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Stuck? Try riffin, because you and your players can make some beautiful music.Linked by the ring
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A dungeon’s challenges should teach, test, and twist its core gimmick. Build puzzles that reward player mastery and stack mechanics creatively.
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Make a puzzle dungeon and get help doing it. Nov 3rd - Dec 15th.Linked by the ring
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Top (left to right): Zelda: Ocarina of Time eye switch (3d printed and then sculpted over and painted), Oatmeal box wizard’s tower that my son helped me make. Bottom (left to...
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Lately, I’ve been pretty heads-down in the evenings working on my puzzle dungeon, A Familiar Tower. Something unexpected came out of playtesting and editing—something I didn’t...
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I find myself gravitating toward the simplest approach for playtesting and for one-shots in general. I don’t want to waste too much time generating characters. I don’t want to...
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Jolly Roger flag with Skull and crossbones: Wikipedia I ran Pirate Borg with no notice and no prep and it was awesome. Some of our regular group couldn’t show up for our game...
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Unidentified items screen grab from Diablo 3 “You wanna sip that potion?” Side effects may include: burnt hole through stomach, turning inside out, tummy ache. Identifying a...
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Of Mud and MagicThe Mud Sorcerer’s Tomb is an AD&D 2e adventure for 6-8 characters of levels 10-14. It’s written by Mike Shel and made its first appearance in Dungeon Magazine...
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(Spoilers ahead for "Lair of the Lamb" by Arnold K. You should check it out if you haven’t already. It’s free on Goblin Punch and has become one of my favorite adventures.) In...Linked by the ring
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The sphinx blocks your path. She speaks in a calm, booming voice that echoes through the dungeon. Altar of the Lupine Lords. Round she is, yet flat as a board Altar of the...Linked by the ring
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I had a chance to run my puzzle dungeon, Aberrant Reflections, for Plus One Exp. It was a blast. I’ll be referencing timestamps from footage of the game so you can watch the...