tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post400033829351415972..comments2024-02-25T08:15:34.559-05:00Comments on The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope: Observations from the One Page Dungeon ContestMichael Curtishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-44934571010695872422009-05-28T18:24:52.040-04:002009-05-28T18:24:52.040-04:00How many were created specifically for the contest...<I>How many were created specifically for the contest, versus a one-pager that somebody (like me) happened to have done up for an ongoing game</I>?<br /><br />It's really impossible to tell with the one-page format. I wounldn't even dare hazard a guess.Michael Curtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13217338828086458862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-10627669037166941012009-05-28T16:41:38.343-04:002009-05-28T16:41:38.343-04:00How many were created specifically for the contest...How many were created specifically for the contest, versus a one-pager that somebody (like me) happened to have done up for an ongoing game?<br /><br />Just curious.cr0mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-59966184453559955582009-05-28T00:40:38.214-04:002009-05-28T00:40:38.214-04:00Interesting observation indeed. I'm eager to get t...Interesting observation indeed. I'm eager to get the 110 dungeon PDF!Santiago Oríahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06004778441776946649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-13891231402141687702009-05-27T22:41:22.117-04:002009-05-27T22:41:22.117-04:00it was always assumed in the earlier editions that...<EM>it was always assumed in the earlier editions that dungeons were dark - pitch black even - and therefore any need to specify the lighting conditions was unnecessary.</EM><BR><BR>Which is why there are torches and lanterns on the equipment list but not sunglasses or parasols.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4727301007280965202.post-44967448193330438572009-05-27T22:07:37.330-04:002009-05-27T22:07:37.330-04:00if someone had entered a dungeon that featured six...<I>if someone had entered a dungeon that featured six asthmatic kobolds guarding the Axe of the Dwarvish Lords (like the dungeons I used to write when I was ten did)</I>Yep, about age 10 is when I stopped throwing DMG artifacts into fairly mundane treasure troves.<br /><br />Strangely enough, when I got older and more "mature" I never included ANY artifacts or relics...could never figure out a "good enough reason" for them to be around. Strangely, this may have actually detracted from some of the "magical-ness" of those early games!<br /><br />Ha! I did laugh out loud when I read that...JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.com