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Like many things 3e, it actually started in 2e Combat and Tactics books ;)

Yes, that change happened in 3e. 3e introduced a 5-foot grid as the standard scale for combat, but some dungeon maps still used a...

I have tried to use real world castles in play and they just don't work well for what D&D is trying to do. I don't think realism in...

Let's talk about map design for dungeons in D&D. What works, what doesn't. What promotes good exploration play versus what hinders it...

Sure. But at that point the “mapping” is just replicating a map you know is accurate. It’s no longer part of the navigation challenge...

Only reason I mentioned it was that at least some of the people who mandate it seem to think it should be done universally.

I have to disagree with your main premise. Eberron didn't need yet another book going over the countries, deities, history and geography...

Emulation doesn’t matter. What matters is whether or not navigating the space is meant to be part of the gameplay challenge. If it is...

It’s not a universal benefit. It may be beneficial in games where successfuly navigating the space is meant to be part of the challenge...

Of course it corresponds to a character activity. It’s just that any map the character could make is also imaginary and therefore not...

It definitely is a set of principles that specifically aims to make a dungeon easier to map for the players’ benefit. While it doesn’t...

No worries! Just curious. Regardless, I think you have some compelling thoughts about dungeon design!

Sadly not - Life happens and two kids later I struggle to post anything at all on my blog ^^.

Fantastic blog post! I wholeheartedly agree with the dungeon design principles you laid out there. The choice to use Wave Echo cave as...

This. My group maps. I as a player do that and as a DM I encourage it. But the "dungeon" needs to be mappable. Like, I started playing...