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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Mega-Dungeon Concept - Reuse Dungeon Maps From 1985 For 2012 Sensibilities

I'm very seriously considering reusing my re-found dungeon maps from the late 80's in a modern style sensibility "Mega-Dungeon".

For my personal use, I'd probably use the ACKS system for the stating out of the critters, as that is the system I'm using for my current campaign.

If I release it for free download, I will probably go the "generic" route, as I have no intention of worrying if I'm obeying the fine print of the OGL or one of the clone licensees.

I wouldn't worry too much about how I fleshed out the dungeons back in the day - that was 100% using the tables in the back of the DMG. I'd be aiming for some internal consistency and maybe even some dungeon history thrown into the package.

I thought that way once, as evidenced by the room descriptions attached. Wish I could find the accompanying map, but no dice so far.


Saturday, July 7, 2012

Dungeon Crawling Like It's 1983! (Now With Wilderness Encounter Tables and Goldenrods)

I'm amazed at the pieces of gaming goodness I'm finding in the old, now 2-piece, Blue Trapper Portfolio.

Apparently I started gaming in February of 1982, as my first character's sheet has that as his creation date. I thought it was back in 1981, but character sheets don't lie (except when it comes to character stats it seems).

Here's another dungeon "One-Sheet", this time labeled "level 2". My God but I was giving away crazy loot for little reason back then. Assuming this stuff was from 1983 (the Wilderness encounter charts match up with the release of the MMII in 1983) I was gaming for a year or so when I made these masterpieces.

Huzzah!

Just as a side note, I apparently have 1 each of the "Goldenrod AD&D Character Sheets" that aren't written on. Master copies, if you will, for my father to take to work and use the job copier. I think I need to scan these up as historical archives.
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