There’s really no easy way to say this except to come out and say it, Dungeonaday.com is not covering its expenses, and Super Genius Games is not in a position to continue running it under the current conditions. So as of now we’ve removed the ability for new customers to join the site. We are also in the process of disabling the recurring charges that current members automatically incur when their subscription period lapses, so NO ONE should be charged any more money for Dungeonaday.com. (If your account is charged, please let us know immediately so we can find the problem and refund you the money.)

However, you will notice that we did NOT say that Dungeonaday.com is immediately out of business. We will not take any more money, but we still have a commitment to you, the faithful subscribers, and we plan to fulfill it as thoroughly as we can. We will do this in a number of ways. 

1. The Dungeonaday.com website will remain up and running through at least April 2012 -- this should complete the term of most of the annual subscribers.
2. All current subscribers will be given free copies of the existing Dragon’s Delve PDF level compilations AND copies of subsequent level PDFs as we release them.
3. All current subscribers will be upgraded to All Genius Pass status and get free downloads of all new Super Genius Games PDF releases through at least April 2012.
4. Daily content updates will continue through the completion of The Temple of the Black Goat, which is scheduled to conclude in early December 2011. After that, daily updates will cease.
5. After daily content ceases, we will make an expanded selection of our back stock of Super Genius Games PDF products (those that were released before the start of the All Genius Pass program) available for free download by all members.
6. In 2012 we will release an exclusive original adventure written by Ed Greenwood, creator of the Forgotten Realms and best-selling author of numerous novels and stories. This will be available for free download by all members.
7. Later in 2012, we will release The City of Refuge -- an exclusive original city setting, more than 20,000 words, in PDF format, and will be available for free download by all members.

We did not reach this decision lightly. When we took over daily management of Dungeonaday.com in September 2010, it was with thoughts of building it to new heights and creating new daily content for years to come. But given the current state of the site, we really had very few options. The one we chose was, we are certain, the fairest all around.

It’s important to us that we show you, the subscribers of Dungeonaday.com, the greatest possible respect and give you our deepest thanks. We couldn’t have gotten this far without you. And we’re only sorry that we’ll have to part ways so soon. But, hey, there’s still a lot of exciting stuff between now and then ... and from this point on, it’s all free. And no one but you has access to it.

What is Dungeonaday.com?

Dungeonaday.com provides content for fantasy roleplaying games. Members of Dungeonaday.com enjoy access to all the content of the site, which includes the following:

• A new major encounter, updated every weekday with game stats for Pathfinder (our original mega-dungeon, Dragon's Delve, has stats for both Pathfinder and 3.5/OGL).
• The Dungeon Blog where we give peeks behind the curtain of the design process and talk about various things that are on our minds. From time to time, we will invite guest bloggers--luminaries from the gaming industry--to share their thoughts on important subjects of the day.
• Bonus encounters, occasional entries that feature supplemental information, alternative ways to run encounters, useful NPCs, or other material that wouldn't fit as a daily encounter.
• The forums, where you can interact directly with the site's designers as well as all the other members.
• Other updates, such as podcasts, handouts, background material, maps, diagrams, new monsters, magic items, feats, spells, artwork, and much more.

To get a peek at the some of the rooms of the dungeon, click here, and then use the "Next" button to make your way through the first six rooms of Dragon's Delve. They are all available to non-members. Also, be sure to check out the dungeon design assumptions, and some of the first few blog entries. You can also look at the Player's Intro, the room format description and the Dragon's Delve Resources.

Updates

Members will find a new room added to the dungeon every weekday, the blog updated regularly, and bonus encounters added when appropriate. Members should be aware that the encounters will cycle--eventually, as new ones are added, older ones will be retired. Retired material will eventually become available in the form of PDF compilations that will be available for purchase by all members (and provided for free to some membership levels). The home page will always display the newest articles, but if you want to look specifically for the newest dungeon room, go to the link for that level on the left. Likewise, you can always check Dungeon Blog, What's New, and so on for the newest entries in those categories.

Some links on the site link to rooms not yet presented on the site. These links lead to error pages until the update that details that room is published.

Many of the documents available on the site, such as the Glossary, the Surrounding Environs, or the Secrets and Rumors, are living documents. They will grow as the dungeon and the campaign grows with new entries and details. Specific details won't change, but they may be elaborated upon.

On that note, all articles are subject to minor change as time passes. If members find something in a certain encounter unclear, for example, I'll rewrite it to clarify. I'll try to keep members updated regarding all of these changes, probably on the forums. 

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How much does it cost?

A: Dungeonaday.com provides a number of different subscription plans. You can pay $9 per month in a monthly, auto-withdrawal plan. However, members willing to pay a year in advance pay only $81--that's less than $7 per month! In between these two is the Quarterly plan, which costs $24 for three months. 

Q: What do I get for my money?

A: You'll get access to all the content. It starts with a number of encounters ready to use on day one, plus a new encounter every weekday. Plus you'll get monthly bonus encounters, access to the blog, the forums, the handouts, and much more. 

Q: A big dungeon? That's it?

A: Well, we're using "dungeon" in the oldest respect. Remember how old-school dungeons used to frequently have gates to remote outdoor locales, other planes, or entrances into even stranger places? Well, whether you remember that or not, Dungeonaday.com will provide you with these kinds of adventures as well. In the first year, for example, there will be a trip to a mysterious island, a foray into another dimension, and a tesseract. And that's just for starters.

