Thursday, October 15, 2020

DIY dungeon geomorphs

I made a set of dungeon geomorphs yesterday! Took a sheet of cardboard, divided it into 30 equal squares, and then drew various combinations of rooms, corridors, caverns. I made sure to have the entrances/exits meeting roughly around the middle of each side of the square. On some tiles, all spaces are connected to each other; while other tiles have two or more separate areas. I filled the leftover spaces with dead-ends and finials - tiles that only have one entrance.

The drawing was done in pencil first (but basically with no erasing/corrections), then inked it with one of those Stabilo black pens.


Cut it up with a hobby knife and scissors, and ended up with a nice pile of dungeon tiles!


The first dungeon was a random draw of six tiles:


The second dungeon I started out with a random draw, then "curated" it: switched, reorganized or rotated some of the tiles, and added dead-ends to close off passages towards the borders.

I used the tiles where the areas are not interconnected to limit the sprawl of the dungeon too.


Then I fired up my trusty GIMP, and turned a photo of the tiles into a janky but also kinda stylish dungeon map! I cut off all the unconnected areas for now, to create an enclosed space.


It's an evenings craft project, and lots of fun! The geomorphs can be used to create a quick dungeon (draw a couple of tiles, assemble, take a photo, edit out all the unnecessary passages) during prep, or even on the fly; or just to inspire yourself.

P.S.: I numbered the areas on the final map, you can see it here: https://eldritchfields.blogspot.com/2020/10/map-forgotten-depths-of-geomorphic.html


9 comments:

  1. They look great! I'm happy they were fun to make.

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  2. Sweet. I really love how this game lets us make things and innovate and not just be required to consume what someone else has made.

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    1. Hell yeah!

      Of course, innovation is not really a thing here, as dungeon geomorphs have been available for a looong time... But you can always turn to DIY instead of purchasing a ready made thing.

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  3. Yeah, I was thinking but didn't write, that it's when I make things myself like this that in the process of doing it I have new ideas or run into problems I hadn't foreseen and then have to solve.

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  4. Well that is just a plain old dose of kickass.

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