Dungeon Room Index: Prisons
Sorry for the long gap; sometimes life has gotta life! Today's subject is Prisons (and company). Jail cells, oubliettes, torture chambers, execution chambers. That sort of thing. Here are the rooms: "True" Dungeons Considering that the origin of the word "dungeon" comes from a kind of castle prison, it's only appropriate that at some point I should cover this milieu. Prisons are an interesting subject. Given how much of fantasy adventure gaming has grown beyond simple dungeon crawling--especially toward somewhat generic hero-adventure stories--I think they bring to fore a grimy underbelly of assumed medieval-esque fantasy. For that reason, some might avoid such a dungeon (ironically!). I can understand that. Even so, a prison is a deeply evocative kind of space! Using one provokes some questions: What was the purpose of imprisoning people here? Merely to protect victims? To actively punish? To reform? Are/were the prisoners criminal...