One page dungeon contest 2022
No system or level given.
Premise: Village believes that the local volcano is connected to the gods, go investigate.
What do we get here?
A single page gives us 34(!) keyed locations.
Usability/formatting
There is a decent amount to unpack with this adventure, in a good way. You get a few ways to explore at least the initial part of the dungeon and then plenty of stuff to interact with to figure out what is going on.
I do like the art, it is very simple and clear. For an artistic map this is very functional although you do not get anything as granular as room sizes from it. The images save a lot of word count by removing the need for written room descriptions.
On the negatives there is not a lot of combat here, this is more a puzzle to figure out than a hack & slash effort so might not be for all groups. There is also a lack of unique treasure and not really much in the way of faction play.
Once you figure out the moving parts of this adventure it should be fairly easy to run and has some decent flavour to it.
Portability
You do need at least a hint of steam punk or industrial tech in your world for this adventure to fit in, as long as you have the tinker gnome archetype you should be fine.
Recommendation
No surprise to see this adventure was featured in the winner's circle, it has the level of art that the judges seem to like along with being a functional adventure you can run! Would fit as a nice little drop in to a campaign or as a one shot.
PWYW for the whole collection on gumroad or stump up cash on drivethru.
https://spielknights.gumroad.com/l/2022opdc
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/410915/One-Page-Dungeon-Compendium-2022-Edition
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