tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post7841470159427225154..comments2024-03-27T22:32:17.055-05:00Comments on Jeffs Gameblog: Big Damn DungeonsJeff Rientshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-71491304284452328592009-09-03T08:25:40.998-05:002009-09-03T08:25:40.998-05:00Hey BA; you map out that solar system on graph pap...Hey BA; you map out that solar system on graph paper using a scale of 10' to the square, and I'll be impressed. ;-)Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01355324231111953098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-15520466214215839592009-08-19T21:56:32.275-05:002009-08-19T21:56:32.275-05:00See, this is where us SciFi and Superhero GMs get ...See, this is where us SciFi and Superhero GMs get to point and chuckle in amusement and say, "Aww, isn't that cute. The Fantasy GMs are working on "a" Megadungeon."<br /><br />Space Stations the size of small moons, Moons converted into Battlewagons, 3 mile long starships and an abandoned planet-wide city are par for the course in the games my friends and I run (and have been running for years thank you kindly). In one Star Trek adventure I created back in '87 (and have run a few times since) the players explore and become trapped in a an alien artifact/space station nearly 3 AUs in length. <br /><br />Just teasin' with that opening but its true, I could never quite get behind the 'a Megadungeon is Special' concept when I'm often designing star systems.<br /><br />AD<br />Barking AlienAdam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-63212403397968283412009-08-19T10:15:57.814-05:002009-08-19T10:15:57.814-05:00Loop. Page 1 refers to page 2 refers to page 3 ref...<i>Loop. Page 1 refers to page 2 refers to page 3 refers to page 1.<br /><br />Fractal dungeon!</i><br /><br />We call that justification for homicide.<br /><br />Actually, this is very helpful to me. I've been trying to work out for a coon's age now how to map an entire semi-ruined dwarf city, and this seems to be the way to go.<br /><br />All I need now is two weeks off and a really big tasty beverage and I'm all set to hammer that thing out.Hamlethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05135081554790749914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-71699277645288251422009-08-19T05:45:30.949-05:002009-08-19T05:45:30.949-05:00"Isn't this just location based design?&q..."Isn't this just location based design?"<br /><br />Yep.Jeff Rientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17493878980535235896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-26652978737179345042009-08-19T05:27:16.973-05:002009-08-19T05:27:16.973-05:00I like the "this box refers to page N" i...I like the "this box refers to page N" idea.<br /><br />Nest it. Page N has another box referring to page M.<br /><br />Don't fuss too much about scale. Maybe just treat each page as having the same scale - it could be a Lovecraftian dungeon with twisted alien geometries, after all.<br /><br />Loop. Page 1 refers to page 2 refers to page 3 refers to page 1.<br /><br />Fractal dungeon!Broghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14185464573529387638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-92037586534765187652009-08-19T03:52:16.125-05:002009-08-19T03:52:16.125-05:00I'm running a mega dungeon in my group at the ...I'm running a mega dungeon in my group at the moment where the players are trapped inside it and the goal is to get out.Pete Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03438651595079082035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-8820835946203287102009-08-19T00:13:41.473-05:002009-08-19T00:13:41.473-05:00Isn't this just location based design? I'v...Isn't this just location based design? I've been working on my reverse mega dungeon map over the last week and came to similar conclusions but figured that it was just stringing together a bunch of locations which have just a few points of interest at each.Nopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743719179352388875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7652921.post-79309875320442666222009-08-18T19:46:31.465-05:002009-08-18T19:46:31.465-05:00Cool post. This one deserves to get put into the &...Cool post. This one deserves to get put into the "good posts" archive somewhere.Matt Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678557558458924177noreply@blogger.com