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With the second level of the Gygax 75 Dungeon I’ve decided to continue with this theme of religious architecture in my dungeon design by emulating the geoglyphs of the Atacama Desert. The Forgotten Temple, Level 2 by Charles Akins This level of the dungeon is significantly larger than the previous one (you’ll need to click… Continue reading The Gygax ’75 Challenge: The Dungeon, Level 2
For the first level of my Gygax 75 Dungeon I’m going to be presenting the players with a relatively small level. This is because the dungeon’s first level is going to be the remnants of an ancient temple dedicated to a long-forgotten god which sits above a larger structure. To help create a structure that… Continue reading The Gygax ’75 Challenge: The Dungeon, Level 1
How do you build a dungeon? For Gary Gygax this represented a fundamental question of Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) in 1975. In the course of play the players might spend their time exploring the world map, or visiting the town where they’ve established a base, but it was in the dungeon where the real adventure… Continue reading The Gygax ‘75 Challenge: How to Build the Gygax 75 Dungeon
Last night I was doing some research for a project I’m working on when I rediscovered an article Gary Gygax wrote for the fanzine EUROPA: HOW TO SET UP YOUR DUNGEONS & DRAGONS CAMPAIGN – AND BE STUCK REFEREEING IT SEVEN DAYS PER WEEK UNTIL THE WEE HOURS OF THE MORNING! The article illustrates a… Continue reading The Gygax ’75 Challenge: Introduction
Queen Zenobia Addressing Her Soldiers by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo "We know little about the Sisters of Antietam," Professor Gentry said as he leaned against his desk and addressed the class. "We know that they come from the valley of Antietam, somewhere west of the Allegheny Mountain range. That they wear a red scarf about their… Continue reading The Sisters of Antietam
In most role-playing games there are a few core assumptions about the worlds that your groups will be exploring and in Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition (D&D 5e) there are five core assumptions: (1) gods oversee the world; (2) much of the world is untamed; (3) the world is ancient; (4) conflict shapes the world’s… Continue reading The World Ended, and Then We Got on With Our Lives
Dragons Never Forget 