Tag: Dungeons

  • Dungeons for Storytellers: Seven Steps to Improve Your Dungeons

    Dungeons for Storytellers: Seven Steps to Improve Your Dungeons

    Good dungeon design is like telling a story. You need a good hook, you should think about pacing, and there should be a point at the end. The idea of massive dungeons appeals to me. Still, I never think they are fun to play. Typically I am bored to tears of whatever dungeon we’re exploring…

  • The Desert Tomb VTT Map and One Page Dungeon

    The Desert Tomb VTT Map and One Page Dungeon

    Deep in the desert are tombs of past rulers, priests, and wizards – half-forgotten relics of lost kingdoms now buried in the sands. The map should work for virtual tabletops (vtt), and the One Page Dungeon for most fantasy roleplaying games is a dark flair.

  • Five One Page City Adventures

    Five One Page City Adventures

    Civilization, ancient and wicked. We must be cautious. – Conan the Barbarian (1982) One Page Adventures are for improvisation – mixing-and-matching on short notice – to create fun, unexpected adventures with lots of player input.

  • The City Mansion VTT Dungeon Map With Campaign Cartographer

    The City Mansion VTT Dungeon Map With Campaign Cartographer

    A city mansion is a possible location for many adventures: breaking-and-entering to steal an item for an evil noble, protect a family from assassins, or to simply serve as a place to rest and regroup for successful adventures.

  • The Mage Tower

    The Mage Tower

    An inhabited mage tower is an arcane stronghold, a center of arcane learning and esoteric knowledge that may or may not benefit civilization. The homes of wizards may be just as dangerous as any ruin, and usually more subversive. The monsters are hidden or hiding in plain sight, and the traps are just as lethal…

  • The Cabin in the Woods

    The Cabin in the Woods

    A cabin in the woods can be many things: from a forester dwelling to an outpost of a monstrous conspiracy with international branches. A cabin in the woods can double as a hill giant steading, depending on the scale of the map.