Dungeon 23 (Wk 10) – What is a diagonal 10′ section?
Michael / Chgowiz I think I’ve mentioned this before, but it is hard to draw on the diagonal! Using the 1st edition DMG Appendix A: Random Dungeon Generation, there are a number of…
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Dungeon23 (Wk 8 and 9) – Still here, still creating a megadungeon!
I’m changing the format of my weekly catchups. I don’t think the day-by-day will always work, especially if I’m doing basic things or or just plugging away. I want build…
Player contributed lore to an AD&D campaign
One of the neat/cool things about Ben Robbin’s West Marches game was that players would share info w/each other. To me, that was a really cool thing that I wanted…
An example of using ChatGPT to create hex map descriptions
(Skip down to the jump break if you want to get to the actual ChatGPT chat/response bit.) Update below as well (11am CST 2/8/23) AIs (or, more correctly I think,…
Dungeon23 (Wk 7) – Back to the Source, Finishing Level 3
Day 43 Another great set of OD&D specific generators for old school play, and done against the 1974 rules! OD&D Referee Tools Quick and dirty, but extremely useful, especially to…
Dungeon23 (Wk 6) – Finishing Level 2, Changing Up My Approach
Day 36 Back from a long weekend and I was drained today. I was thankful I had finished level 2 mapping the week prior and only had to key rooms,…
Dungeon23 (Wk 5) – Short week, starting to hit my stride
Day 29 The dungeon’s purpose/story has come together enough out of what I’ve generated that today’s rooms feature connected monster/treasure generation and placement. Meaning that Monster A, B and C…
Dungeon 23 (Wk 4) – Strange surprises!
Day 22 “Let the dice tell the story!” Well, that was apparently the story of the day as my random dice rolls against the 1e DMG Appendix A had me…
Baking in the Flavor – Campaign or Rules?
Don’t depend on the system to do the heavy lifting, use the system as scaffolding. Your game system should provide you with tools – you get to use your imagination…