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Tango0108 Apr 2013 8:18 p.m. PST

"…parts of the dungeon existed already 600 years ago. At that time it was a small trading town with a port and circa 4.000 inhabitants. It was used for storage, as a last defence or escape, as a meeting place and even as a place to live. The town is build an a slope and the soil is very suitable for tunneling. And tunneling they did. A lot. As of this writimg they've rediscovered 600 rooms and they believe there are up to 600 rooms still to be rediscovered. They started doing so because this had happened…"

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Full article here.
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Hope you enjoy!.

Amicalement
Armand

Tom Bryant08 Apr 2013 9:11 p.m. PST

…and they wondered where we hid Hitler's brain
MUWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Personal logo 20thmaine Supporting Member of TMP09 Apr 2013 2:22 a.m. PST

When do the guided tours start ?!?

wminsing09 Apr 2013 4:36 a.m. PST

Awesome! Plenty of fodder for old-school dungeon crawls and a good adventure seed there. :)

-Will

PatrickWR09 Apr 2013 7:13 a.m. PST

Extremely cool! I particularly like the part where the blog author describes the passages: "The ceilings in the tunnels never had the same height, with very low ceilings being the standard. Rooms, though, had always higher ceilings and came in a lot of different shapes."

Think about THAT next time you're designing an old-school dungeon -- put the CRAWL back in Dungeon Crawl!

Tango0109 Apr 2013 8:46 a.m. PST

Happy you had enjoy the article guys!.

Amicalement
Armand

Personal logo Dentatus Sponsoring Member of TMP Fezian09 Apr 2013 10:49 a.m. PST

Nifty!

Good find.

dafrca09 Apr 2013 11:32 a.m. PST

This was a fun read. Thanks for posting it.

Coelacanth09 Apr 2013 3:27 p.m. PST

That's really amazing! Thanks for another great find.

Ron

Tango0109 Apr 2013 9:13 p.m. PST

Glad you had enjoy the article too boys!!.

Amicalement
Armand

Captain Swing10 Apr 2013 11:45 a.m. PST

Interesting article.
Shame they're no pictures of the underground tunnels.

Tango0110 Apr 2013 9:04 p.m. PST

Agree with you my friend.

Amicalement
Armand

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