Odd Places that Make Decent Locations in Game

aramis erak · Jul 15, 2019

Not in San Fran... but some great locations come to mind.

Derinkuyu (as mentioned by others)

Kowloon, the walled city by Hong Kong, where population density was worse than Singapore... https://www.businessinsider.com/kowloon-walled-city-photos-2015-2
https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong...thing-else-25-years-hong-kongs-kowloon-walled

The underground city of Seattle... https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/seattle-underground

A list of undergound cities at https://www.history.com/news/8-mysterious-underground-cities

Dannyalcatraz · Jul 15, 2019

In a similar...*ahem* vein as my suggestion about the Golden Gate Bridge, there is also Japan’s “Suicide Forest”:

AOKIGAHARA
http://mentalfloss.com/article/73288/15-eerie-things-about-japans-suicide-forest

Dannyalcatraz · Jul 16, 2019

How about Uluru

Devil’s Tower

The Yosemite “Firefall”

Hang Son Doong Cave

uzirath · Jul 16, 2019

Dannyalcatraz said:
Devil’s Tower

I forgot to mention Devil's Tower. I yanked it into my fantasy world recently. Perfect place for a shrine to an air spirit. (The real Devil's Tower has a nice dungeon in it too, right?)

Imaculata · Jul 19, 2019

I ran a Call of Cthulhu campaign that took place in Evan's City (Pennsylvania), made famous by Night of the Living Dead. Several locations, such as the cemetery from the movie featured prominently in the campaign. The campaign didn't revolve around zombies however, but about a cult that was messing around with some sort of Lovecraftian timemachine. But it was fun to incorporate some actual historical trivia about the city in the campaign, and tie that to the supernatural events that would occur.

Dannyalcatraz · Jul 21, 2019

Coober Pedy

MarkB · Jul 21, 2019

I often use Google Earth to 'scout' locations for an RPG setting. It's great for getting the lay of the land, linking to local information, and dropping down to Streetview to 'drive' through a place at ground level.

One place I found this way for an alien-infiltration game was Morro Bay on the California coast, a small town with a distinctive dome-shaped volcanic rock sprouting out of the shoreline.

For the game, I had the place being used as a location for production of a super-low-budget B-movie about fish-aliens, resulting in the authorities not taking any genuine reports of alien sightings seriously.

Tonguez · Jul 21, 2019

Antelope Canyon is what engendered my love of “natural dungeons” as adventure sites to be explored, so now I tend to use lots of canyons, caves and forested gorges as places to explore