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SLOUCHING TOWARD PROCEDURALISM“Here we come across another, very positive feature of play : it creates order, is order. Into an imperfect world and into the confusion of life...Linked by the ring
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A PDF of this 60 page adventure is available on DriveThruRPG. An introductory delve into a densely interactive classic dungeon crawl designed with contemporary...
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Back in the aughts and the 2010’s, a decade ago now, there was a movement in older RPGs that I was part of - the “Old School Renaissance” or "OSR". The OSR still hasn’t really...Linked by the ring
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The Procedural Dungeon CrawlThe “Procedural Dungeon Crawl” gets mentioned a lot on All Dead Generations” and many of the pieces here describe its theoretical underpinnings --...Linked by the ring
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Crawling Down From 1974“Dungeon crawl” has entered the popular lexicon as a description of any sort of adventure in an underground or ruinous space. It’s a common way to...
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You want to write a dungeon adventure for a classic style roleplaying game, and you want it to be good. How does that work?What exactly does a “dungeon” imply and what is it as...
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Reskinning the BeholderThis is an attempt to reskin Dungeons & Dragons classic weird and terrifying monster the Beholder in a way that works for less generic fantasy settings…...
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A Dyson Logos ClassicThis post was written as a "Secret Santicore" response to the Dododecahedron's request : "What are your hopes for the future of the OSR/NSR?" What is the...
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Character Generation and House Rules for My Home GameI'm going to be running a Crystal Frontier game online, the first semi-public game I've run since the end of G+. In...
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FIVE ROOMS DON'T MAKE A DUNGEONThis blog is largely devoted to repeating a single message about game design, hammering away at the same subjects for what I hope is a growing...
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Less Combat ... More Obstacles I’ve been talking about dungeon crawling as a play style here for years, and I’m not alone among RPG bloggers to do so. Most of the points All...
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This is an odd post, it’s adventure design advice, specifically dungeon/location based adventure design, but it’s not about specifics, just the process. I have been reading...
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All Illustrations are Howard Pyle's from 1883 - 1921TREASURE TROUBLEOne aspect of Dungeon Crawl play that All Dead Generations hasn’t covered in any detail is treasure. This is...
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COMPLICATING THE RISK ECONOMY Slow building tension and risk is one of the goals of the Risk Economy, a way to encourage exploration by offering the chance and creating a need...
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A lot of dungeon design advice focuses on “interactivity”, and to a degree this word can be a meaningless substitute for “stuff I personally like”. Yet one should strive to...Linked by the ring
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Gary Gygax is probably the best known name in Role Playing Games -- still, nearly 15 years after his death. Considered Dungeons & Dragons’ co-inventor and principal author of...
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A DUNGEON DESIGN CHALLENGE FOR THE NEW YEARSean McCoy of Mothership fame recently proposed a community challenge, event or project he calls Dungeon23. My friend Ben L. over at...
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AESTHETICS“Clewd the Fighter straps down his heavy heater shield and loosens his arming sword in its sheath, while behind him Sister Agata’s kneels, her mace resting on the...
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MERCILESS SHILLINGBroken Bastion is the third “mini-adventure” I’ve written up for Tombrobbers of the Crystal Frontier. (Link to Drivethru Page) It’s a longer location,...
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LEGACY SOCIAL MECHANICS AND CONTEMPORARY DUNGEONS & DRAGONSAlignment x Reaction x Asymmetry x Faction PDFThis summer I wrote a series of threads about the ways that certain...
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The 2020 One Page Dungeon Contest wrapped up on the 15th of July, and I’ve entered this year (for the first time since 2015). I don’t think my dungeon has much of a chance -...Linked by the ring
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A HUNTER OF THE VERGE AND WASTE At the heart of all violence, atrocity, and suffering is fear, and a mortal's greatest fear is death. Some will do anything to avoid it, face...Linked by the ring
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A Brief Barrow Fields GazetteerI was born on the Cidro. The City of Fountains, back during the war. Devil's pox and the proscriptions took most of my family. Left my poor...Linked by the ring
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You want to run a “Dungeon Crawl” adventure… Not just an adventure in a "dungeon", but a Dungeon Crawl - that distinct, classic mode of RPG play about exploring a fantastical...Linked by the ring
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THE LAST ROOST OF THE BEAKED GODOn the ungovernable border land between the North Eastern Crystal Frontier and the Imperial canton of Blackacre, the jagged Maiden Tomb...Linked by the ring
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Fabulation, Tall Tales, & Lies.The gem robbers and drifters of the Crystal Frontier come from every corner of the world, but they are often reluctant to speak of their...Linked by the ring
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TACTICAL COMBAT MECHANICS for Theater of the Mind Dungeon Crawls Front Piece From the Holmes Edition - 1977Running skirmish sized combat requires more than a party that can win...Linked by the ring
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To the North and East of the Crystal Frontier, beyond the Bay of Fallen Stars or across the Maiden Tombs over the Road of Dead is the Province of Blackacre, sometimes known as...Linked by the ring
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DESIGNING FOR DUNGEON 23With my decision to work on Dungeon23 coincides my starting a public Crystal Frontier Campaign and being dissatisfied with the progress I've been...Linked by the ring
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The last of the set of basic design principles for classic Dungeon Crawls are those around the animate opposition, the active threats to the character, commonly called...Linked by the ring
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Recently I’ve discussed the importance of resource based risks to classic play, and perhaps offered a reason to use this play style, but I’ve saved the most important element...Linked by the ring
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TIME & THE RISK ECONOMY Only when I started running 5th Edition Dungeons and Dragons, and really digging into the rules did I realize something shocking to a player with a...Linked by the ring
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THE DUNGEON IS FIRST A QUESTION OF SPACE The first leg that the classic Dungeon Crawl stands on is “Exploration Play” - a description that points to (or obfuscates depending on...Linked by the ring
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The blinding blackness of the underworld held back only by the sputtering light of your candles, lanterns and torches -- dim points in a vast ocean of darkness. Dank stone...Linked by the ring