In a large dungeon or megadungeon (such as Gloamhold) a GM can never be perfectly prepared. No one has the time — or I suspect the patience — to prepare hundreds of different encounter areas. When the PCs are in danger of wandering out of the area the GM has fleshed out, disaster looms. […]

In February 2020 Nāhuku, more commonly known as Thurston Lava Tube, reopened at Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park on Hawaiʻi Island after nearly two years

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Surely designing a dungeon badly is a doddle – just sketch some rooms out and randomly stock them with monsters and treasure? That’s true up to a point, but taking extra time to consider the dungeon’s ecology is design time well spent. I’ve previously talked about the big picture when it comes to dungeon […]

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