I keep a few notebooks and journals on hand for when ideas hit so I can start collecting all of the information together in one spot. Plus, it allows me to easily carry one in my lunch bag at work so I can add to it if the mood strikes. When I read about the #Dungeon23 challenge a few days ago I thought it was a perfect opportunity to break one of these journals out to use for storing my ideas on the megadungeon I would create in the process. I had four of them available, so I looked through them and decided to use this Navy Blue digest-sized dotted journal for my work.
Even though I was intrigued by the idea of the challenge, I was having a little issue with getting started. Back in the day, we used to just roll with it and go on, but I haven't made a dungeon in years because I haven't played face to face in a LONG time. I have done some play-by-post gaming but nothing "live". I do have some notes on a campaign world, Toldara, that I've been working on so this will be a chance to incorporate some of that stuff into the challenge, but I was still mentally "locked up" until a few days ago.
It dawned on me what I was doing wrong in this instance. I wasn't breaking up the information into bite-size portions, but I was trying to figure out everything all at once. The ideas started flowing pretty freely once I broke down the information. This doesn't mean that I will complete the challenge. I may get 2 months end and run out of steam. I hope not but I do intend to complete the challenge. In addition, I'm not strictly sticking to only a megadungeon during my posts. I'm going to post about the surrounding area and other places of interest. I may do one large dungeon and several smaller ones. I honestly don't know yet, but I did make this cheesy, hand-drawn title page for my journal.
Good luck to everyone participating in the #Dungeon23 challenge. I look forward to seeing what develops in your posts as well as mine.
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