D&D General Walkthrough map book of classic D&D dungeons coming next year

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Illustrator Jason Bradley Thompson announced yesterday that an upcoming book from Penguin Random House and Ten Speed Press will feature a collection of humorous isometric maps celebrating classic dungeons from throughout D&D's history. Thompson has produced many of these maps over the years, and this 80-page collection features not only the best of his maps, but also new artwork, a foldout map of the Sword Coast, and 'snarky but accurate' information on the worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. The book is called Dungeons! Illustrated Maps Of Classic Dungeons & Dragons Adventures, and will be available on April 27th, 2027 in hardcover for $30.

The dungeons covered include:

• The Moathouse of Evil (outside the village of Hommlet)
• White Plume Mountain
• The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth
• The Underdark
• Ten Towns
• Hold of the Storm Giants
• The Tomb of Horrors
• Barovia and Castle Ravenloft

 

[Toe Knee Nose]

Heh. In my recent Out of the Abyss campaign, I was slowly revealing one of these maps for my players to show where they had been. Funnily enough, it actually matched pretty closely to what actually happened in my campaign.

 

[Birmy]

This was probably a no-brainer of a product that should have been in the pipeline ages ago; glad to see Thompson's maps get some love. I haven't read them all since I hope to play more of these classic modules than I have, but I've been tempted by a few of the posters on his site over the years. Nice to see this.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I've liked these posters for a while, but when I first read the headline, I was hoping for something like the old TSR illustration books, but going into much more detail about iconic dungeons. Maybe that can be the next project.

 

[Parmandur]

Oh, nice, I love these comics.

 

[Burnside]

I can't express how much I love this.

 

[jinnetics]

Take my money

 

[Joshua Randall]

That cover is… well it’s something. I won’t use a certain two letters.

It’s wildly different from the actual maps, though.

 

[Emerikol]

I think nostalgia is at it's apex right now. The original roleplayers are in their late 50's and early 60's now. That is the income sweet spot. Still I am attracted to this book.

 

[Bae'zel]

Whoah definitely buying this. Those illustrations are wonderful and, of course, are a great way to help DM's create a mind-map of these dungeons.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

That cover is… well it’s something. I won’t use a certain two letters.

I believe it's an instance of machines ripping off internet-popular cartoonists and then making everyone think that style isn't human-made.