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What IS the dungeon23?

“Megadungeon for 2023. 12 levels. 365 rooms. One room a day. Keep it all in a journal.” Sean McCoy

It doesn’t have to be a mega-dungeon, folks are also using City23, Facility23, Horror23, Island23 etc

• The original post [[https://seanmccoy.substack.com/p/dungeon23 ]]
• Alternative Schedule for Dungeon 23: [[https://spooky.blot.im/dungeon23 ]]

Assets and Templates

• Dungeon23 Worksheets [[https://alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/2022/12/dungeon23-worksheets.html#more ]]
• Lone Archivist Dungeon23 Asset Pack : [[https://lonearchivist.itch.io/dungeon23 ]]
• ZWGarth’s Dungeon Workbook: [[https://zwgarth.itch.io/dungeon-workbook ]]
• Dungeon23 Design Journal: [[https://pandiongames.substack.com/p/get-ready-for-dungeon23-the-free?utm_source=twitter&utm_campaign=auto_share&r=18ul2d ]]
• Dyson Logos’ Map Symbol Legend: [[https://dysonlogos.blog/2020/09/22/the-legend/ ]]
• Perplexing Ruin’s d88 Dungeon-Morphs: [[https://twitter.com/perplexingruins/status/1601806099321348096?s=20&t=-2q-c1JXGGf6RcQnlWSWKw ]]
• Planetary Displays & related space maps: [[https://rthorm.wordpress.com/2022/12/10/planetary-display-for-dungeon23-and-space23/ ]]
• Dungeonscrawl Online Map Tool: [[https://dungeonscrawl.com ]]

Theory and Design

• Goblin Punch’s “Dungeon Checklist”, an outline of requirements for every dungeon [[https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2016/01/dungeon-checklist.html ]]
• What is Tested?: [[https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2015/05/what-is-tested.html ]]
• 3 Step Dungeon: [[https://www.bastionland.com/2018/10/three-step-dungeons.html ]]
• Ultimate Guide to 5 Room Dungeons: [[https://www.roleplayingtips.com/5-room-dungeons/ ]]
• So You Want to build a Dungeon? [[https://alldeadgenerations.blogspot.com/2021/03/so-you-want-to-build-dungeon.html ]]
• Jayquaysing the Dungeon: [[https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/13085/roleplaying-games/jaquaying-the-dungeon ]]
• The Art of the Key: [[https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/35180/roleplaying-games/the-art-of-the-key ]]
• Treasure Maps and the Unknown - Goals in the Megadungeon: [[https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/1900/roleplaying-games/treasure-maps-the-unknown-goals-in-the-megadungeon ]]
• (re-)Running the Megadungeon: [[https://thealexandrian.net/wordpress/5/roleplaying-games/re-running-the-megadungeon ]]
• Liven Up Those Corridors: [[http://graphiteprime.blogspot.com/2019/07/liven-up-those-corridors.html ]]
• Anatomy of a Dungeon Map: [[http://beyondfomalhaut.blogspot.com/2020/05/blog-anatomy-of-dungeon-map.html ]]
• 34 Good Traps (and trap design): [[https://www.bastionland.com/2018/08/34-good-traps.html ]]
• A Comprehensive Guide to Secret Doors: [[https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2018/08/a-comprehensive-guide-to-secret-doors.html ]]
• Why Build a MegaDungeon in 2017: [[https://initiativeone.blogspot.com/2017/05/why-build-megadungeon-in-2017.html ]]
• Year of the Dungeon: [[https://poleandrope.blogspot.com/2009/02/year-of-dungeon.html ]]
• The Overly Thematic Dungeon: [[http://beyondfomalhaut.blogspot.com/2017/02/blog-overly-thematic-dungeon.html ]]
• Prismatic Wasteland’s Megadungeon Malls: [[https://www.prismaticwasteland.com/blog/megadungeon-malls-and-collaborative-caverns?format=amp ]]
• Bite Sized Dungeons: https://traversefantasy.blogspot.com/2022/11/bite-sized-dungeons.html
• How to design a great metroidvania map: [[https://www.pcgamer.com/how-to-design-a-great-metroidvania-map/ ]]
• Brief Brainworms- Megadungeons: [[https://permacrandam.blogspot.com/2021/03/brief-brainworms-megadungeon.html ]]
• Old School Dungeon Design Guidelines: https://grognardia.blogspot.com/2009/02/old-school-dungeon-design-guidelines.html
• Discussion of old TSR tournament module fun-house dungeons effects on the genre: [[https://www.greyhawkgrognard.com/2009/10/24/is-it-possible-to-publish-true/ ]]

