Ye Olde School Megadungeons

[libertad]

Back around mid-2012 I decided to create a Master List of D&D Retroclones and Simulators. For a time it became a very popular resource before it was eventually eclipsed by Taxidermic Owlbear's own list (which was inspired in part by my previous efforts).







In regards to last year we saw the release of several mega-dungeons. The long-awaited Dwimmermount, Castle of the Mad Archmage (a sort of inspiration of the old Castle Greyhawk legacy), and soon an upcoming Barrowmaze Complete!







I figured that a compilation of megadungeons would be a worthy project. But first we should define what a megadungeon is. My terms are broad: a megadungeon should be a large enough dungeon which could encompass the better part of a campaign for players to explore session after session. Note that while some megadungeons might be spread over multiple products (some of them being more recent Editions), I intend to cover megadungeons built for OSR games or whose legacy is encased with the TSR eras of D&D for the interests of this forum.







For those wishing to build their own megadungeons, this thread contains some very useful advice on the matter.





So here's my list so far. Tell me if you have any others to add, or if I missed any relevant products:







Anomalous Subsurface Environment (ASE1 and ASE2-3, available for Labyrinth Lord)







Barrowmaze ((I & II, available for Labyrinth Lord)







Castle Greyhawk (WG7 Castle Greyhawk for 1st Edition AD&D, Greyhawk Ruins for 2nd Edition AD&D, Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk for 3rd Edition D&D, Castle Zagyg series for Castles & Crusades)







Castle of the Mad Archmage Adventure Book (available for Adventures Dark & Deep and Pathfinder)







Castle Triskelion (available for AD&D 1st Edition)



The Darkness Beneath (for 1E/OSRIC/etc, collection of adventures in Fight On! magazine)


Dungeon Crawl Classics #51: Castle Whiterock (available for 3rd Edition D&D)


Dwimmermount (available for ACKS and Labyrinth Lord)



Emerald Spire Superdungeon (available for Pathfinder RPG)


Maure Castle (available for 1st and 3rd Edition D&D, in Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure and Dungeon Magazine #112, with bonus levels in #124 and #139)


Rappan Athuk (available for Swords & Wizardry and Pathfinder)







Stonehell Dungeon (available for Labyrinth Lord, Down Night-Haunted Halls with 2 bonus Supplements)







Temple of Elemental Evil (available for 1st Edition AD&D, has sequel adventure Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil for 3rd Edition D&D)







Undermountain (Undermountain I and II for 2nd Edition D&D, Ruins of Undermountain boxed set, Expedition to Undermountain for 3rd Edition D&D)


World's Largest Dungeon (available for 3rd Edition D&D)

[Admin Pete]

Hi libertad, glad you could make it!

[makofan]

Mines of Khunmar

drive.google.com/file/d/0B0Al3eVvPmaRb2RDVy1tbzFzUDQ/view

Outstanding dungeon

[libertad]

Hello folks. Sorry for the extended absence, but a combination of other priorities, gaming and otherwise, made me put it off for some time.

Now that I'm back, I'll be sure to add Castle Whiterock as well as newer edition megadungeons as well.

[libertad]

Added Emerald Spire Superdungeon and Dungeon Crawl Classics 51: Castle Whiterock

[Admin Pete]

Feb 15, 2015 14:42:04 GMT -5 libertad said:

Hello folks. Sorry for the extended absence, but a combination of other priorities, gaming and otherwise, made me put it off for some time.

Now that I'm back, I'll be sure to add Castle Whiterock as well as newer edition megadungeons as well.

Glad to have you back. All of us have life offline take priority, usually quite often. At least it does for me.

[libertad]

Added Maure Castle to the list. It's a dungeon set in the World of Greyhawk, presided over by a demonologist Eli Tomorast.  It counts as a megadungeon because it has plenty of unexplored levels, with the 3rd Edition one able to take PCs from levels 10-18.

Rob Kuntz was the author of both Editons, with Gary Gygax writing the first one. Notable for containing playable versions of the setting's famous wizards such as Mordenkainen, Bigby, Riggby, and Yrag.