World's Largest Dungeon?

[MojoGM]

This sounds cool. My only concern is the maps. It probably won't be a boxed set (nobody does those anymore, not cost effective), so how will you get the maps out without mangling the book?

Maybe it will come in two parts, a dungeon set and a maps set?

Anyway, I'll definately be checking it out.

 

[Dark Jezter]

I want this book!

Heck, if this book is as cool as I hope it will be, I want to see it turned into a computer game using the Temple of Elemental Evil Engine.

 

[Ranes]

My only concern is the maps. It probably won't be a boxed set (nobody does those anymore, not cost effective), so how will you get the maps out without mangling the book?

If I were at AEG, I would be advocating for the maps to be made available as a free download.

 

[Dark Jezter]

If I were at AEG, I would be advocating for the maps to be made available as a free download.

Or they could be contained on a CD that comes with the book, in .pdf format for easy printing.

 

[Dragonblade]

I would imagine that they would need to break it up into seperate volumes. 4 200 page books or something. It would be nice if all maps were included. I am not a big fan of essential info being offered only as a web enhancement.

What would be even better is if they could include counters for all the battles sort of like Fiery Dragon's counter collection. And of course include enough counters. If there is a battle with 20 orcs, you need to include 20 orc counters.

But now I'm just dreaming....

 

[Ranes]

That wouldn't be a very expensive option, from a publishing perspective and it would be better than a download. Of course, even the download suggestion was probably wishful thinking.

Edit: Er, I'm not sure why so many of my posts have an expanse of empty space beneath the text. It's not a formatting thing I'm doing, as far as I can tell. Apologies, if it gets on your nerves.

 

[snarfoogle]

Interesting. Sounds like Nethack. "You've played the 100 level dungeon on your monitor in full color ASCII graphics, now use your imagination and play it at the table!"

If done right, I'd love to run it or play it. 1600 encounters.... I hope not all are hostile...

 

[DaveMage]

Oh, joy. 800 pages? Between this and the World of Khaas, I guess we can watch the SRPs for new books steadily climb from its currently ridiculous high end of $35-$40 all the way up past incredibly ridiculous $60, well on the way to an unbelievably ridiculous $100...

Yeah, that will be one drawback. After all, the Accordlands books will cost a cool $160 (4 at $39.95 each) for that complete campaign.

However, I don't mind paying a higher price for an 800-page "world's biggest dungeon" if it comes off well, especially since no one has really done anything like it before.

 

[DaveMage]

I want this book!

Heck, if this book is as cool as I hope it will be, I want to see it turned into a computer game using the Temple of Elemental Evil Engine.

Ooh! That would be sweet.

Of course, I'd be happy if they just came out with *any* new game with that engine as long as they removed those pesky level limits.

 

[DaveMage]

Third, I don't want a product that expects me to do all the work. Undermountain only statted out a small section of dungeon and expected you to populate the rest. No thanks. This 800 page monster dungeon better have done all the work for me.

I especially agree with this. I loved the statted areas of Undermountain, but the rest of it was just a pretty drawing. I did actually add my own thing to a part of level one, but I can only imagine how many hours (days/weeks/years) it would have taken me to fully flesh it out.