Archive for February, 2023

Dungeon23 Pamphlet Zine

February 28, 2023

This is the start of a series of twelve pamphlet zines for #Dungeon23 and #ZiMo2023

The first issue is now available at DriveThruRPG. There will be an issue per month for 2023. The pamphlet is just a single legal-size (8-1/2″ x 14″) sheet folded in quarters, but packed with information. Each issue will contain at least three random tables for features or elements of a dungeon. There will also be at least three maps of dungeon intersections or fragments. And there will be an article on a topic related to dungeons and dungeon design.

The complete list of topics is still in process of development, but this is the plan at present:

  • Q1 (Jan/Feb/Mar)
    • Intersections * Halls & tunnels * Stone masonry
  • Q2 (Apr/May/Jun)
    • Doors * TBD 1 * Stairs & shafts
  • Q3 (Jul/Aug/Sept)
    • Air & gasses * TBD 2 * Mechanisms
  • Q4 (Oct/Nov/Dec)
    • Geology * TBD 3 * Plants & vegetation

Because it is just a single page zine, it should be relatively easy and affordable to mail these in a standard business envelope as first-class mail. Since the plan is to do 12 of these over the course of the year, each quarter, an envelope with three issues from the previous quarter can be sent off. And, by keeping it to simple first-class mailing, it should be possible to send copies outside the US without running up ruinous shipping charges. It’ll be more expensive than sending within the US, but maybe only $1-2 more than for domestic mailing.

The shipping is not set up yet, but if you are interested in more information about that once they are ready to go, drop a note to let us know. That will also help with working out the logistics of printing and mailing these once we are ready.

DriveThru link: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/428330/Dungeon23-Pamphlet-Zine–n1

Twitter Disconnect(ed)

February 12, 2023

Twitter is no longer a place of honor, and, speaking for myself, I’ve found an active and vibrant community for short-post social media in Mastodon (https://dice.camp/@rthorm). I’m generally not using Twitter on a regular basis anymore, and now, word has come from WordPress that the API that I’ve been using that automatically posts to Twitter when I add a post here may be breaking with some of the new management’s new caprices…, err rules.

I’m not closing down that account. Yet.

But I think, even if WP and Twitter do work out something new, I won’t be auto-posting there further. So this is a place-holding reminder that the two may be severed soon after this (we’ll have to see if this one posts or not).


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