Some Things Have to Be Seen to Be Believed

Yesterday we played on the biggest map I've ever used.

We're running The Secrets of the Dragon Empire in my home game, which is the amazing campaign adventure book that comes in the Dragonbane Starter Set. The set is amazing because it comes with the full rulebook (not a quickstart), a full campaign in a separate book, cards, dice, standees, maps, and a solo adventure, all in one box.

I've also fallen in love with Dragonbane's low fantasy, roll under, classless, d20 system. It feels like it makes travel and exploration interesting again, and it conveys the kind of gritty, sword & sorcery, dangerous feel I've been craving. Even as the setting (and the artwork) doesn't take itself too seriously and has a place for humor.

But enough of that... Free League's website has downloads for all the maps in all their adventures, which I print out and assemble by gluing down to pasteboards (I'm also loving being hands on and playing without any digital tools at the table, something I personally could not imagine doing with Dungeons & Dragons.)

The majority of the maps are around 20 to 30 8.5" x 11" sheets of printer paper. But for this weekend's adventure, the biggest dungeon in the book, it was 91 sheets. I probably should have just used imagination, not glue sticks for this one, but I was determined. The final map was so big we played it one piece at a time, but after the game, I wanted to see just how big was big. And it was indeed BIG.

So there you have it.

Meanwhile, I'd love to know how many folks here play Dragonbane. Is it a system you'd like to see future Thrones & Bones releases explore?