D&D General Real life 'dungeons' you can visit

aco175 · Jun 30, 2021

Nobody mentioned the pyramids. Was able to go inside the Great Pyramid back in the Army, like 1993. Remember it smelled like BO from all the people in and out. Was able to get a picture laying in the stone sarcophagus.

Ralif Redhammer · Jun 30, 2021

Been there, dressed like a complete weirdo.

Minigiant said:
Ever been in the NYC Subway system at 2AM on the weekend and not 100%
yourself?

Now that's an adventure. Bring a party.

GuyBoy · Jun 30, 2021

I attended a WOTC launch event for 4e at the London Dungeon attraction. Although our group never got into 4e, the event was great, the WOTC staff were great fun to game with and the venue was..... a Dungeon.
Funnily enough, I’d actually been there a few years before for a private party hire.....my memories of that are a little hazier!

GuyBoy · Jun 30, 2021

aco175 said:
Nobody mentioned the pyramids. Was able to go inside the Great Pyramid back in the Army, like 1993. Remember it smelled like BO from all the people in and out. Was able to get a picture laying in the stone sarcophagus.

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A great place and inspiration for a game of Gygax’s Necropolis or Jaquay’s Dark Tower?
I went to Valley of the Kings in 2013 and there are some evocative tunnels there too.

GuyBoy · Jun 30, 2021

Dover Castle has some great medieval tunnels carved out of the chalk. They were later expanded and used for air defence control during WW2 and later as a Cold War bunker system.

Maxperson · Jun 30, 2021

Marc_C said:
Quinta da Regaleira in Portugal has a superb garden with caverns and a stairwell that goes down into the ground. Some buildings are linked by underground passages. I actually 'disappeared' from my wife's view only to 'reappear' behind her using the chapel tunnel. A very roguish move!

My first thought was Scooby Doo, but still a cool move.

Maxperson · Jun 30, 2021

I've always wanted to go here.

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Lycurgon · Jul 1, 2021

Fort Stony Batter Tunnels on Waiheke Island, Auckland New Zealand. They were WW2 army tunnels and gun emplacements build to defend against a possible Japanese invasion.

As a kid I used to run around in them with toy swords and fight my friends, pretending to be D&D characters. It was great having a real life dungeon to play in.
These days they are accessible by tour only.