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KickStarter The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg

udm

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Stumbled upon this on Pundit's forum. It's apparently the second oldest megadungeon to have been created for 0e, by Greg Svenson. Now it's on Kickstarter for a print run.

I'll admit I'm unfamiliar with this bit of history, so I'll leave it to any grognards here knowledgeable enough to talk more about it.

 

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I'm not that concerned about the dandino conversion, tbh, which seems to be more of an afterthought in this case. I'm more intrigued by the design of the megadungeon in accordance with sensibilities of OD&D, and likely will mine it (and the accompanying OSR rules) for ideas.
 

Zed Duke of Banville

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Initially read Tonisborg as Tanisburg
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Anyway, this appears to be the "Twin Cities group’s second-oldest Mega Dungeon", created in the summer of 1973, which would make it third-oldest after Gygax's Castle Greyhawk and Dave Arneson's Blackmoor Dungeons, rather than the "2nd oldest RPG dungeon ever created". No telling about its quality beforehand.
 

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