System Rules -

• Old School Essentials (BX retroclone)
  • Designing a Dungeon: [[https://oldschoolessentials.necroticgnome.com/srd/index.php/Designing_a_Dungeon ]]
  • Designing a Wilderness: [[https://oldschoolessentials.necroticgnome.com/srd/index.php/Designing_a_Wilderness ]]
  • Designing a Base Town: [[https://oldschoolessentials.necroticgnome.com/srd/index.php/Designing_a_Base_Town ]]
• Fantastic Medieval Campaigns (a free od&d retroclone) pg 121-133: [[https://traversefantasy.itch.io/fmc ]] )

Populating Dungeons

Bryce Lynch “Wandering Monsters should have a Reason for Wandering Around”: [[https://rpggeek.com/blogpost/27590/adventure-design-wandering-monsters ]]

Prompts

• Horror23 Prompts from TheLostBay: [[https://twitter.com/thelostbay/status/1602027316842057728?s=20&t=CP8s02SnCUTRhZH-ZizeSA ]]
• Skullfungus’ dungeon23 prompts: [[https://twitter.com/skullfungus/status/1601888331767349249?s=20&t=qRj6Kq9Z2fZE8KLWBYBKsg ]]
• Behind the Tables, a subreddit of random tables: [[https://www.reddit.com/r/BehindTheTables/ ]]

World Building Exercises

• Gygax 75 Challenge: [[https://rayotus.itch.io/gygax75 ]]
• Discussion of several OSR dungeon-building methods [[http://www.necropraxis.com/2020/07/14/missing-manuals/ ]]
• A 2021-22 Megadungeon Jam: [[https://itch.io/jam/megadungeon-jam ]]

MEGA-Threads

Goblin Archive’s Twitter Thread for MegaDungeon Resources: [[https://twitter.com/goblin_archives/status/1601058369447825408?s=20&t=MZzcnJYk84x2O_-Ao4QT3w ]]

Ava Islam’s megadungeon twitter thread resources [[https://twitter.com/yungdumbitch/status/1371617098930122754?s=20&t=MZzcnJYk84x2O_-Ao4QT3w ]]

Products

Gold Piece Publications

• The Black Hack: [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/255088/The-Black-Hack-Second-Edition?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]

Perplexing Ruins

• Deluxe Campaign Notebook (digital): [[https://perplexingruins.itch.io/deluxe-campaign-notebook ]]
• Deluxe Campaign Notebook (physical): [[https://perplexingruinsshop.bigcartel.com/product/campaign-notebook ]]

Mythmere Games -

• Tome of Adventure Design (drivethrurpg): [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/396154/Tome-of-Adventure-Design-Revised?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]
• Tome of Adventure Design (pdf and physical):[[ https://www.mythmeregames.com/products/tome-of-adventure-design-pdf ]]

New Dragon Games -

• d30 Sandbox Companion: [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/124392/d30-Sandbox-Companion?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]
• d30 DM Companion: [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/102567/d30-DM-Companion?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]

Hack & Slash Publishing -

• Artifices, Deceptions & Dilemmas: [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348258/Artifices-Deceptions–Dilemmas?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]

Sine Nomine Publishing

• Stars Without Number: [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/226996/Stars-Without-Number-Revised-Edition?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]
• Stars Without Number: Free Edition: [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/230009/Stars-Without-Number-Revised-Edition-Free-Version?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]
• Worlds Without Number: [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348791/Worlds-Without-Number?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]
• Worlds without Number - Free Edition: [[https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348809/Worlds-Without-Number-Free-Edition?affiliate_id=2928046 ]]

Rise Up Comus

• Dungeon Seeds: [[https://riseupcomus.itch.io/dungeon-seeds ]]

Drawing Dungeon Tutorials

• Path’s Peculiar’s How to Draw a Basic Dungeon Map [[https://www.wistedt.net/tutorials/tutorial-dungeon-map/ ]]
• JP Coovert “How to Draw and Design a Dungeon Map” (12min): [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-87GzBcfX0 ]]

Videos

WebDM

• “MËGÄ-DÜNGËÖN!!!!!!!!!! Epic Subterranean Campaigns in 5e Dungeons & Dragons - Web DM” (35min) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8e9tJ260sWc ]]
• “Stocking Your Megadungeon LIVE | Web DM | TTRPG | D&D” (60min) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzDVMekaFLY ]]

GDC

• Hitman Levels as Social Spaces: [[https://youtu.be/SpRJuinc9AM ]]

Map Crow

• Map Making Playlist: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJXnrRd9qns&list=PLlUAT9sIQ7Mr_BJ1X65vy3uSVJSf1YB6r ]]

Matt Colville/MCDM

• Running the Game - Your First Dungeon: [[https://youtu.be/zTD2RZz6mlo?list=PLlUk42GiU2guNzWBzxn7hs8MaV7ELLCP_ ]]