catsclaw227
First Post
Well, that's a given every year.
It's so automatic, it's not even in the discussion.
Monte Cook's new Dungeonaday.com?
- Thread starter Morrus
- Start date
It's so automatic, it's not even in the discussion.
Cergorach
The Laughing One
The idea isn't new, but because Monte is doing it and it's 3.5E it suddenly becomes interesting. Im not certain I'll subscribe, it largely depends on the content, it's quality (I'm not really worried aubout that), it's quantity, and the abilty to pay for a years subscription. While a discount for a whole year would be nice, it isn't neccessary, the ability to pay now for a whole year is. While I might 'find' €67 for a single purchase, adding €5,50 to my monthly costs isn't really something I want at this time.
Better support, better maps and surrounding area, and a community of support he learned w/ Ptolus.
Personally I think its going to be much better then those examples.
JoeGKushner
Adventurer
I hope I don't put my foot in my mouth here, because I don't know who these bloggers are, but....
"Senator, you're no Jack Kennedy."
We're talking about Monte Cook, here. He can charge for his dungeon. I can't.
How about James Maliszewski? Looks like he's been inspired on his blog to do a mega dungeon as well.
Maggan
Writer for CY_BORG, Forbidden Lands and Dragonbane
JoeGKushner
Adventurer
That's even better.
catsclaw227
First Post
Well, he's a well published author in the RPG world; even I recognized the name.
It looks like he's got a different philosophy than Monte does, so running parallel isn't an issue here. It's not like they are two choices of the same piece of fruit.
- He is looking to go OD&D.
- He wants to make part of the process like a tutorial. I imagine Monte will be focusing, not on the how or why, but more on delivering a usable product.
- Even though he will try, he's not committing to daily entries. This is likely because he....
- ...isn't charging (or at least it doesn't appear he will be.) If he was charging for a subscription, he would have a greater obligation to produce content daily. Also, because he isn't charging, if life throws him a wrench, he can simply drop off production and not worry about alienating his customers.
Both are pieces of fruit (megadungeon), and they'll both likely be sweet, but they appear to be fairly different. James is an Apple, Monte is a Banana.
Noumenon
First Post
The tutorial aspect, which no one has mentioned, is the thing that made me perk up and say "I think I'm going to subscribe to this, sight unseen." When Monte says,
That sounds to me like it could be a real-time tutorial on "how to be a good DM." Similar to this Mearls post on how to design solo monster encounter terrain. Learning how a designer thinks ought to be fascinating.
Getting a community focused around one dungeon could be a tutorial experience too, as you could get a lot of people interested in talking about one encounter and how it should run.
So I'm hoping the site will improve me as a GM. Just another big adventure module, I don't need.
Well lets also not forget his small irrational hissy fit he threw in a blog post once he heard Monte was doing the megadungeon as welll...
I enjoy hsi blog, but really...
JamesM
First Post
I think cri de coeur is a nicer word than "hissy fit," but to each his own.
Some people appear to have misunderstood my points in that post, which were twofold: First, I am naturally suspicious of anyone using the term "old school" in reference to a project associated with v.3.5. Second, I am not a fan of the subscription model, particularly when dealing with electronic-only endeavors.
But I'd be happy to have my concerns alleviated in both cases, which is why I'll be paying close attention to how this unfolds, even if I am skeptical about it.
Similar Threads
