[CC3/DD3] Old School Dungeon Maps: The Castle of the Mad Archmage

[Hoel]

I must ask:
How do you play a dungeon like this? Random encounters?
I GMd two days straight this weekend and managed to put in a total of 18 encounters (effective party level of 6, highest EL 12, they just run straight through my cave trolls).

[jaerdaph]

I must ask:
How do you play a dungeon like this? Random encounters?
I GMd two days straight this weekend and managed to put in a total of 18 encounters (effective party level of 6, highest EL 12, they just run straight through my cave trolls).

In the old days (1e), we used to go through room by room, level by level, trap by trap. Kill monsters, take their stuff. Meet up the next day and do it all over again. Ah, high school.

I think Joe Bloch is doing an amazing job filling up the numbered encounters of this old school megadungeon in Gygaxian prose and style: http://greyhawkgrognard.blogspot.com...Mad%20Archmage

I'm going to be running this for a group of friends starting this weekend. We'll be using the Microlite20 rules instead of 1e/OSRIC. Should be interesting.

[jaerdaph]

Here is the revised version of the level 2 poster map. I've also included a black and white version. I've read and received several comments from a few folks who are having problems viewing the neon blue maps. I'm very sensitive to the issue, as myself and members of my family have had problems with our eyes. In response (because I want as many people as possible to be able to enjoy these maps), I've created a black and white version of the poster map above. Please pass this on to folks you run into on various message boards etc. where The Castle of the Mad Archmage is being discussed.

Edit: poster maps removed - see below for newer versions.