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Ah, no. You couldn't automatically detect traps or secret doors in TSR versions of D&D. You've misremembered the rules and are...

Well, this would be part of why I'm such a booster for the Dungeon World GMing rules. They are a highly effective process for needing...

Yeah fair enough! I was thinking particularly of the Random Encounters section w.r.t. to the DMG (compared even to the 2014...

I am not a fan of 2024, but it is literally the first DMG to provide short adventures you can plug in anywhere.

One of the things I really dislike that has come out of the rise of popularity of D&D (and to some degree other RPGs; but let's be...

I do think a few styles of play that seem prominent these days are legitimately pretty hard to DM for. There is a lot of discussion...

I don't know if I'd go this hard in every dungeon. But I think in this case 1) there's time pressure (random encounters, factions...

Seems like Rooms 2 and 3 are the lowest parts (except for the secret room at 30), the surrounding "horseshoe" is elevated relative to...

I dunno, I wish! It seems like there's a lot more going on in a small space than most dungeons you see (just going by the map, ignoring...

Secret areas, and secret doors (possibly between known areas, but enhancing manueverability). Jennell Jaquays' Borshak's Lair, I'm...

If you're talking strictly about maps, the main things seem to be multiple entrances, multiple possible paths as often as possible...

I used a lot of gridded maps back in 1E & B/X, having gotten miniatures literally the day after I got my first D&D books. Though the...

I think the dungeons should make some sense rather than the most sense. It's a nuanced difference, but one I think we both are in...

I don't do this nearly often enough. I will make myself a note! Yeah, I was speaking of castles specifically. There are tons of very...