Dungeons are one of the oldest fixtures of tabletop gaming, and there's a reason the good ones are so memorable. But getting a dungeon to feel purposeful and alive takes more than filling rooms with goblins and gold. 

That's what this challenge is all about. Daily Dungeon is a free creative challenge that asks you to design one dungeon room each day, while keeping in mind the core ideas behind meaningful dungeon design. 

How to Participate

Every day throughout July, you'll receive 

• A new design challenge to build from.
• Plus a single-word prompt for anyone who prefers a more flexible spark of inspiration.

Along the way, we'll also be looking at a few core ideas behind dungeon design, such as how to create meaningful choices, how environments shape play, how to build tension, and how small details can foreshadow a larger picture. 

To participate, follow along with the lessons and share your work with our community in the RPG Writer's Workshop Discord or on social media with the hashtag #DailyDungeon

Challenge Overview

Daily Dungeon is divided into four weekly themes. Each one aims to provide a different lens designing dungeon rooms, from player choice to environmental hazards to foreshadowing.

Week 1: Purpose & Player Choice

Design rooms that ask players to make interesting decisions, weigh risks, and choose how they want to handle a problem.

Week 2: Environmental Design

Use terrain, hazards, light, sound, movement, and layout to make the dungeon's environment itself part of the challenge.

Week 3: Interaction & Tension

Create rooms with pressure, conflict, escalation, and inhabitants who may have their own agendas and wants.

Week 4: Context & Foreshadowing

Build rooms that connect to the larger dungeon through clues, callbacks, repeated patterns, and hints of what’s still to come.