From a single sheet of paper you can create a small origami booklet with a front and back cover and 6 inside pages. If you put content on the back cover, that's 7 pages of dungeon adventuring fun in a book that fits in your pocket. Here are the folding instructions in case you've never made a pocketmod before.
I had originally seen the idea for these books when I saw the Ravensblight Necronomicon notebooks and was reminded of them when I saw the DungeonWords booklets at Risus Monkey. After the positive response to my PocketMod Spellbook I decided to see if I could fit an entire adventure module into the format. I'd made two previous one-page dungeons, so it was just a matter of breaking things down into several smaller levels instead of using one larger one.
Since the levels are smaller I think it's a bit more linear than one big map, but I actually ran this adventure at Gryphcon this year and I think it turned out quite well.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy my first PocketModule: The Citadel of Evil (pdf). If you end up running this adventure I'd love to hear how the adventure was and if you had any interesting stories from your game.
I'd also like to hear from anyone else who decides to make their own PocketModules. I think it's a fun format for making mini dungeon adventures. :)
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You so beat me to the punch on this one. A PocketModule has been on my "to do" list for many months now. I considered entering one into the One Page Dungeon contest but another idea bubbled ahead in the queue (and, alas, I didn't quite complete it for the deadline).
I really like this particular PocketModule and I think the computer mouse-shaped citadel is a nice touch.
Thanks. Once the PocketMod + RPG connection was made it felt like a natural fit to use it to make teeny tiny adventure books.
And I think we both know that the next thing will be someone making a rulebook in this format. :D
Cool. That's a great idea.
Nice!
Love it!
Winna!
Awesome, thanks as always for sharing!
TB
My brain is exploding with the awesomeness of this.
"And I think we both know that the next thing will be someone making a rulebook in this format. :D "
Microlite20 has several of their rules books in this fashion. Guess a larger book could be made with individual pocketmods glued or saddle stiched into a larger book?
Best
TB
Having just finished printing and folding this, I can't begin to tell you how awesome this is ... a dungeon that fits in your pocket!
The only way this would be better is if it had a 16-page big brother.
Love it! Very creative.
Thanks everyone. :)
I'm going to be posting a template file so other people can make their own Pocket Modules as well.
Awesome! How did I miss this?
I'm reminded of TSR's mini-rulebooks for AD&D. A few of them, some pocket modules, and dice!
Excellent!
Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing this. I'll have to try my hand at a pocket doc of some kind.
Wow! Just discovered it, super awesome!
So awesome it makes me slightly glad I didn't find the competition until after it closed for the year
Just a note to say that I used "The Citadel of Evil" for a one-shot S&W:WB game and everyone had a blast.
I looked at it back a few months ago when I was living abroad and recently dug it out to run for my old gaming group.
It took two three-hour sessions to play it through, partly because I added a little bit of intro and partly because the players were very curious about everything. It's just the right length for a one-shot (or two-shot, as the case may be), and has enough detail to hang a good game on.
Thanks for putting this together and making it available, Stuart!
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