I found myself not always being the biggest fan classic dungeon stocking tables, because they often create a ‘this is a trap/monster/NPC/treasure room’ kind of structure (like the kind that began in B/X). Which if you enjoy that, is great. Equally I’ve seen some tables that get a bit specific for my tastes.
But I had a go at making them be more general genre wise and develop a bit more complexity within rooms. See what you think!
You’re too kind I think I’ll talk a bit about that when we do our 1 year anniversary article maybe! But I guess the answer might be something like:
a)Habit. I have to write something every week, and I have to try my best to make it useful to GMs. I’ve been writing in various formats for a long time too, fiction since I was kid type of thing. Writing is my happy place.
b) I think about prep procedures a lot. In fact, I just think about GMing generally and how to make it easier/better A LOT (almost certainly too much). My background is in physics, I have been obsessed with problem solving and modelling abstract things for way longer than I care to admit.
c)Positive attitude! I think it’s 100% possible to have a good ttrpg idea most weeks (one worth writing about). The space is so open and flexible (even if it’s small iterations, which plenty of my stuff is).
d) Having an aggressive ideation process. Come up with loads of basic ideas quickly, chop it down and evolve what survives.
Now I have no idea if that’s actually helpful Maybe I should write an article on it?Maybe the fact this is my natural response to almost anything is the real answer haha.
Just chiming in here to say that I think this is a post that will be quite useful to me in the future. Your blog is consistently high quality, even if not every post is exactly what I need I’m sure it’s good for someone and I never regret reading it.
I certainly agree about the importance of habit for writing - I started keeping handwritten notes about RPGs, game design, and worldbuilding again back in 2022 and this year I finally started doing something with them. The process of putting pen to paper daily has helped me keep at it when past attempts to do something similar have fallen to the wayside.