It's hard for me to admit this, but I'm running out of dungeon ideas. I just finished three Gamma World dungeons and I've got nothing left.
So please send me your dungeon ideas! I'll take themes, words, geographical features; anything you've got! Post them in the comments.
Also, one random person from the comments will receive the original copy of The Meteoric Shrine of Kintok-Glau mailed to them in a simple matte frame.
Lily-pad dungeon. Between-the-drywall dungeon. Mortuary dungeon. Mall dungeon. Gerbil run dungeon. Construction-scaffolding dungeon. Free-fall dungeon. A dungeon you have to change sizes repeatedly to navigate. A dungeon with rooms connected in time rather than space. Summer getaway dungeon. A dungeon suspended from trees. The dungeon under a theme park. Anthill dungeon. Skull dungeon!
ReplyDeleteI have been having a great time sharing the dungeons with my kids. It has given me the idea to draw funny things on the plastic spoons that they take in their lunches. Now I'm writing small programs in BASIC for them to figure out. What fun!
ReplyDeleteSome ideas:
Cereal box dungeon
Milk carton dungeon (Can you see what I'm doing?)
Meteorite dungeon hurtling through space
Kid sneaker dungeon
Abandoned hard drive dungeon
hollow stone in a fireplace dungeon
St. Bernard dog barrel dungeon
Sense dungeons (including Proprioception dungeon)
ReplyDeleteDimensional dungeons I-IV
Gorlak's Temporary Dungeon
Recursive dungeon dungeon
Dungeon of Lost Memories
Dungeon of Bureaucracy
The False Dungeon of Granku
Beneath the Graveyard lives the Bone-Collecting Troll!
ReplyDeleteThe giant cacti of the Garlach desert are often hollowed out by the desert tribes for housing. But when they leave, the monsters move in.
Keep under the 5 year olds bed
ReplyDeleteTop shelf of dad's closet
Tube system
Snowed in
The Heart of Summer. The Heart of Autumn. The Heart of Winter. The Heart of Spring.
ReplyDeleteA crossroads between four different sections in the Apocalypse Megadungeon.
The Secret Flumph Graveyard.
The Dungeon Construction Agency's Headquarters.
Check some of the sandbox stuff on my blog - I do many dungeon descriptions without actually fleshing the dungeon out. Maybe something there would spark your imagination. Just look for the tag "sandbox".
ReplyDeleteThere are always current events that can be "dungeonized". How about oil spill dungeon or World Cup dungeon.
ReplyDeleteOther random ideas:
Toilet dungeon.
Burger join dungeon.
Wasp nest dungeon.
Spider web dungeon.
Junkyard dungeon.
Soap opera dungeon.
School dungeon.
Abandoned Robot Factory.
ReplyDeleteConnect the Dots.
Tessellation (repeating patterns)
Spherical Geometry Dungeon.
Collapsible Floors
Illusions for walls
Forest Canopy (tree branches)
Sea Cliffs
(fill with water at high tide)
Oven and counter-top range
Junkyard
Static Electricity Theme
Pneumatic Tubes
Odd ecology
Hall of Failed Golem concepts
Clockwork Arabian Palace
Eternal Storm
Rock-Climber's Dungeon
Prison for insane Summoners
Zombie Ravaged Supermarket
A tesseract
I like temples. I want to see more temples.
ReplyDeleteDark temples. Light temples. Forgotten temples. Active temples. Ruined temples. Former temples. Improvised temples. Temples for the Gods. Temple for The God. My temple. Their temple. Hybrid temple. Living temple. Space temple. Time temple. Elemental temple. Temple of Swords. Temple of Blood. Temple-to-be.
Mythic themes for the win!
Thanks everyone! You are awesome. This will provide many months more dungeons. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, soon I'll roll a die and someone will get a free dungeon. Woot!
How about an inverse dungeon: a village mapped from the point of view of raiding monsters? You could really do a whole theme with that.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the suggestions everyone. I've created an idea file. Hopefuly we'll see some of these dungeons come into existence over the coming months.
ReplyDeleteAnd the winner of the challenge is David! David, send me an email at tony.dowler@gmail.com and I'll send your dungeon on to you!