As the project progresses, we'll also be detailing a nearby town (that will have adventure opportunities of its own, as well as offer the PCs a place a rest, recuperate, and re-equip) and interesting, unique, random encounters that can be inserted into the dungeon. Basically, it's a whole campaign.

Q: So, won't some days just be "Room 74: Empty Room. There is nothing in this room?"

A: Nope. Each day's encounters will be significant and interesting, providing extensive details and original concepts. In many cases, a day's "room" will be a small complex of related or linked rooms. Each will have something of interest, and most will be fairly elaborate. Hopefully they'll all be interesting and exciting. There may be empty rooms in the dungeon, but they won't be the focus of a day's update. Dealing with "empty" rooms, however, is the kind of interesting topic you'll find discussed in the blog and on our forums.

Q: So I have to wait until it's done before I can use this dungeon?

A: No way. We start out with twelve rooms, and then give you another each day so by the time the first weekend comes around, you'll already have sixteen rooms--enough to get started right there, depending on your group. Each "room" that you get in a day is a substantial encounter, often actually composed of many rooms. The typical group, even in a longish game session, will get through no more than 6-10 of these encounters in a session (and often probably less). So a month of Dungeonaday.com will provide you with at least two if not three game sessions worth of encounters. Since the rooms just keep on coming, you probably won't have to worry about your players reaching as yet undetailed areas. (Groups that play a very long session once a week or more will probably want to wait a little longer to get started just to be sure.)

Of course, some users will want to just take some of the dungeon rooms and use them piece by piece, in adventures of their own creation, or just take small sections of the megadungeon and use them as short dungeon adventures. That's fine too, as the material here was also created to be easily modular.

Q: Anything special about the way you'll be presenting the dungeon?

A: Yes! The material is presented in the most user-friendly manner possible. Each room contains a summary at the beginning that gives you all the pertinent details right up front and then expands and explains them in the order in which you'll need them. You'll get information on what the PCs see and hear in each place, what the inhabitants do, where they might go, and how they act or fight. And because we won't be constrained by page space (because this isn't a book), there's room for extensive detail.

Many encounters also include a "Revisit" section that details what will happen in the PCs come back to the same room after exploring it once. New monsters may have moved in, traps may have reset, or the whole area might be underwater now! You never know, for this dungeon is a dynamic place, where the actions of the PCs influence everything that happens.

Lastly, many encounters include an "Upping the Ante" section with specific ideas on how to make it tougher, if need be. And of course, some rooms will have entire blog entries written about them as well with further tips, suggestions, and background or behind-the-scenes material.

Plus, of course, everything is linked together, so a reference to another room will have a link that you can follow directly and immediately, if you wish. Game rules references link to the Hypertext d20 SRD. This makes for less clutter with things like stat blocks and rules descriptions in the text itself but still insures that you'll have everything you need with just a click.

Q: What other content will there be?

A: As previously stated, we will be frequently updating a site blog that talks about design issues of the dungeon, DM advice, and so on. Of course, every dungeon needs maps, so Dungeonaday.com will provide those as well--from award-winning cartographer Ed Bourelle and other top game industry cartographers. Some rooms will also come with diagrams to help understand a complicated trap, tactical situation, or something else. There will be handouts for the players. There will often be new game content in the form of monsters, magic items, feats, and spells. You'll get extensive, ever-growing background material detailing the history, surrounding areas, and even the nearby town. There's even a hypertext glossary for all the significant people, places, and things in the dungeon. We will even occasionally produce podcasts and maybe even videos to supplement the material here. Lastly, the forums provide a way for members to interact with me and other members.

A: Dragon's Delve, the 20-level dungeon that srated it all, is written for the 3.5 edition, mostly because of the ease of use of the Open Gaming License and the availability of the rules online. In addition, conversions for the Pathfinder RPG (which are also available online) are provided with new updates (and we're working to make them available on all the older encounters, too).

Beginning in late July, all new content for Dungeonaday.com will be written for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, which has been growing in popularity and has its own respository of online rules.

But you know what? Let's just talk gamer to gamer here. No sales pitch, just the truth. Whether you're using an older or a newer edition of the game, or some variant system, or an entirely different game system altogether, if you just like dungeons, you're going to find Dungeonaday.com completely useful. The amount of time focused on game mechanics is small. The focus is on cool encounters, weird tricks and traps, fun battles, unique locations, and all those great things that go into really fun dungeon adventures. It's not about feats, THAC0, or healing surges. It's about imprisoned demon lords, facing off with an evil swordsman over a pit of boiling lava, and magical cubes that suck you into a tesseract prison. Right?

Q: What about the All-Genius Pass? What's that?

A: The All-Genius Pass is a special subscription that makes every PDF produced by Super Genius Games during your subscription period available to you. Each PDF is made available for download the week it is first available, at no additional cost to All-Genius Pass subscribers, and if you ever lose your data you can get replacement PDFs for anything published during your subscription period, even if you decide to let your subscription end! The All-Genius Pass was created in response to fan requests for an easy way to get all the Pathfinder-compatible material Super Genius Games publishes and is an optional, though popular, Dungeonaday.com plan.

Q: What are you going to do with the information I have to give you to be a subscriber?

A: Absolutely nothing. It's just for payment purposes. We'll never share that information with anyone. Never.

Q: How do I get to be a member?

A: Just click here.

Art by Eric Lofgren