Today I stumbled over How to Host a Dungeon. It is labeled as a “game” but effectively it’s a random dungeon creation table collection. It’s not like the random dungeon creation tables in the various dungeon master guides which will tell you about particular rooms. Instead, you’ll be developping the side-view of your dungeon.
Here is a step-by-step account of one reader “playing the game” with very nice screenshots. The author also has some pictures on Flickr.
Based on these pictures, I downloaded and printed the “free limited content version without pictures or formatting and fewer civilizations and villains.” ¹
This sounds intriguing. 😄
I’m hoping to take the dungeon moments before the game ends and use it in real play for inspiration while mapping. I wonder if there is a license granting users the right to do whatever they please with resulting dungeons. After all these dungeons seem to be “derived works” to me...
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I’m very interested in these too. When I’ll get time to do a playtest though, gawd only knows 😀
– greywulf 2008-12-16 16:38 UTC
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Yesterday I printed out the free copy of the rules and rolled some dice for a few minutes. It didn’t look too promising. I think you can’t just scrible some stuff onto a piece of paper. Getting little chits and pens in different colors, and taking your time when drawing natural caves as the dice told me to – all of this is important to having a good time.
Maybe I’ll look at some of the examples online again.
– Alex Schroeder 2008-12-17 11:29 UTC
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Hi Alex, I’m glad you found How to Host a Dungeon. You post on Story Games as Kensanata, right? I think we may have talked there at some point, though I can’t remember the specifics. I definitely recommend using some markers of some sort. I use Go stones usually, but coins or glass beads work too. Some people also do it on their PC using Photoshop or a similar program (there’s a template for this on the BGG page for the game ¹).
– tonydowler 2009-01-18 01:04 UTC
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V2 of *How to Host a Dungeon* is on Itch:
In this game you will create a unique world with randomly-generated features and resources like underground rivers, valuable ores, and mysterious caverns. Your world will be shaped by civilizations, settlements, and monsters, as they dig dungeons, expand their lairs, gather treasure, and fight for survival. – How to Host a Dungeon
– Alex 2022-07-23 08:56 UTC
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Well, I finally bought V2! Now I just need to make the time to play it.
– Alex 2023-08-03 20:48 UTC