Simple guidelines for urban adventuring?

[simrion]

Oh wise and wonder full fellow OD and D aficionados I seek your wisdom. I recall a blog post during the OSR peak where the poster had some interesting off-the-cuff guidelines for urban adventure and exploration. S/he would provide a visual map outline of the city with little if at all any details. No roads, alleys, or even detailed building shapes. Had some rather intuitive suggestions for creating adventure and encounters on- the-fly. Ring any bells for anyone here?

[ripx187]

Feb 16, 2019 17:57:24 GMT -5 simrion said:

Oh wise and wonder full fellow OD and D aficionados I seek your wisdom. I recall a blog post during the OSR peak where the poster had some interesting off-the-cuff guidelines for urban adventure and exploration. S/he would provide a visual map outline of the city with little if at all any details. No roads, alleys, or even detailed building shapes. Had some rather intuitive suggestions for creating adventure and encounters on- the-fly. Ring any bells for anyone here?

You tease. I want to read that too!

[El Borak]

Feb 16, 2019 17:57:24 GMT -5 simrion said:

Oh wise and wonder full fellow OD and D aficionados I seek your wisdom. I recall a blog post during the OSR peak where the poster had some interesting off-the-cuff guidelines for urban adventure and exploration. S/he would provide a visual map outline of the city with little if at all any details. No roads, alleys, or even detailed building shapes. Had some rather intuitive suggestions for creating adventure and encounters on- the-fly. Ring any bells for anyone here?

I haven't seen that either.

A Google search did not turn up anything, but this semi-related post. What's So darn Hard About Running Ruined Cities?

[mao]

Ok, this is a hair off topic but the best urban adventure thing you can read is the 1st 3 books in the "Thieve" world series(which was made as a game supplement but the books are even better) Can't say enough good things about it.

[Mighty Darci]

simrion , I found a few things that might help.


City Adventures for Fantasy Roleplaying Games

Inexorable Cities: City Sourcebooks for Fantasy RPGs

"Dark Cities" - 100+ scenarios for urban adventures! (for sale)

Thinking About Urbancrawls This is the first of a series of 12 blog posts from 2015.

Getting There is Half the Fun

Vornheim: The Complete City Kit Review Note: I included this only because the info in the review itself may be helpful.  The author of the review added a disclaimer.

[simrion]

Mighty Darci have an exalt...and I absolutely love Vornheim!