Who's Megadungeon WOULD you want to see?

Warthur · February 01, 2013, 07:24:36 AM

Quote from: FASERIP;623721Don't be a shithead. Kickstarter that bitch. Just don't sell poor Autarch another bill of goods.

What's shitheaddy about giving stuff away for free? I'd rather more hobbyists did that than kid themselves that their gaming material deserves - nay, demands - to be released as a professional product.

Sigmund · February 01, 2013, 08:41:03 AM

Quote from: Gib;623718When the time comes it will be free.

Sweet, doing the Hexographer map for it was fun. If you want any more of that kind of thing G, don't hesitate to ask

Metal Earth is dang cool.

I'd LOVE to see Pete Spahn take a crack at a megadungeon, but I doubt the poor guy would have the time

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The Were-Grognard · February 01, 2013, 10:40:37 AM

Quote from: Warthur;623766What's shitheaddy about giving stuff away for free? I'd rather more hobbyists did that than kid themselves that their gaming material deserves - nay, demands - to be released as a professional product.

Pretentiousness aside, why not get paid for good work? (Not that free isn't nice)

If I produced anything that I perceived had value, I would certainly charge for it.

I imagine sales would let me know whether this was true

Aos · February 01, 2013, 12:19:06 PM

I have gained all the value i feel I deserve by making and sharing. Were I ever to publish comics or fiction, even if I self-publish, i'll charge, but the gamestuff is just fun to do and so I've already gotten what I want out of it. Fun. Motherfuckers.

FASERIP · February 01, 2013, 01:31:21 PM

Quote from: Gib;623852I have gained all the value i feel I deserve by making and sharing. Were I ever to publish comics or fiction, even if I self-publish, i'll charge, but the gamestuff is just fun to do and so I've already gotten what I want out of it. Fun. Motherfuckers.

All kidding aside, seeing the "I"-capitalization fluctuate in your post, I'm concerned about what value you do assign to yourself.

Aos, you're a beloved member of this community. We just want to nurture that rich inner life of yours* because your sharing of it been so rewarding to all of us.

And nothing nurtures the soul like money. That's why they call it money.

* Or at least make sure your caps-lock or shift key is working.

NB: If you do a Kickstarter (I know, I know), please leave Tavis out of it. Between his twins and Dwimmermount, he's gonna have a fucking aneurysm.

Aos · February 01, 2013, 01:41:56 PM

I'm posting on a tablet and I suck with the shift key, even on a real keyboard.

Black Vulmea · February 01, 2013, 01:43:58 PM

Quote from: Gib;623718When the time comes it will be free.

And that's exactly what I'd pay for it.

That's not a slight on you - that's pretty much how I feel about most gaming shit.

Who's megadungeon would I want to see? Only my own. The idea of running someone else's campaign dungeon sounds about as appealing as milking a bull.

Making the megadungeon, then running it? Now that's tits.

Aos · February 01, 2013, 01:59:52 PM

Quote from: Black Vulmea;623891And that's exactly what I'd pay for it.

That's not a slight on you - that's pretty much how I feel about most gaming shit.

Who's megadungeon would I want to see? Only my own. The idea of running someone else's campaign dungeon sounds about as appealing as milking a bull.

Making the megadungeon, then running it? Now that's tits.

You get it.

RPGPundit · February 01, 2013, 04:39:07 PM

Quote from: Zak S;623068I kept hoping someone else would do those, but they haven't. So...

Currently on the plate is A Red And Pleasant Land (AKA "Eat Me") which is AWholeCountryHeim but will have several modular bits and bobs (100 Lewis Carrolly trick rooms f'rinstance)- useful for any dungeons or wilderness and which will have 2 biggish (but not mega) 50-75 room dungeons in it.

After that is done and printed I will see what's what and start planning the next thing--what I put out will depend on what kind of tools seem like they'd be useful in my home campaign.

The closest thing to Aquaheim is probably this:
http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com/2011/04/wavecrawl-kit.html
which has served my "getting from one continent to the other with something interesting in the middle" needs so far well enough and is automated here http://www.random-generator.com/index.php?title=Today_At_Sea .

Excellent! I'll be looking forward to seeing what you produce; hope you send me a review copy when the time comes.

RPGPundit · February 01, 2013, 04:58:55 PM

Quote from: Sigmund;623780I'd LOVE to see Pete Spahn take a crack at a megadungeon, but I doubt the poor guy would have the time .

Spahn's Ghoul Keep is a very large dungeon, and its quite good. I very recently reviewed it.

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Zak S · February 02, 2013, 12:01:35 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;623958Excellent! I'll be looking forward to seeing what you produce; hope you send me a review copy when the time comes.

I'm sure Hypemaster Raggi has you on a list somewhere.

Sigmund · February 02, 2013, 12:14:01 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;623969Spahn's Ghoul Keep is a very large dungeon, and its quite good. I very recently reviewed it.

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Ooo, I'll have to check out your review, thanks

RPGPundit · February 03, 2013, 06:00:02 PM

For my part, I'm not that interested in the megadungeon. I like small to middle/large range dungeons; but I find that my gaming group gets burnt out on a dungeon if they spend more than about three sessions covering it.

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Benoist · February 03, 2013, 06:05:34 PM

Quote from: RPGPundit;624549For my part, I'm not that interested in the megadungeon. I like small to middle/large range dungeons; but I find that my gaming group gets burnt out on a dungeon if they spend more than about three sessions covering it.

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Running a megadungeon campaign doesn't mean that the players have to explore the dungeon exclusively and/or have to stay there session after session after session. IMO, setting things up in that way is pretty much guaranteed to result in a players' burn out pretty fast. Extreme designs which would specifically address those potential pitfalls aside, it's pretty much the way I would advise NOT to run a megadungeon campaign, in fact.

RPGPundit · February 04, 2013, 01:28:42 AM

Quote from: Benoist;624550Running a megadungeon campaign doesn't mean that the players have to explore the dungeon exclusively and/or have to stay there session after session after session. IMO, setting things up in that way is pretty much guaranteed to result in a players' burn out pretty fast. Extreme designs which would specifically address those potential pitfalls aside, it's pretty much the way I would advise NOT to run a megadungeon campaign, in fact.

I know, and yet it still doesn't do much for my players. I don't think megadungeons, even run well, are for every kind of party.

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