tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post1331738237700854424..comments2024-03-28T15:13:35.126-07:00Comments on B/X BLACKRAZOR: Forced Creativity - Making MapsJBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03263662621289630246noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-92099041899531129272010-04-13T19:19:31.540-07:002010-04-13T19:19:31.540-07:00Al at Beyond the Black Gate! That's it.Al at Beyond the Black Gate! That's it.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-27698471149745800422010-04-13T19:14:40.673-07:002010-04-13T19:14:40.673-07:00Another blogger (and I'm sorry to have forgott...Another blogger (and I'm sorry to have forgotten who), just posted about )0one Games' maps. They are old-school style dungeons and whatnot that you can customize and and rearrange--basically 21st c. geomorphs. I'm really, really impressed. I've been wrestling with doing a city and it looks like I could absolutely use theirs.<br /><br />Anyway, the site is http://0onegames.com/catalog/index.php. You might want to check it out.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-61872822107397267482010-04-13T04:05:51.539-07:002010-04-13T04:05:51.539-07:00@JB - you missed the second part, actually putting...@JB - you missed the second part, actually putting pencil to paper!! :-)David The Archmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649391406526258069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-52897385934440453482010-04-09T22:05:14.289-07:002010-04-09T22:05:14.289-07:00> I look at all the beautiful 1PDC entries…or t...> I look at all the beautiful 1PDC entries…or the whole blog of Mr. D30…with more than a twinge of envy. You folks and your skills.<br /><br />Why don't you use them, or one of the bazillion other maps on the Internets? Need reality, use real maps, google thebes project I think is it. <br /><br />OTOH It's easier to say than do. I also have lots of unused graph paper pads around my house.Norman J. Harman Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01319655075997712313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-37894062678579340212010-04-09T13:07:05.898-07:002010-04-09T13:07:05.898-07:00I have the exact problem--as much as I can intelle...I have the exact problem--as much as I can intellectually go with "Dungeons are mad, crazy places", I can't actually design one like that. My only recourse has been caves--caves can be any which way you want.<br /><br />But that doesn't address the performance anxiety. It's a sad effect of, I don't know, adulthood?Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-13594857309215734392010-04-09T09:28:13.342-07:002010-04-09T09:28:13.342-07:00@ David: Oh, I've done that many times...I jus...@ David: Oh, I've done that many times...I just end up with multiple blank pads of graph paper! But I am getting it done (this week anyway).<br /><br />@ Stu: I LOVED the Warlock of Firetop Mountain. : )<br /><br />@ Sham: Man, your 52 card adventure creation gig is awesome, as I've blogged about before. I totally want to steal your idea (or incorporate it somehow) into other adventure RPGs.<br /><br />@ Kelvin: actually, I think that's plenty "old school." Much more got left to the imagination or "abstraction." I think it's the new school of thinking that makes everything want to be detailed and set in stone.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08532311924539491087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-89521493061414842022010-04-09T07:26:36.235-07:002010-04-09T07:26:36.235-07:00Go buy yourself a book or pad of graph paper and s...Go buy yourself a book or pad of graph paper and start drawing. That's the only way to get back into it. Or if you're feeling really adventurous use blank white paper!!David The Archmagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11649391406526258069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-69404446001675044952010-04-09T06:13:22.781-07:002010-04-09T06:13:22.781-07:00map-less adventure:
http://shamsgrog.blogspot.com...map-less adventure:<br /><br />http://shamsgrog.blogspot.com/2009/12/wo-walls_04.html<br /><br />Includes methods for various types of play and uses a standard 52 card deck.<br /><br />I know, not exactly what you are talking about...but somewhat related. :-)Sham aka Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14329116400656617173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-58329543502560984712010-04-09T03:54:04.196-07:002010-04-09T03:54:04.196-07:00Is there such a thing as a “map-less adventure mod...<em>Is there such a thing as a “map-less adventure module?”</em><br /><br />The Warlock of Firetop Mountain and other Fighting Fantasy books could qualify as map-less adventure modules.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13457050225967190052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143435314932633148.post-45243398557040947692010-04-09T00:42:02.952-07:002010-04-09T00:42:02.952-07:00Well... you could always see the map as the edited...Well... you could always see the map as the edited highlights of the dungeon. The boring stuff, like kitchens, toilets and watering holes are all there, but aren't included on the map unless there is something there for the players to discover. If they want to find the nearest kitchen, then you just handwave it away and say it's in the south-east quadrant, near the goblin barracks, and so on.<br /><br />I realise that this is probably not very old-school, but it's the way I do it, and I've not had any complaints. ;)thekelvingreenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01928260185408072124noreply@blogger.com