This particular version of that map was created by Charley "Druvas" Phipps in 2010, and I just refound it on my PC while digging through files this weekend.  He graciously gave permission to share it here, and I've also added it to my original post linked above, too.  

Until next week---or sooner! ;)

 Allan.
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7 comments:

  1. UnknownMon Nov 11, 10:40:00 AM CST

    Nice... Is there a tag list I can join... If so aign me up... Looking forward to this as I was always the DM for dungeons in my group back in the 80s

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  2. Sherwood74Mon Nov 11, 12:40:00 PM CST

    Ditto previous poster. On FB (where I got a link to this page from) I'm Jay Ayess!

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    1. grodogWed Nov 13, 06:30:00 PM CST

      Harold and Jay: I'm not sure whether you can follow a particular set of posts on the blog via RSS or another subscription service, but the "Mega-Dungeon Mondays" tag is at https://grodog.blogspot.com/search/label/mega-dungeon-mondays

      Allan.

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  3. gnupateMon Nov 11, 05:30:00 PM CST

    Thanks for posting this ... With an active megadungeon campaign, I'm eager to read your thoughts on the topic.

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  4. Jason ZavodaTue Nov 12, 12:04:00 AM CST

    I hope to see you write more. Im especially interested in what you have to say about mega-dungeons as my own forays into creating them usually die off before Im very far into the depths of the place.

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    1. grodogWed Nov 13, 06:28:00 PM CST

      Thanks, Jason! I've written quite a bit about dungeon- and mega-dungeon design in my From Kuroth's Quill columns from Knockspell @ https://grodog.blogspot.com/2017/05/knockspell-magazine-master-index.html and The Twisting Stair @ https://grodog.blogspot.com/2018/02/the-twisting-stair-3-spring-2018.html (that's issue #3, which includes links back to TTS#1 and #2 as well), and will definitely continue to engage in the topic :D

      David Rhea has been working to try to restore our 2010 Mega-Dungeon Design discussion from North Texas RPGCon #2 online too: it was a fun roundtable with Jennell Jaquays, Jason Cone, Matt Finch, and me. It hasn't been online for awhile now, but hopefully can be reposted to YouTube or somewhere accessible again soon.

      Allan.

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    2. Ynas MidgardWed Nov 13, 06:50:00 PM CST

      Oooh, that roundtable sounds very interesting!

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